Monthly Indonesian Press Survey (1961-62): Kongres IV Gerwani

Title: Monthly Indonesian Press Survey (1961-62) - Fourth Congress of Gerwani [HathiTrust coo.31924079086538] Source: HathiTrust Digital Library (full view, US government work), page OCR text via text-only view Volume: https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=coo.31924079086538 Date retrieved: 2026-10-17 Note: page-image PDFs could not be downloaded (HathiTrust temporarily blocked image downloads); OCR text only. Page #137 Indonesian Moslem Students Movement expressed the hope that the congress would result in better cooperation with the PPMI in accordance with the decision of the fifth PPMI congress in June 1961. As is known the PPMI is an extra-university federation in which the PMII is a member whereas the MMI is an intra-university federation. The PPMI congress had suggested that a joint executive be formed by elevating the present joint secretariat to this status... (Djakarta, Duta Masjarakat, 13 Dec 61) In accordance with the principle of simplification of youth and university student organizations, a new university students organization called the KMI has been set up in which the following local members of the PPMI are affiliated: The Djakarta University Students Movement; the Bogor University Students Society; the Bandung University. Students Association; and the Surabaya University Students Movement. This organization is based on the Pantjasila and seriously implements the Political Manifesto. It is hoped that other local university student organizations which have not yet joined will soon do so. The provisional direction of the KMI is being undertaken by a presidium consisting of the four organizations named above. (Djakarta, Merdeka, 20 Νοv 61) 3. Gerwani The fourth congress of Gerwani is to be held from 14 to 17. December 1961 in Djakarta and will hear an address by President Sukarno. The agenda of the congress also includes a general report by the general chairman of Gerwani, a speech concering changes in the Gerwani constitution, and a speech concerning the organization's program of struggle. Gerwani has 1,120,594 members and branches in 22 provinces. In holding its congress, Gerwani has received financial aid from the Department of Social Welfare and rice from the city of Djakarta. The Gerwani secretariat announced that in its activities in the field of education, Gerwani has registered 46,785 persons in literacy courses from which 25,166 have been graduated. It employs 1,016 teachers in this effort. It also operates 605 Melati kindergartens with 19,298 pupils. (Makassar, Marhaen, 15 Dec 61) 4. Pertanu A conference of the Malang branch of Pertanu which was held from 17 to 19 November 1961 elected the following officers: chairman, H. Ichsan; first deputy chairman, H. Mansur; second deputy chairman, H. Sjukri; first secretary, Ashadi, second secretary, H. Sjarif. 10 Page #138 NO TEXT ON PAGE This page does not contain any text recoverable by the OCR engine.