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GA-00828 1952-01-16 De Waarheid rel B

Indonesische arbeiders verdedigen hun eenheid

Indonesian workers defend their unity; Gerwis congress resolution on Round Table agreement

De Waarheid, 16 Jan 1952, p. 4: report on workers' protests against Sjahrir's PSI splitting unions (the Perbupri breakaway from SOBSI's plantation union Sarbupri in Jember). A closing section says the Gerwis annual congress in Surabaya unanimously demanded abolition of the Round Table Agreement and return of New Guinea

GA-00833 1952-07-03 De Waarheid rel B

Indonesië toont solidariteit met strijdend Korea

Indonesia shows solidarity with fighting Korea

De Waarheid, 3 Jul 1952, p. 5: dispatch on Indonesian solidarity with Korea on the war's second anniversary. A 17-person delegation of the Indonesian Peace Committee, including Francisca Fanggidaej, visited the US embassy in Jakarta to protest killings of women and children; Ambassador Cochran refused to receive them,

GA-00843 1953-04-16 De Waarheid rel A

Delegatie naar internationaal vrouwencongres

Delegation to the international women's congress in Copenhagen

De Waarheid, 16 Apr 1953, p. 4: Jakarta dispatch listing members of the Indonesian delegation to the WIDF International Women's Congress in Copenhagen: Trimurti, Kartinah and Maasje Siwi of Gerwis, Ratjih Kartawinata (Wanita Demokrat), Hadiprabowo (Partai Wanita Rakjat), Dr. Towoliu, Yap Oei, Kartowijono, two Sarbupri

GA-00844 1953-04-16 De Waarheid rel A

Delegatie naar internationaal vrouwencongres (volledige krantenpagina, De Waarheid 16-4-1953)

Delegation to the international women's congress (full page, 16 Apr 1953)

Full De Waarheid page, 16 Apr 1953 (p. 4), mostly unrelated news. Indonesia items: rising prices in Jakarta and the delegation list for the WIDF Copenhagen women's congress (Trimurti, Kartinah, Maasje Siwi of Gerwis, with representatives of Wanita Demokrat, Partai Wanita Rakjat and Sarbupri). OCR garbled in places.

GA-00853 1953-11-18 De Waarheid rel A

Conferentie van Gerwis te Bandung: nieuwe huwelijkswet noodzakelijk

Gerwis conference in Bandung: new marriage law necessary

De Waarheid, 18 Nov 1953, p. 5: short report that the West Java branches of Gerwis ended a two-day conference in Bandung, adopting a resolution demanding that the government draft a new marriage law quickly and set minimum labour conditions for women workers. Same item notes a SARBUPRI strike of about 200 workers at th

GA-00857 1954-01-27 De Waarheid rel A

Met het congres van de Gerwis in zicht

With the Gerwis congress in sight: Jakarta feature on preparations

De Waarheid, 27 Jan 1954, p. 5: correspondent's Jakarta feature ahead of Gerwis's second congress (opening 26 March 1954), describing its literacy courses, hygiene campaigns, defence of women under customary law, wage struggles (Sampurna cigarette factory Surabaya, Kaliklatak coffee estate) with SARBUPRI, and the mass

GA-00872 1954-08-06 De Waarheid rel B

Indonesische arbeiders begroeten Piet van Staveren

Indonesian workers greet Piet van Staveren: telegrams on his release

De Waarheid, 6 Aug 1954, p. 3: report of congratulatory telegrams from Indonesia on Piet van Staveren's release from Dutch prison, including from SOBSI, SBPP, Pemuda Rakjat (200,000 members), Sarbupri and the World Federation of Trade Unions. A telegram signed GERWANI, from 'Indonesian women and mothers', thanks him fo