Bredasche Courant, 11 July 1950: short item recalling that the 'Masamba affair' implicated a woman member of parliament, Salawati Daud, released soon after her arrest and now elected chair of South Sulawesi's people's representation. The rest of the item (Soviet divisions on the Yugoslav border) is unrelated.
FBIS-monitored Makassar report (13 Jul 1950) on East Indonesian Information Ministry press conference: replacement of Dutch employees, Ternate refugees from the South Moluccas, Dr Rehatta's appointment. A short final section quotes Assembly chair Mrs Salawati on a coming nonconfidence motion, saying many people are not
FBIS-monitored Makassar report (24 Jul 1950) on the South Celebes Representative Assembly under chairman Mrs Salawati. A nonconfidence motion from the Bureau of the Republic's Followers accused her of inconsistency and dual membership of the People's Sovereignty Party; Assembly debated it, and she requested to resign a
Java-Bode, 25 Jul 1950, p. 2: RIS parliament receives the draft constitution of the unitary state; Mrs Mudigdo (Partai Sosialis) joins Djapari and Arudji Kartawinata in saying parliament should retain the right of amendment. Also notes Maruto Nitimihardjo's complaint about short study time.
Indische Courant voor Nederland, 29 Jul 1950: RIS parliament receives the draft provisional unitary constitution; Mrs Mudigdo (Partai Sosialis) joins members demanding parliament keep the right of amendment. Also notes release of detained MPs Andi Lolo and Pitoy.
Java-Bode, 15 Aug 1950, p. 1: the RIS parliament adopts the unitary-state draft constitution 90 to 18, and Sukarno proclaims the unitary state. Those voting against included Mrs Mudigdo (Partai Sosialis), Miss Suwarti (Sobsi), PKI MPs, Sakirman, Siauw Giok Tjhan and Murba's Maruto Nitimihardjo.
Nieuwe Courant, 15 August 1950: the RIS people's representation adopts the draft provisional constitution of the unitary state by 90 to 18. Opponents include PKI members and leftists, among them Mrs Mudigdo (Partai Sosialis) and Miss Suwarti (SOBSI). Ngadiman Hardjosubroto sets out the PKI's five-point rejection. No Ge
De Locomotief, 22 Aug 1950: announcement of a Semarang singing competition in September, with Annie Landau, Ribut Rawit and Sulami among the contestants; proceeds for a Chinese orphanage, invalids and the Indonesian war cemetery. Gerwis is not mentioned and this Sulami is probably not the Gerwani leader; identity uncon
Algemeen Indisch Dagblad (1950-08-24, p. 1): MP Andi Lolo says the guerrilla question cannot be solved in Makassar; guerrilla leaders propose a separate APRIS 'Brigade Hasanudin'. Mrs. Salawati Daud, delegate of the South Celebes Council, has come from Makassar to Jakarta to talk with the President and Defence Minister
Aneta report in De Vrije Pers (24 Aug 1950) on the unresolved guerrilla question in Sulawesi: the guerrilla leadership proposed a "Hasanuddin Brigade" within APRIS. Mrs. Salawati Daud arrived in Jakarta as delegate of the South Sulawesi Council to present a motion to Sukarno and the defence minister urging a commission
Short item, Java-Bode, 24 Aug 1950, p. 1: Salawati Daud arrives in Jakarta as delegate of the South Sulawesi council to ask Sukarno and the defence minister to incorporate the guerrillas into APRIS and to set up a commission to study their proposals.
Het Nieuwsblad voor Sumatra (28 Aug 1950, p.2): Mrs Salawati Daud, delegate of the South Sulawesi council, arrives in Jakarta to meet Sukarno and the defence minister over the guerrilla problem, presenting a motion of the Dewan Pemerintah Sulawesi Selatan. The motion argues guerrillas and APRI share ideals and asks for
Indische Courant voor Nederland, 30 Aug 1950, p. 3: South Sulawesi guerrilla question. MP Andi Lolo says no local solution remains; Salawati Daud arrives in Jakarta as delegate of the South Sulawesi council to ask Sukarno and the defence minister to incorporate the guerrillas into the APRI as 'Brigade Hasanuddin'.
One-line FBIS item (31 Aug 1950): Mrs Salawati Daud, sent to Jakarta by the Good Services Committee to resolve the guerrilla-army controversy in South Celebes, left for Makassar on 31 August. Shows her mediation role in 1950.
FBIS-monitored Makassar report (7 Sep 1950): the Good Offices Committee delegation, chaired by Mrs Salawati Daud, returned from Jakarta, having met Sukarno, defence officials and the parliamentary chair on the guerrilla-army issue. She expressed confidence in a settlement; parliamentary observers were promised for Sout
Nieuwe Courant, 26 September 1950: correspondent's report that the Madiun rebel leaders (Amir Sjarifuddin, Suripno and others) were shot on 20 December 1948 and buried in a mass grave near Solo, with no official detail given. MP Mrs Mudigdo champions the relatives, with Mrs Mangku and Mrs Oei Gee Hwat, to demand from p
Whole-page OCR of Nieuwe Courant, 26 September 1950. Relevant item: the report that MP Mrs Mudigdo, with Mrs Mangku and Mrs Oei Gee Hwat, seeks an official account of the 1948 executions of the Madiun rebel leaders. The rest covers an editorial against liquidating foreign capital, the Sarbupri minimum-wage motion, a co
FBIS item (26 Oct 1950): political parties and organisations in Makassar, sponsors of the Good Services Committee on the South Celebes guerrilla issue, protested the army's arrest of Mrs Salawati (since 21 Oct) while she tried to contact guerrilla leaders; protest backed by delegates from 29 parties and organisations.
One-paragraph FBIS item (30 Oct 1950, citing ANTARA): Mrs Salawati Daud was released from prison on 29 Oct after ten days' confinement and at once called on the Interdepartmental Commission still in Makassar, which was to tour and then go to Menado on 4 Nov. Follows her arrest of 21 Oct.
Nieuwe Courant, 20 December 1950: Salawati Daud, who negotiated on the government's behalf with South Sulawesi guerrilla leaders, tells Antara there are about 12,000 armed guerrillas (Kesatuan Gerilya Sulawesi Selatan) in the mountains, unrelated to the RMS, who helped government troops in the August Makassar disturban
Farewell report by outgoing Perwari chair Kusban, in Siaran Perwari (Jan 1951, congress issue), narrating Perwari's history during the revolution, including flight from Malang after the first Dutch attack in July 1947.
FBIS-monitored Makassar announcement (2 Jan 1951) by the First Committee for the Settlement of the South Celebes Guerrilla Issue, chaired by Saleh Daeng Tompo. It cites a report by delegates Mrs Abbie Daeng Malawa and Mrs Salawati on talks with guerrilla leader Kahar Muzakar at Pesu, Enrekang, and sets procedures for g
FBIS-monitored Makassar report (dated 5 Jan 1951) in which South Celebes chief Intje Saleh Daeng Tompo, chairing the guerrilla settlement committee, says he trusts Kahar Muzakar to carry out central-government decisions and blames incidents on slow communication and provocateurs. Notes committee member Mrs Salawati wen
Merdeka, 19 Mar 1951, p. 2: S.K. Trimurti of the Gerwis central board says Gerwis will focus on village councils over parliamentary seats, on doctors, midwives and marriage issues, and denies Gerwis is a PKI onderbouw.
Nieuwe Courant, 11 May 1951: the editor of the daily Massa was summoned by the military police over an article by S.K. Trimurti on the 1 May celebration, said to insult Sukarno. Quoted passages mock Sukarno's May Day promises, 'we are used to that from brother Soekarno since the Japanese time'. Editor Soemaritoro accep
Abadi, 9 June 1951, p. 2: Antara report of S.K. Trimurti, as Gerwis chair, at its first-anniversary event in Semarang: Gerwis is a mass organisation among women, not political; calls to end corruption and division.
Het Vaderland miscellany column 'Indonesische tjampoeran' (30 Jun 1951, p.12) with many short items. Relevant: an emergency meeting of parliament's home affairs section chaired by Mrs Moedigdio (Mudigdio) resolves to ask the government about Mrs Waworoentoe, dismissed as mayor of Manado and placed under house arrest by
Headline fragment, Java-Bode, 2 Jul 1951, p. 3: MP Mrs Mudigdo puts written questions about publications in Suara Rakjat on the execution of the village head of Surade, Sukabumi. Shorter than the companion item 'Terechtstelling', which gives the details.
Java-Bode, 2 Jul 1951, p. 3: details of the Suara Rakjat report that a Sukabumi village head was beaten to death with a rifle butt in a public 'execution' without trial. Mrs Mudigdo asks what the government will do to prevent repeats, prosecute those responsible and support the victim's kin.
Java-Bode, 2 Jul 1951, p. 3: Mrs Mudigdo questions the government on a Sin Po report that a detained police mantri in Banyuwangi died, allegedly a suicide, after violent treatment in custody; he was accused of embezzling Rp 47,000.