Conversations with some ministers
Algemeen Indisch Dagblad (1947-07-05, Antara, Yogyakarta, 4 July): interviews with new ministers. Labour Minister Mrs. S.K. Trimurti says the labour organisation must be strengthened and led to the national battle front, notes production shortfalls from Dutch and Japanese destruction, and wages depend on consumption; Education Minister Ali Sastroamidjojo opposes colonial education.
Algemeen Indisch Dagblad (5-7-1947, Antara, Yogyakarta, 4 Juli): wawancara dengan menteri baru. Menteri Perburuhan Ny. S.K. Trimurti menyatakan organisasi buruh harus diperkuat dan dibawa ke garis depan perjuangan nasional, mencatat kekurangan produksi akibat perusakan Belanda dan Jepang, dan upah bergantung pada konsumsi; Menteri Pengajaran Ali Sastroamidjojo menentang pendidikan kolonial.
“Minister of state for labour Mrs. Trimoerti: the labour organisation 'must be strengthened still more' and 'led to the national battle front'.”
Het Parool (4 Jul 1947, p.17): complete list of the new republican cabinet under Amir Sjarifuddin, including Trimoerti as minister of labour, Wikana for youth, Wondoamiseno for the interior after being released over Sjahrir's abduction. Notes Dr Boediardjo's resignation and Sukarno's swearing-in speech hoping for a pol
shared: S.K. Trimurti, Ali Sastroamidjojo, Setiadjit, Yogyakarta
Het Dagblad (Batavia) article (4 Jul 1947, p.1) listing the new Republican cabinet under Amir Sjarifuddin, with ministers and vice-ministers by party. It lists Mrs K. Trimurti as minister of state for labour affairs, with vice-minister Wilopo, and Wikana for youth affairs. Useful for Trimurti's appointment; no Gerwani
shared: S.K. Trimurti, Ali Sastroamidjojo, Setiadjit, labour and workers
De Waarheid report (3 Jul 1947) on Amir Sjarifuddin's new Republican cabinet, announced by Radio Yogyakarta: 34 ministers and vice-ministers across PNI, Partai Sosialis, Labour and others. "Trimoerti" (S.K. Trimurti) is named Minister for Labour Affairs; Gerwani is not mentioned.
shared: S.K. Trimurti, Setiadjit, Yogyakarta, labour and workers
Het Nieuwsblad voor Sumatra (13 Jul 1957, p.1): Sukarno installs the National Council (42 members sworn in), saying it will not displace cabinet or parliament. Named members include Munir, Sardjono, Henk Ngantung, S.K. Trimurti and Rasuna Said (women's movements) and Katjasungkana. Bahder Djohan and Herawati Diah decli
shared: S.K. Trimurti, Tamzil
July 1960 issue centred on the new DPR-GR, with interviews with women members on economic hardship, marriage law reform and land reform; Kartini's letters, fiction, children's education and international solidarity statements.
shared: S.K. Trimurti, cost of living, interview
Nieuwe Courant, 7 July 1947, p. 2: S.K. Trimurti, Minister of Labour in the Republican government, tells Antara the labour organisation must be strengthened and led to the national fighting front, notes production shortages from Dutch and Japanese destruction, and says wages must consider total consumption and availabl
shared: Antara News Agency, S.K. Trimurti, cost of living, labour and workers
Harian Rakjat, 13 Mar 1952, p.3: article by S.K. Trimurti on the Kongres Wanita Indonesia (Kowani) conference due from 15 March in Jakarta. She urges unity among all women's organisations (naming Perwari, Muslimat, Wanita Demokrat, Gerwis), voting by consensus, and action on women's unemployment, prices and labour. The
shared: S.K. Trimurti, Yogyakarta, cost of living, labour and workers
Tempo profile (21 April 1990), in S.K. Trimurti's own first-person voice, of her life from teacher and Partindo cadre to labour minister and spiritualist. She says she co-founded Gerwis around 1950 (Ketua III, Yogyakarta), that Gerwis became Gerwani at its third congress under Umi Sardjono, and that in 1965 she quit Ge
shared: S.K. Trimurti, Yogyakarta, interview, labour and workers