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To J 5 - page two = Albania too has now reorganized its Party and government: Viece=-Premie Mamaih Myftin and Minister of State-Control Joseph Pashko were accused of incompeteneesz the Minister of Instruction Kahreman Yilli and the Minister of Supplies Lefter Goga were simply dismissed; Bedri Spahia, Seercatary of the Central Party Committee did not figure on the list of those renamed and several of the provincial party seereté@ries were similarily replaced. Besides these more outstanding personalities, several xk thousand of simple members were exeluded from the Party. Enver Hostha has now taken the party organization strongly in his hands and hopes for a docile machine to carry out the | economie and military plan issued by Moscow. a kal ad Albania's economy. AYbenta is a moetly agricultural country, with sheep and at raising, growing of cereal, fruits, olive trees and tobacco as ts main resourees, The food situation nevertheless is more than diffienlt. UNRRA supplied the country with relief up to 19483 since then, despite govermmental pressure to increase production, rations have remained yery low. Even heavy workers are granted only a maximum of one pound of bread a day; their monthly ration is never higher than one poimű of sugar, one pound of the usual mutton and half a pound of eheese made from sheep milk, This lagging produetion ean be explained both by the closing of the borders to foreign trade and by the agricultural policy of the government, Colleetivization is imposed by foree: latest news report that 12.000 peasants, that is 1% of the total population, are now in foreed labor, accused of having opposed the establishment of kolkhoses, The other main Albanian resource is its mining wealth: petrol, salt, iron ore, copper, chrome and coal. In the past these resourees were little exploited, and only in very reeent years did an industrial sffort start in that purely rural countrye Important groups of Russian experts have reached Albanic latcly. Their aim is to prospect 211 the available mining resources and to help Albania in ype their rational and seientifie exploitation and in building up an adequate industrial power. “—_ ss én The Church in Albania. : a importants Until lately the Mohammedan Church had 3 been perseeute n nia, In reeent months however a very important and signifiednt change Bhange has taken place; unioss the Western World watehes yout, its repereussion ean be considerablee On advice from Moscow, Enver Hoxha, a Mohamnedan himself, has suddenly dis« continued the perseeution a few months ago and is now feverishely orgenizing a Mohaumedan Church of his owme The hitherto banmed ¥ . religious practices are re-introdueed3 the Mohammedan religious orders are given new life and their vast fortunes returned under administrati ef their actual heads: religious ceremonies are revived, but they too under new leadership, several of these being known to have served in the Seerct Poliee. Enver Hoxha goes as far as to assist himself at services in the mosques, All this activity is leading up to one fac which is the solution of the riddles with modern Russian equipment, the Albanian regime is rapidly building up a pewéerful radio statio9G