Soviet Woman, 30 September 1965: 'Smiles of Victory' (memuat surat dari Indonesia)

=== [PDF page 1] === SMILES OF VICTORY ONE OF Annette MacDougall and Phi lippa Jones, two young partici pants of the strike at Foyle's, the greatest bookshop in London. For over a month they picket ed outside the shop with others. One hundred and forty employ ees of this bookshop twice went on strike in support of their de mands for a wage increase and for acknowledgement of their trade union. Foyles, however, stubbornly refused to agree with the demands of their employees. And that is when the workers turned to their faithful means of fighting— they went on strike. For over a month these girls and their friends held firm. A charac teristic feature of the strike was its international nature. "You can read the word strike," the "Daily W orker” newspaper wrote, "in Dutch, French, Ger man, Italian and Spanish." Repre sentatives of different nationali ties could be seen on the picket lines. "I am on strike because of solidarity," said 26-year-old Erdmute Muller. "W e w ill win be cause we are standing together." And they won. The working class of Australia of trade union relief money for are proud of the heroic struggle the of the Mt. Isa miners (Queens miners. The mine owners had land), where the owners, refused re-employment 44 with the help of the law-makers miners. HEROINES With this letter I would like to express my respect and appreciation to Soviet women who celebrated the twentieth anniversary of Victory Day on May 9, 1965. This day is of great significance especially to us women who want peace in the world and who always do every thing to try to preserve it. We are the givers of life and take care of that life, the life of the future generation. That is why we struggle for peace. Twenty years have passed since that day of Victory in 1945! We recall it and would like the same spirit of cooperation that existed during the war to unite nations in building the world anew today. On August 17, 1965, we, people of Indonesia, celebrated our V-Day, our twentieth anniversary of freedom. Thousands of young men and women gave their lives for victory. Perhaps you have heard the locked-out and police of Queensland, estab Colleen, her husband and their lished a regime of terror. Miners' children emigrated from England homes were entered without war two years ago; her husband was rant and trade MT. ISA’S mine families o f meetings out of work. They roamed over were spied upon by the police. Australia for almost a year and a During the long and just struggle half for union down in Mt. Isa. When the min rights many courageous people ers went on strike, her husband came to the fore in the struggle. included, Colleen joined in the wage union increase and until they finally settled One of these was Colleen Bulfight. She gave all her energy len, the 30-year-old mother of to collecting and handling relief 6 children. She is vice-president funds for the striking miners. She of the Women's Auxiliary of the has earned the love and respect Trades of all the miners. and Labour Council of Mt. Isa. She handled distribution On the photo: Colleen Bullen the name of Herlina? She is a well-known heroine in my country. She took part in the fighting against the Dutch army in West Irian. It is an established fact that the Soviet women and the Indonesian women, hand in hand, have always struggled for peace and justice, and against imperialism. Today, in Vietnam, thousands of women have lost their husbands and children and their lives are in danger every day. Twenty years ago in Indonesia, when Japanese fascism ruled over Asia, they tried to destroy us. Other countries, just like we did twenty years ago, are now fighting for their bright future. We Indonesian women are happy to learn from the Soviet women. Valuable experiences are always necessary for us. Our victory was won at great sacrifice, therefore, it must be preserved at all costs. As for the “Soviet Woman” magazine—I’m always interested in your section "The Art of Bringing Up a Child,” and I hope that in future, too, you will continue giving it for I have received much good advice from it for building up my own family. And besides the social and political articles, I also like the Soviet women’s fashions. My best regards, JULI AGUSTINI SOEHODO Indonesia 15