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GA-00645 1955-06-01 De Locomotief rel A

Kabinet Ali (The Ali cabinet; PKI mass meeting)

The Ali cabinet: PKI mass meeting with Umi Sardjono

De Locomotief, 1 June 1955: report of a PKI mass meeting in Jakarta where Aidit backs the Ali cabinet and urges peaceful election campaigning. Mrs Umi Sardjono, introduced as a non-party Gerwani member and PKI candidate, says she chose the PKI because it is a choice of being for or against the people. Date: the party's

GA-00528 1955-09-30 Algemeen Indisch Dagblad rel A

Een desa bracht zijn stem uit (Sebuah desa memberikan suaranya)

A village cast its vote

Algemeen Indisch Dagblad reportage (1955-09-30, p. 2) from the village of Tjoblong-Sekeloa, Bandung, on the 29 September 1955 election: 1,147 voters at a bamboo polling place. A child-minding and first-aid post near the booths is run by a committee of eleven women: one from Muslimat, two from Wanita Demokrat and eight