Perwari, Indonesia's Largest Women's Organization, Joins Asian Women Leaders (Assail Polygamy)

=== [PDF page 1] === Daily Worker, New York, Friday, May 13, 1955 [Note: this page scan mixes many unrelated articles; the article relevant to Perwari is first, the other columns follow as fragments.] ASSAIL POLYGAMY DJAKARTA, Indonesia, May 12. - The central committee of Perwari, Indonesia's largest women's organization, joined women leaders in Pakistan today in criticizing the second marriage of Pakistani Prime Minister Mohammed Ali. Perwari protested last year against the second marriage of Indonesian President Sukarno last year. Moslem law permits up to four wives for each man. [fragment from adjacent column:] Estimate Board Adopts Epstein Youth Aid Plan. By MIKE SINGER. Juvenile delinquency spotlighted yesterday's Board of Estimate meeting, which enthusiastically accepted Deputy Mayor Henry Epstein's report on that problem. The report would cost the city $3,410,000 to put into effect immediately. Its 10-point priority program emphasizes an annual expenditure for [Unreadable] guidance and social welfare aid rather than "nightstick" control [Unreadable] street gang control of $600,000. The board approved one of the Deputy Mayor's major recommendations, [Unreadable] to spend $[Unreadable]0,000 of city and state funds [Unreadable] for Youth Board workers, of whom 20 would be assigned to work with street gangs and 10 would be psychiatric social workers operating directly with individual teenagers and their families. The 30 Youth Board workers would be sent to two Southeast Bronx sections, where [Unreadable] the known 120 street gangs in the city are located. The sections are the Morrisania-Belmont and Mott Haven-Longwood areas. The board also approved an appropriation of $3,714,504 for the Youth Board to be financed by serial bonds, and that item was referred to the budget director, Abraham Beame. Judge Nathaniel Kaplan, who is also chairman of the Youth Board, said the juvenile delinquency program would cost $200,000 on a year-wide basis, and its city-wide operation would cost $600,000. The Board now spends $160,000 a year [Unreadable]. Judge Kaplan said that in three areas - South Brooklyn, Bedford-Stuyvesant and East Harlem - where the Youth Board has been concentrating its activities on the street clubs projects, there has not been one major "gang war" in the past four years. His statement surprised many who had been led to believe from Police Commissioner Adams' crime report that East Harlem was a major "trouble spot." As some observers pointed out, if there has been no major juvenile delinquency problem in East Harlem, "how then can we reconcile that with the tremendous police concentrations in East Harlem for the alleged purposes of fighting crime?" Evelyn Dubrow, executive director for the Americans for Democratic Action, called the Epstein report a "model of conciseness and clarity," and urged the Board to accept it immediately because of its "constructive measures." Another enthusiastic supporter of the Epstein report, entitled "Perspectives on Delinquency Prevention," was City Council president Abe Stark, who suggested the construction of separate recreation centers in underprivileged communities, and insisted that all new school buildings be planned and built so they could serve as after-school recreation centers. Stark also recommended that every playground have indoor as well as outdoor facilities, and that new playgrounds be able to operate all year around, for delinquency is not a seasonal problem. [Unreadable] hailed it as an "exhaustive study" and one "we should be proud of." [fragment from adjacent column:] Celler Witnesses Wiretapping Demonstration. [Photo caption:] REP. EMANUEL CELLER, New York Democrat, watches [Unreadable] Mayor Wagner [Unreadable] wiretapping demonstrations by expert Bernard Spindel (left) at congressional hearing on proposed legislation to legalize the business of eavesdropping. Spindel tuned in on Celler's phone to show him how easy it is. Recently Associate Justice Douglas of the U.S. Supreme Court said there were many thousands of phones wiretapped in New York City alone. [fragment from adjacent column:] ASSAIL BIAS IN HOUSING. A significant action against discrimination in housing was [Unreadable]. Eight ministers and rabbis, representing the executive committee of the group, issued a public appeal for housing for 23 Army officers and non-commissioned officers from nearby Fort Totten, who have been unable to rent homes for their families because of discrimination against Negroes in this Queens community. The council noted, in its message, that white officers had no difficulty getting housing in Bayside or other nearby communities. [fragment from adjacent column:] Furriers Approve Pact. The final two local unions of the AFL Furriers Joint Council endorsed the new three-year contract at membership meetings Wednesday evening. [Unreadable] Operators Local 105, the largest [Unreadable] workers Local 1-5 [Unreadable], meeting at the union hall at 250 W. 26 St., heard reports from union leaders [Unreadable] after discussion from the floor [Unreadable] gave their approval to the agreement. Previously, the Nailers, Cutters and Finishers Locals 110, 101 and [Unreadable]; Locals 70 and 150 were scheduled to meet yesterday after work, thus rounding out the schedule of week-long meetings of all locals of the Council. Some of the highlights of the agreement, as reported by union officials, call for a 20 percent increase in minimum wages, [Unreadable] holiday [Unreadable] improvements, increased penalties against employers for violations, and other benefits. All local meetings also elected 3 members each to the Council's Elections and Objections Committee, and nominated candidates for the coming June elections in the Council. The posts of Council manager, assistant managers, business agents and delegates to the Council will be filled in the elections. The furriers also heard reports at all local meetings on the recent Chicago sessions of the AFL Amalgamated Meat Cutters union, and its Fur and Leather Department, to which the Fur Joint Council of N.Y. is affiliated. [fragment from adjacent column:] [Unreadable] Spokesmen for the AFL Carpenters Council said the strike action came after the union membership turned down a 10-cent offer from the employers' association. The union has asked for a 25-[Unreadable] an issue of a wage increase [Unreadable] new pact [Unreadable] collapsed Monday afternoon [Unreadable] union leaders have called a [Unreadable] [fragment from adjacent column:] Council Probe Of Coliseum Disaster Likely. [Unreadable] the Coliseum disaster which resulted in death to one worker and injuries to 51 [Unreadable]. Several resolutions are expected to be introduced into the City Council next Tuesday calling for investigation of the [Unreadable]. Several other members of the Council, recalling the years of controversial debate over the Coliseum project, are considering asking for a full-scale investigation by the City Council itself [Unreadable] Victor L. Anfuso, Brooklyn Democrat [Unreadable]. [Unreadable] venture intended to become the country's biggest convention and exposition hall. It was started in April 1954, and was originally scheduled to open by March 1, 1956. The work is being done by private contractors - Walsh, Fuller & Slattery, three of the city's largest builders, who are handling the huge project as a combine venture. [Unreadable] supporters of low-cost housing [Unreadable] feared that it was more in line with the desires of powerful construction interests at the expense of the working people of the area. Workers on the Coliseum job are reported to have told their union safety officials this week that whatever the exact reason for the disaster, the issues of safety and speedup are part of the whole picture. Investigation of the disaster by the safety committee of New York's Building and Construction Council of the AFL [Unreadable] without comment as yet by [Unreadable]. Independent and separate probes conducted by city and state agencies are reported to be going on. [fragment from adjacent column:] Food Industry Threatens Price Increase If City Raises Tax. A warning by food industry representatives that prices will rise [Unreadable] was heard yesterday at a hearing by the City Council Finance Committee on a proposed increase in the gross receipts business and financial tax. [Unreadable] the huge A & P food chain [Unreadable] the "plight" of [Unreadable] operating on a profit of only [Unreadable] percent [Unreadable]. The committee is considering the 25 percent tax increase approved by the Legislature at the last session [Unreadable] $8,600,000 for fiscal [Unreadable] 1955-56. During a long debate in the [Unreadable] a major speaker for the food industry [Unreadable]. The Council has until May 21 to act on the levy, which appears certain of passage and which is backed by the Wagner administration. [fragment from adjacent column:] Refuses to Order Arbitration Of B'klyn Eagle Severance Pay. New York State Supreme Court Justice William C. Hecht, Jr., yesterday denied an action by the CIO-American Newspaper Guild seeking to compel the publishers of the defunct Brooklyn Eagle to arbitrate the union's demands for severance pay. Justice Hecht held, however, that the publisher, Frank D. Schroth, Sr., should arbitrate with the Guild on its demands for vacation pay, holiday pay and other rights which had accrued prior to last Jan. 28, when Guild members went on strike against the newspaper. An auctioneer is now selling the Eagle equipment on an item-by-item basis. [fragment from adjacent column:] The New York State Public Health Council has approved an amendment to the sanitary code requiring [Unreadable]. Under the new regulation, [Unreadable] of polio vaccine will be limited to physicians, manufacturers, their distributors and dealers [Unreadable] will not be able to purchase the vaccine over a drug counter. All shipments of the vaccine from out of the state, except from [Unreadable], must be reported to the State Health Department within 24 hours of receipt. [fragment from adjacent column:] Matusow Expose. Harry Raymond, of the staff of the Daily Worker, will speak on "Matusow and the Big Lie" at the Polonia Club, 219 Second Ave., Saturday, 7:30 p.m. He will report on the sensational hearing before Judge Edward J. Dimock where Harvey Matusow confessed his perjury and the developments which won a new trial for George Blake Charney and Alexander Trachtenberg. [fragment from adjacent column:] THE WEINSTOCK TRADE UNION DEFENSE COMM. invites you to celebrate the 52nd Birthday of Louis Weinstock [Unreadable]. REAL HUNGARIAN DINNER, Sat. eve. May 14, 8 pm, HUNGARIAN HOUSE, 2111 Southern Boulevard near 182nd St., BRONX, N.Y. SPEAKERS: HOWARD FAST, [Unreadable] SACHER. Send reservations to Frank [Unreadable], Treasurer [Unreadable].