— ACTIONS AS IN THE PAST …the other day I had prepared a successful career as a director[e] …crime for a completely negative phenomenon. At the time when the decisions were made …the district in Lezhë. The director[e] Ilda had her “cow” taken. …with the families who were left A small motorcycle with an initial value …the management of the enterprises. 6,700 lek. After breaking into the enterprise’s warehouse. Thus fulfilling …I did not consider it appropriate …because the committee secretary Ehref Rama told me: They are …when they move. …what happened? A granite rock in… The Investigation Department makes it known that it has been settled at the bank. The current director Vokrri confirms that Ilda is indebted to the enterprise. …for these merits the committee considers it reasonable to take her into its bosom as a plant-protection specialist, without another candidate. Apparently the pluralist committee needs new Socialist blood. — Let us speak concretely: Arben Ndoj from Dajç. Grade average 9.7. Perhaps because he did not meet the “town-dweller” criterion. — Harun Zeqiri. Former cooperative chairman in Baçël. Appointed director at NB Gjadër. After a “socialist duel” with candidate Pjetër Pali. Winning the right of the “strong hand,” because Gjadri does not like… — Lekë Tusha. Director of SMT- …planned to be moved. The only candidacy… wins. — Ilda Guraj. Former member of the party bureau… — 5 — Gjovalin Gjurashi. Former director in Gjadër, of the Socialist Party, becomes director of forestry. 6 — Hyda Osmani. Former director of NPD. Appointed deputy secretary… …educational forms without any difficulty. For all these moves, imposed without criteria, I turned to the chairman of the district PD, Mr. Gjergj Gjoni, with the question: How does the opposition allow these unjustified actions; what are your representatives on the committee doing? He replies: Two of our representatives were absent, one of them the deputy chairman. Besides that, the materials were given to those present about half an hour before the meeting, supposedly to keep them secret. We consider these appointments manipulated. In this case, the secret was kept well. A week beforehand, even someone with no interest in such moves had heard about them. To get a clearer picture of all these actions, I asked Atë FISHTA for an explanation. He did not hesitate to answer me: …our chairman here, director there… tomorrow a deputy, the day after tomorrow a minister, the next day a prefect, again a minister, again a deputy, with a cap on one eye, wandering and roaming on the back of the car, greeting the devils, saying “salam aleikum” on the mountaintops, this one takes off his cap, that one takes off his hat; Sir… this way, Sir… that way, grin at one, grimace at the other, even a minister!… the other, even a minister!… — Lekë Tusha. Director of SMT—planned to be moved. Lekë planned… Specialist in the co-… As the only candidate… wins. — Ilda Guraj. Former member of the bureau of the district Workers’ Party… former … of victory. Put an end to… … May Gjadri not flourish like Baqli! 5 — moves to the position of director of forestry. 6 — Hyda Osmani. Former director of the NPD. Appointed secretary to the deputies from Lezhë. The deputies have the great advantage that they develop and…

INTERVIEW (IMAGINARY) WITH MR. FATOS BITINICKA — Mr. Minister, for years the schedules of our passenger trains have never been observed. Trains arrive at stations hours late. What can you tell us? — Now we, that is, the Ministry of Transport, guided by the teachings of the Party, have analyzed this problem with a high sense of responsibility and, after much debate, have concluded that in the future, under the Party’s leadership, trains will arrive a little faster. You understand that it is impossible for trains to arrive on time; besides, there is a certain pleasure in waiting for the train: you can meet a new friend, a sweetheart, get engaged, get married. So delays have their importance too. — All right, Mr. Minister, but the train is very late. — What does it matter that the train arrives very late? The important thing is that the train arrives. What would you say if it did not come at all? — No, no, forgive me, Mr. Minister. I wouldn’t say anything; I’d go home. But let’s suppose the train did come, and it has no lights at all, Mr. Minister. — Well, young man, what matters is whether the train has lights or not? The important thing is that the train moves. Yes, yes, it moves even without lights. We have taken measures to ensure that our train can travel even without lights. That is no small thing. Besides, traveling without lights is a special pleasure. — I completely agree with you, Mr. Minister, but our train has no seats to sit on. — You young people have so many demands nowadays. Why on earth should a Minister travel by train, especially on our trains, which are a disgrace? I have a Benz, I also have a Pezho, but sometimes, so as not to attract attention, I go out in the Alfa Romeo I recently got abroad.

A student’s letter People! You people, who with tired jaws laboriously chew through the days of this… , days bent beneath worries, days exhausted by politics, insults, … days … wrapped in uncertainty, you people who remain indifferent beside us students, whom just a few months ago, very few months, you covered with … and made us … heroes; I ask you: Do you ever think of us anymore? …you, precisely, people, because being human means having a soul… You are missing from the parties, their bosses, leaders, bootlickers, …, the policeman, the minister, the parliamentarian, the president, the vampire, the devil, … …You people, who pass by us indifferently, because they, that is …, … are too far away to hear …, … like that of a lone bird, “oh mother” … of …, … and … for the sun, because … student, not a single fruit. They stole everything from him, unfortunately even … and … We are not free!!! … Elbasan Road … Students, 6:00 p.m. is a real boundary for us students… Students of the …, trousers, …, … sharp… …You people, can you hear this lonely …? You people, in these … …You people, precisely, because in the troubled days of the tenth… with …, courage, belief in victory, it was you who … us … it was you, during the February hunger strike, who … …You people, … in this place face to face with dictatorship …, … with …, …, … …You people, because they (we) now have urgent problems …, … brothers going abroad increase, conferences …, … new makes of cars; … personalities increase, … of re-elections … student, a … passes … …And now, after a tightening … in …, … conversation… …Even though unfed, … and … Djamë… … ZEF LUCA Student of Mathematics

FROM THE NEWSPAPER’S SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT, ALTIN CURRI As soon as I approached the island of Pelagrues in Yugoslavia, I spotted a fishing motorboat named “RINIA” (written in Albanian). I asked my companion how it had come all the way here, and he answered: Albanian refugees! Then I went even closer. It had been vandalized in the most grotesque way. I remembered a promise made by the chairman of the Executive Committee of Lezhë, as well as the interview with Prime Minister Ylli Bufi, who told a journalist on TV that “we have settled all the fishermen and all the boats in foreign ports have returned to Albania.” The boat “RINIA” lies peacefully. I FEEL LIKE CRYING… — IMPRESSION — Lezhë, October 27. A large crowd of people, their faces marked by a murderous life, are in a very good mood. Soon they will board a very comfortable ferry and, after an equally comfortable journey, arrive there, in that neighboring country shaped like a boot. Yes, yes, they will arrive there at daybreak. They will be given a magnificent welcome. Then they will be distributed among cities where they will feel at home, minding their own business… (!) They wait, while I feel like crying at their mad hope by the Drin bridge. Look, people, a ferry is coming through the air! The ferry is flying?! — It’s flying! Hey, damn it! M. MIRASHI

— He really says it, but what kind of word is that! — All right, Mr. Minister, but it’s a little cold now. Winter has come. Pregnant women and women with children, old men and old women travel on our trains. There isn’t a single pane of glass in the train. — What, am I supposed to put the windows in for you too? Besides, everyone knows winter has come. Dress warmly. — But it’s very cold, especially around our parts, where the rain never stops and the wind blows hard. — What can poor me do about the rain and wind? I have no control over them. That is not within the competence of our Ministry. (Address your complaints to the Minister of the Meteorological Service.) Still, there’s a solution to this too. When you set off on a train journey, take a piece of plastic sheeting with you; it’s no catastrophe. — Thank you very much, Mr. Minister, for these valuable instructions, but I wanted to ask one more question: Have you ever traveled by train? — You journalists are so tiresome. Romeo I recently got abroad. ALEKSANDËR FRANGAJ

1 — How Mr. Saimir Kraja became district finance chief (By Nikollë Lesi). 2 — The hotel in Ishull Lezhë: a hunting hotel or Nazmi’s hotel!? (By Alfons Zeneli). 3 — Albanian refugees do not belong only to you; they are ours too. Interview with Mr. Antonio Fieskonara, former mayor of the Municipality of Kastelbuono in Palermo, given to Mr. Tomë Therçaj. 4 — The people who died twice and were buried… once! (By Edmond Kaçeli and Fran Zefi). 5 — Zenun Hyseni, chairman of the committee for policy and staffing of the Gostivar branch of the Party of Democratic Prosperity (Macedonia): comes to Tirana to buy the bust of Enver Hoxha (By Tomorr Veleçiku).