Biography of Mrs Mudigdio (Siti Aminah), Harian Rakjat 8 Sep 1955, in Monthly Indonesian Press Survey

Title: Monthly Indonesian Press Survey (1955-09) - Biography of Mrs Mudigdio (Siti Aminah), Harian Rakjat 8 Sep 1955 [HathiTrust coo.31924079086488 seq 584-585] Source: HathiTrust Digital Library (full view), page OCR text via text-only view Volume: https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=coo.31924079086488 Date retrieved: 2026-10-19 Note: page-image download returned 403 (HathiTrust image downloads blocked); OCR text only. Monthly Indonesian press survey, no.11-21 1956. | HathiTrust Digital Library View this item in the Book Viewer Use of this online version is subject to all U.S. copyright laws. Please do not save or redistribute this file. For questions or comments, contact HathiTrust.org at [email protected] You have one page at a time access to this item. Authenticated members of HathiTrust institutions who have a print disability may have full-text access to this item. Login to determine if you have access and see all volumes that are available when searching. For more information, see HathiTrust Accessibility. Page at a time access to this item is also available via our fully-styled HathiTrust interface. Full Bibliographic Information Title Monthly Indonesian press survey, no.11-21 1956. Published [Washington,External Research Division, Bureau of Intelligence and Research. Description 58 nos.27-32 cm. Rights Public Domain, Google-digitized. Permanent URL https://hdl.handle.net/2027/coo.31924079086488 Page #584 Anwarkadir is also secretary of the PKI Committee for Southeast Indonesia, which includes a section of the South Celebes, the Moluccas, and the eastern section of the Lesser Sundas. (Djakarta, Harian Rakjat, 9 Sep 55) Djokosudjono Djokosudjono was born at Blora, Central Java, in 1912. began his political activity as a member of the PNI in 1929, and in 1935 worked with Musso, Pamudji, and Adhmad Sumadi to organize the [then] illegal PKI. In 1938, he was imprisoned by the Dutch colonial government at Boven Digul; during World War II, he took refuge in Austrailia, where together with other comrades he organized the Foreign Section of the PKI. When the revolution broke out in Indonesia following the Japanese surrender, he took an active part in the Indonesian campaign in Australia to frustrate the efforts being made there by the Dutch government to recruit troops to suppress the revolution in Indonesia. As a result of these activities, he and his comrades were held in a Dutch concentration camp in Australia for 6 months but later released and returned to Indonesia through the intercession of the Australian labor movement. He returned to Indonesia in 1946 and worked to build up the party within the labor unions. From 1931 to 1935, he served as chairman of the PBKI (Indonesian Railway Workers Labor Union) and from 1932 to 1934 as secretary of the Persatuan Sarikat Sekerdja Seluruh Indonesia (All-Indonesia Association of Labor Unions), the forerunner of Sobsi (All-Indonesia Central Labor Union) during the Dutch regime. In 1933, he officiated at the first Indonesian labor congress in Surabaja. From 1947 to 1953, he held the post of chairman of the SBKA (Railway Workers Union) executive council; recently, he was made a member of the Sobsi central board, representing Sobsi in Parliament. Harian Rakjat, 8 Sep 55) 5. Mudigdio (Djakarta, Mrs Mudigdio, whose full name is Mudigdio Siti Aminah Nahsjam Marah Umar, was born in Medan, Sumatra, in 1904. Since the age of 14, she has been active in various women's organizations. From 1931 to 1934, before the ban on assemblies was enforced, she was active in Pertindo (Persatuan Tani Indonesia, Indonesian Farmers Association). Since August 1945, she has been a member of the Parliament of the Republic of Indonesia. She has fought for and championed such democratic causes as the "Three Regions" Incident, the Madiun Affair, and the Sukiman- Masjumi August Incident, and has played an outstanding role in defending PKI regional functionaries before the law. 40 Monthly Indonesian press survey, no.11-21 1956. | HathiTrust Digital Library View this item in the Book Viewer Use of this online version is subject to all U.S. copyright laws. Please do not save or redistribute this file. For questions or comments, contact HathiTrust.org at [email protected] You have one page at a time access to this item. Authenticated members of HathiTrust institutions who have a print disability may have full-text access to this item. Login to determine if you have access and see all volumes that are available when searching. For more information, see HathiTrust Accessibility. Page at a time access to this item is also available via our fully-styled HathiTrust interface. Full Bibliographic Information Title Monthly Indonesian press survey, no.11-21 1956. Published [Washington,External Research Division, Bureau of Intelligence and Research. Description 58 nos.27-32 cm. Rights Public Domain, Google-digitized. Permanent URL https://hdl.handle.net/2027/coo.31924079086488 Page #585 In his speech, Minister Suroso [ad interim Minister of Public Works and Manpower in the Harahap Cabinet) stated that the academy was established to train experts in government administration in addition to offering Ministry of Internal Affairs courses, so that competent personnel can be obtained in a short time when the need arises. The minister further stated that the academy has an enrollment of 107 students, 40 of whom are in the first category and 67 in the second category. The academy courses are of 3-year duration. Minister Suroso concluded his talk by stating that the following are members of the administrative board: Master of Laws Gondowardojo, Professor Doctoral Candidate Adam Bachtiar, and the resident of Malang. The faculty is composed of the following: Masters of Laws Utrecht, Kusnun, Mardojo, Sundoro, Sunarko, Oei Pek Hong, and Abdurrachman; and Doctoral Candidates Sumarsono, Sujono, Sujekti, and Daruko (Djakarta, Pedoman, 19 Mar 56) 3. Professorial Appointments The Cabinet has approved a proposal to appoint Muh. Yamin professor at the Teachers Academy at Bandung. The Cabinet also approved the appointment of Professor Engineer P. G. H. A. Fermin as professor at the Technical Faculty at Bandung, Professor Engineer C. Gartner as professor at the Agricultural Faculty at Bogor, and M. A. Jaspan as professor at the Pedagogical Faculty of the Gadjah Mada University at Jogjakarta. (Djakarta, Java Bode, 16 Apr 56) B. Health 1. Shortening of Medical Course Proposed In early April 1956, on the occasion of the celebration of the ninth anniversary of the Medical Faculty of the University of Indonesia in Djakarta. Dr H. Sinaga, Minister of Health, stated that he was very much in favor of shortening the curriculum of the Medical Faculty from 6 years to 5 years. He maintained that in view of the great need for more doctors in Indonesia, there being only 1,000 doctors for Indonesia's population of over 80 million, this plan would help the situation. He said that it was essential now to have enough doctors to help the sick rather than to aim constantly at graduating doctors who would measure up to international standards for the profession. Professor Sutarman read a speech of the dean of the Medical Faculty Professor Sudjono Djuned Pusponoegoro, who was ill, in which the latter stated that the faculty instructors should approve the proposal for shortening the duration of the medical course. 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