An Jong Su, department director of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, made a congratulatory speech.

He warmly congratulated the employees of the factory greeting the Day of the Shining Star under the particular care of the Marshal.

There are palaces where a tiny handful of the rich enjoy luxury but there is such workers' palace to be envied by everyone as the Wonsan Shoes Factory in the DPRK only, and there are also the words called a reception for workers only in Kim Il Sung's Korea, the DPRK led by the Marshal, he noted.

He extended the greatest glory and warmest thanks to the Marshal, reflecting the unanimous loyalty of all workers.

He called upon the employees of the factory to perform miracles and innovations in the production in the revolutionary spirit of Paektu, the spirit of the blizzards of Paektu, bearing in mind the pride that the great Generalissimos Kim Il Sung's and Kim Jong Il's love always reaches them and they live under the warm care of the Marshal at all times.