. Yesterday morning, Comrade Ramiz Alia, went to the city of Fier and took Party Committee of this district, to which cadres from the economy and the government had also been invited. The first secretary of the district Labour Party committee, Bilibajupi, thanked Comrade Ramiz Alia for taking part in this regular meeting of the Plenum and briefed those present on the work priorities of the Party organizations at this current stage of the democratic process. He stressed that the situation is difficult and that there are also other factors beyond our control—factors that have no interest in a stable Albania that moves forward and develops on its own. Over the last ten years, economic difficulties have increased. To meet employment needs, we have been obliged to invest according to a plan that was not in keeping with the country’s economic means. The weather was unfavorable to us almost every year. From the standpoint of the level of productive activity, we entered the intensive stage. [Fragment as printed:] consistently have chosen the democratic alternative, not that of force; they have chosen the language of agreement and dialogue, not that of violence. This shows their nature. We know them and were aware of the objective character of developments, so we acted correctly in opening the way for them. It is very important that a series of scenarios intended to create insecurity and «seize» our state in an anti-democratic position did not turn out as the enemies had expected. Our effort has been to avoid the path of force in every case. But everything must be subject to the law. The laws apply to everyone. This is the course we must demand. A criminal must be punished severely as a criminal, a thief as a thief, a vandal as a vandal. The people want peace and quiet. For the sake of this peace, state institutions must act lawfully, using all legal means against troublemakers, against violence, against violations of the person, homes, public and private property, and the values we have created. The rule-of-law state must do its duty so that the people can enjoy life and what they have, and not feel threatened by any danger. This is essential especially at the present moment, when the election campaign is under way. Political forces, parties and various organizations must also be concerned and work to ensure that people have normal working and living conditions at such a time, and that the elections are as they wish them to be: free, pluralist and democratic. Democracy, life and well-being, Comrade Ramiz Alia said in conclusion, are not built with words and promises, but through work and a constructive spirit. Let us correctly promote our Party’s program and demonstrate with arguments the superiority of our alternative, while also ensuring that people are not confused or deceived by fantasies, etc. Let us go into the 31 March elections with optimism and complete confidence. Albania’s democratic development will move forward. Let us look to the coming day and work devotedly; let everyone give thought to these matters. The fatherland needs action and an uplift in spirit from everyone; it needs work that benefits society. Comrade Ramiz Alia left Fier amid the affectionate send-off of hundreds of city residents. (ATSH) the Labour Party committee of this district, Bilbil Jaupi, of the processes of democratizing life in our country. The Plenum emphasized the greater role communists must play in solving the concrete problems that concern the people today, focusing in particular on one-to-one conversations with people, so that their role may be felt more strongly through concrete words and actions on the fronts where they work and serve. Special importance was attached to the work of the Party organizations in conducting broader propaganda for the Labour Party’s electoral program. In a critical spirit, the imbalances in some branches of the economy caused by subjective reasons were discussed, along with the measures that should be taken to implement the Council of Ministers’ decisions more quickly, especially on such matters as housing—helping residents who wish to do so to build private homes—and employing the available workforce by increasing and expanding private service enterprises of various kinds, for which the people have a great need, etc. Leaders of agricultural enterprises raised at the Plenum the concerns of cooperative members regarding village life, the further strengthening of agricultural cooperatives, improving relations between the state and agricultural enterprises, and so on. Comrade Ramiz Alia also spoke at the Plenum about the political situation. He said that he properly understood the concerns people have; whether or not they belong to a party, these concerns are legitimate because we are dealing with destabilizing phenomena. Destructive forces have emerged, committed to destroying, not building. But people must think carefully about how to confront the situation appropriately and choose their forms of action. Destabilization stems from internal factors, but also from circumstances and certain international developments. The country is experiencing an economic decline. This is not because Albania became poor in a month or a year. In examining this decline, we must consider our weaknesses, but activity, we entered the intensive stage. We put our internal resources to use, but needs nevertheless remained unmet. The need arose to cooperate with foreign capital; many agreements have been signed, but we are still at the beginning. Therefore, it cannot be claimed that the current economic situation will be overcome in a day. The current events, Comrade Ramiz stressed, must be viewed in a broader context. They must be linked to what is happening in the world, to the processes and trends running through it. Albania is not a closed box. We live in this world; we cannot do without contact with it. The need for change has arisen from our own reality. Much has been said about economic relations in the countryside. There are problems at present as well. I have spoken before about the excesses now occurring in the division of cooperatives. Everything must be done on the basis of study. The Party understood that it had gone too far in enlarging some agricultural enterprises. It directed that they be divided. But we must not go to the other extreme, with every village becoming a cooperative of its own. Work is under way to give the countryside a better future. The price reform will mean that cooperatives receive hundreds of millions of lek that currently go to industry and other branches. While preserving collective ownership—the cooperative—various forms of piecework, remuneration and work will be applied to encourage personal and family initiative, as well as that of a broader group. The household plot, too, as provided for in our electoral program, will see varied developments, taking into account the specific characteristics of the country’s different regions. People must take up their jobs, line up side by side, carry out their own duties and not pass the ball to someone else. Otherwise, their activities will continue to be blocked. The Labour Party and our state, in a manner (Photo: ATSH)

— From letters sent to Comrade Ramiz Alia — We learned from RTV about the demands of some students at UT «Enver Hoxha» to remove Enver Hoxha’s name, repeal the decree concerning the nation’s illustrious figures, and have the government resign. This fact outrages us immensely, the letter says, among other things. Those of us writing to you have grandchildren, children, sisters and brothers whom we sent to the University to gain knowledge and culture. First of all, we tell you that Enver Hoxha is ours, and only then our children’s. We fought and sheltered Enver Hoxha during the National Liberation War, from Galigati to Shënpremte; we worked and fought with Enver Hoxha; we valued Enver Hoxha and [damaged/unclear text: «e kemi gramatshoti»] with Enver Hoxha [unclear fragment]. [The printed text continues:] came out of darkness into light. We remind the students that to deny Enver Hoxha is to deny the grandfather, grandmother, mother, sister and brother who work and sacrifice to educate and cultivate you. You students, our sons and daughters, until today you have not known what work is; you live off our labor and sweat, and that of the state. You have not shed sweat for what we have built with such toil and sacrifice. Apply yourselves to your studies and master science and knowledge very well; take them further within the framework of democratizing all aspects of the country’s life. We promise you, Comrade Ramiz, that we will work more and better to instill in our children love of work, democracy and the people, and to strengthen and advance the fatherland. From the active members of the Democratic Front of the Gramsh District. We veterans of the Fier district heard with deep indignation the demand by a section of the students of the University of Tirana to remove the name of Comrade Enver Hoxha and to strengthen the law on the protection of historical symbols. We are very angered by this proposal. Enver Hoxha’s name is bound up with the founding of the Albanian Communist Party, as the architect of the new Albania. Enver Hoxha’s name will remain forever in our hearts; therefore, we join our voices to the telegrams from the Rrëshen district, asking that Enver Hoxha’s name not be removed from the University and that the name of Hoxha borne by this University not be removed. The students here are children of this people, and this people has had, has, and will have Enver Hoxha as the central figure of the nation. We appeal to all students and their parents who truly consider themselves patriots and devoted sons and daughters of Albania to distance themselves from this demand. Our people are also outraged by the students’ demand for the government’s resignation. Do these students and lecturers, who demand ideal conditions, not realize that the state’s expenditure comes from the sweat of the working people, not from their own sweat and toil? We are, and will remain, in favor of democratizing all aspects of the country’s life along a democratic path, but we are not, and will never be, in favor of these acts of vandalism taking place in several cities of the country. [Fragment as printed:] Then, our people and we have defended it and will defend it to the death. From the people of Shpirag, Berat ... We cooperative members, cadres, pupils and young people of the Manzë area experienced these past days the painful and bitter event in which some people, without any human ideals, gravely disrupted the peace of the citizens of Durrës—a peace that had been their most precious possession, created by generations, and which even Europe had envied as that of a peaceful place. It pains us to see our beautiful Durrës. We see fires, thefts, broken windows and the most disgraceful and condemnable acts. At the same time, some students are demanding that the name of Comrade Enver Hoxha be removed. We condemn those making such demands, which have no basis, and ask television and the press to make it clear to the students as well that the propaganda of certain dark forces seeks to incite and destroy everything we have built with so much sacrifice and sweat under Enver’s leadership. Let us act with reason and conscience toward every student, not with the pressure and violence being exerted on some students. Our request is that those who do not share these convictions distance themselves from these dark forces, for they are children of the ordinary people. Their deliberate actions, and those of other dark forces, seeking to strike in every direction, even demanding the government’s resignation, clearly show that they want to lay mines on the road to democracy. Enver Hoxha is one of those important figures who belong to the Albanian nation, a figure of the people’s heart and soul, mind and memory. People must not toy with the feelings of the Albanian people. Such notions, as well as the proposal to repeal the decree concerning the nation’s illustrious figures, are poison for democracy and pose great dangers on the people’s unstoppable road to progress. We, the teachers, will stand by you students; we will work honestly at the forefront of the struggle and work to provide our young generation with patriotic education and scientific learning. We wish the telegram to be read on television. Collectives of secondary and eight-year schools, Fier ••• We, the cooperative members, intellectuals and pioneers of Enver, from the village of Palokastër in the Gjirokastër district, gathered face to face, are deeply indignant about the events in Durrës as well as certain demands by some University students to remove Enver Hoxha’s name and for the government to resign. We peasants of Palokastër have felt more than anyone the oppres- (Continued on page 2) The name of Enver Hoxha is linked, rightly so, with Albania. The name of Enver Hoxha voice to the telegrams from the Ber-shem district, calling for the name of Enver Hoxha not to be removed from the University and for the law protecting symbols not to be annulled. Revolutionary greetings from the Committee of Veterans, Fier ••• These days, we learned from Radio Television that some students at the University of Tirana have called for the removal of Enver Hoxha’s name and the repeal of the decree on the nation’s distinguished figures. This demand deeply outrages us. It expresses neither culture nor democracy in any way. This is a dangerous provocation against the people by dark forces incited by internal and external enemies. We, the 700 veterans of the war and of labour in the city of Laç, believe that the name and work of Enver Hoxha must not be infringed upon in any way. Enver Hoxha belongs to the entire Albanian people, and only they have the right to speak on this issue. We fully support the telegram from our comrades in Mirditë and Përmet. Revolutionary greetings from the war and labour veterans of the city of Laç ••• We, the people of Shpirag in Berat, a region that bears the name of the mountain on which the name of the greatest son in the history of our people, Enver Hoxha, is carved, are outraged by the demands of some University students, who are calling for the removal of Enver

The spokesperson of the Ministry of Internal Affairs informs the public that there is information indicating that certain forces are attempting to organize anti-public acts, and that there is information about plans to organize acts of terror and even vandalism. We ask political parties, organizations and political-social associations to distance themselves from such attempts, to take measures to ensure that their members do not fall into the trap of dark, destructive forces, and to contribute to the fullest extent to maintaining public peace and preventing acts that could lead to the destruction of material property. The Internal Affairs authorities are taking measures to prevent and forcefully counter these acts. We ask citizens to stay away from such elements and not to approach unlawful gatherings, so that action can be taken as effectively as possible to avoid any consequences. Parents and educators should be especially careful— …the maintenance of public order and the prevention of acts that could lead to damage to property. The Internal Affairs organs are taking measures to prevent and forcibly counter these acts. We ask citizens to keep to avoid any consequences. Parents and educators must take care that children are not manipulated by dark and hostile forces, which are calling on every enterprise and institution to take measures to protect the people’s property. The Internal Affairs organs, as always, will rely firmly on the people to maintain public order and ensure the safety of citizens. (ATSH)

— Meditation on a story by Migjeni — I have always wanted to write something about Migjeni. Not only about what others know about the nation. There has also been a personal inner impulse, closely connected with human life. Perhaps it is because in our family he has always been mentioned with that special feeling one has for a first teacher. It all stems from a simple fact, perhaps even a chance one, yet one of such weight that it can form the beginning of an entire life. My father, Zeneli, was Migjeni’s pupil, and Migjeni dedicated one of his stories to him. And in my early childhood, strangely enough, I believed—with all the faith a person can have, and with heart and soul together—that Migjeni had been much closer than a teacher. He had been the first friend of the hearth, who would listen to his troubles, and the great intellectual who would expose them at their very source; he had been the seed of future songs. Father always called him «Millosh», and now I know exactly why. He had first entered his heart as a human being. The author of these lines, then, has a somewhat unusual good fortune. The story of his father has been written down. And it does not come from his grandparents, for they did not even know how to read, but from one of the Albanian-language readers, Migjeni; as such, it is not only accurate, but in a way can also be read and recounted to others. Now, we are two generations, father and son (Continued on page 3)

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