Reactions outside the Party and discussions on Declaration on the Name and Status of the Croatian Literary Language according to Politika and Borba

Nakon pojave Deklaracije o nazivu i položaju hrvatskog književnog jezika uslijedile se rasprave, a potom i osude potpisnika navedene inicijative. Pored osuda koje su dolazile iz gradskih, republičkih i saveznih partijskih središta, osudama su se pridružila i različita hrvatska republička i jugoslavenska savezna tijela. Srbijanske su tiskovine opširno izvještavale sa sjednica Republičkoga, Privrednoga, Socijalno-zdravstvenoga, Organizaciono-političkoga i Prosvjetno-kulturnoga vijeća Sabora SR Hrvatske te Prosvjetno-kulturnoga, Privrednoga, Socijalno-zdravstvenoga i Saveznoga vijeća Savezne skupštine. O Deklaraciji su raspravljala i neka druga republička i savezna tijela, i to Republička privredna komora Hrvatske, Savjet za naučni rad Hrvatske, Odbor Saveznoga vijeća za društveno-ekonomske odnose i Centralno vijeće Saveza sindikata Jugoslavije. O Deklaraciji su se očitovala i neka izvanpartijska tijela u BiH. Riječ je o nastavnicima Filozofskoga fakulteta u Sarajevu i Upravnome odboru i Predsjedništvu Udruženja univerzitetskih nastavnika i naučnih radnika BiH. Srbijanske su tiskovine davale dosta medijskoga prostora i pojedinačnim reakcijama pojedinaca i neformalnih grupa. Oni su se o Deklaraciji uglavnom očitovali otvorenim pismima. Ocjene su Deklaracije, svih gore navedenih tijela i pojedinaca, na tragu partijskih stavova. Proglašavaju je atakom na bratstvo i jedinstvo, brane jedinstvo hrvatskoga i srpskoga jezika, pozivaju na utvrđivanje odgovornosti potpisnika. Zbog uključenosti u donošenje Deklaracije neki su potpisnici podnijeli ostavke na dužnosti i kandidacijske liste za pojedina republička i savezna vijeća.Appearance of the Declaration on the Name and Status of the Croatian Literary Language was followed by discussions and disapprovals of its signatories. Besides disapprovals coming from the city, republic and federal Party centers, there were also those from different Croatian republic and Yugoslav federal bodies. Serbian newspapers were extensively reporting from the meetings of the Republic Council, Economic Council, Social and Health Council, Organizational and Political Council and Education and Culture Council of the Parliament of the SR Croatia as well as Education and Culture Council, Economic Council, Social and Health Council and Federal Council of the Federal Parliament. Declaration was also discussed by some other republican and federal bodies: Republic Chamber of Commerce, Croatian Scientific Council, Committee of the Federal Council for Socio-Economic Relations and Central Council of the Yugoslav Trade Union Confederation. Some bodies outside the Party in B&H also presented their comments on the Declaration. Those are the teachers of the Faculty of Philosophy in Sarajevo and Management Board and Presidency of the Association of University Teachers and Scientists of B&H. Serbian newspapers also devoted much of their media space to reactions of individuals and informal groups. They were giving their comments on the Declaration mostly through open letters. All the above mentioned bodies evaluated the Declaration in the similar way to the Party views. They declared it as an attack to brotherhood and unity, defended the unity of Croatian and Serbian language, invited to determining the responsibility of the signatories. Because of being included into adoption of the Declaration some signatories resigned from their posts and candidate lists for certain republic and federal councils