Soviet Woman, 30 April 1967: 'Our Indonesian Friends Write'

=== [PDF page 1] === omen of many countries are acquainted with the address, Soviet Women's Commit tee, 23 Pushkin Street, Moscow. The daily mail brings letters and postcards, books and magazines posted in Rome, Oslo, Montreal, Rio de Janeiro, Bamako, Delhi, Tokyo... Indonesian women also send us greetings. Here is a card with a picture of dancing girls from the Island of Bali. It is from the women’s society Asih Budi, whose members assist children suffering from poliomyelitis. Three years ago a Soviet women’s delegation, on a visit to Indonesia, called on this society, learned of their work and, ever since, friendly relations between the Soviet Women’s Committee and the Asih Budi Society have been maintained. Mrs. Soerjomiharyo, chairman of the Society’s education section, writes to the Committee describing the important work Society members, educationists and other specialists are doing by looking after the sick children, giving them an edu cation and trades. Our Committee has showcases where souvenirs and presents from abroad are displayed. One of the souvenirs in it which we treasure is a small batique bag bearing the signa tures of all the children cared for by the society. Recently the Committee received a postcard with the message: “Happy New Year to all Soviet women. Wishing them all good health and hap piness. N. Soerjomiharyo and the children from the Asih Budi Society.” Here is another postcard, this time from Ban dung, from Mrs. Sakti Alamsjah, chairman of the organization of journalists’ wives. Herself a jour OUR INDONESIAN FRIENDS WRITE By Nina V O R O N I N A nalist, Mrs. Alamsjah often writes about her own work on the radio, and about special broadcasts for women and children her section on the radio prepares, as well as the reaction of their listeners. We received a message wishing a happy New Year to Soviet women from Mrs. Salamah Adipura, forewoman of one of the workshops at the “Bhinneka Kina Farma," a pharmaceutical factory in Bandung. It was Salamah Adipura who took the delegation of Soviet women, visiting Indonesia at the invitation of Kowani, around the factory. She also told them about Indonesian women workers there and the problems confronting them. When the Soviet women returned home they told about their visit to Indonesia and the Indonesian women they had met at factories, women’s organ izations and at Gedung Wanita (House of Women). These meetings left a deep imprint in their hearts. Two years ago the Committee received its first letter from Tulungagung on the island of Djatim. It came from Miss Sjamsuri, a member of the Club of Teachers of Senior Schools. She got the Com mittee’s address from the magazine “Soviet Wom an,” which one of her friends brought to Dja karta. A. Sjamsuri writes that her colleagues in the Club want to know more about the history of the Soviet Union, its culture and the life of the people. Books and magazines and photo-albums, which answered many of these questions, were sent to distant Tulungagung. Since then letters have arrived regularly from Djatim, and one of the first New Year greetings the Committee received came from our Indonesian friends of Tulungagung.