WPK’s Calculation

One day before the Sixth Congress of the WPK a consultative meeting took place in the presence of Kim Jong Il. The item on the agenda was how to build a yeast factory badly needed for the foodstuff industry. At the time there were a lot of projects under way to glorify the 6th Party Congress, requiring manpower, materials and funds. Taking the situation into consideration, an official, reporting to the Chairman on the strained financial supplies of the country, gave his opinion to postpone the construction of the new factory.

Then Kim Jong Il said: Of course we have to make calculation before building a factory. But you must not always keep calculation ahead of others. If doing so, we can never do anything for the people. All of you, think of your mothers. When they had no cloth, they cut even their one and only piece of clothes to make clothes for their children, and when there was no food, they sold even their own braids of hair to obtain food for their children. Only when we keep such a motherly heart without calculation, can we do even one more thing for the people. They usually say not to do a losing business. But we have to do it by readily devoting all funds of the country if it is helpful for the happy life of the people. Never put calculation ahead of others when it is related to the good of the people. It is my arithmetic and the Party's method of calculation.

Thus, the factory was built in a short period, and quality foodstuffs began to be produced, bringing pleasure to the people and children.