When a great upswing is made in the metal industry, it is possible to invigorate the chemical industry and such key industries as electric power, coal and machine-building industries, as well as agriculture, light industry and fishing industry directly linked with the people's livelihood, the editorial says, and goes on:

To shore up the metal industry is an important political work for hardening the people's confidence in socialism.

To further strengthen the faith of the people to vigorously advance along the road of socialism, single-mindedly following the Party, by making remarkable progress in the development of the self-supporting economy is a sacred work that is incomparably more important than any success in the efforts for carrying out plans.

The news of proud successes made by iron and steel plants across the country in production, overhauling and capacity expansion will help all the people harden their confidence in their own strength and their will to bring earlier the bright future as a vivid picture of progress of Korean-style socialism.

When the metal industrial sector takes the lead in the campaign for implementing the idea of the Party and upholding its policies, it will surely serve as a reliable pillar of the state economy and make it possible to accelerate the revolutionary grand march toward a new victory on all fronts of the national economy.