No. 12

NATION BAHA'I- BAHA'I YEAR 125

PUBLISHED MONTHLY BY

THE NATIONAL SPIRITUAL

ASSEMBLY OF THE BAHA'IS

OF THE UNITED STATES

FOR BAHA'IS ONLY 112 Linden Av., Wilmette, 111. 60091 Second-class wstaae m i d at Wilmette, Illinois

DECEMBER 1968

ARE YOU? . . . A member of one of the eight larger Baha'i communities in the United States? If so, this message is for you- all others, please turn the page and continue reading this important issue of the National Baha'i Review.

A short commuter distance away from your present residence is a needy Baha'i community, or a group which needs but a few more members in order to assure the formation of a local spiritual assembly next Ridvan. It is our prayer that you will be willing to sacrifice your time and energies to further promote the Cause of God in this way - that of being a homefront pioneer. The attainment of the goals of the Nine Year Plan, as again expressly stated in the recent message from our supreme and infallible Universal House of Justice (NATIONAL BAHA'~ REVIEW Oct., 1968): It is the individual believer who must maintain the local assemblies and the centers already won a t the cost of such great sacrifice. I t is they who must, afire with the love of Baha'u'llah, go forth to further broaden the base of administrative activity by forming new Assemblies. . . .

Phoenix, Arizona New York City, New Yo& how soon can you move to across the River

GLENDALE or Bay is Denver, Colorado BEACON, NEW YORK just a short distance away is HEMPSTEAD, NEW YORK

ARVADA AURORA LITTLETON NORTH PLAINFIELD, NEW JERSEY Washington, D.C. OYSTER BAY TOWNSHIP, NEW YORK a stone's throw away is PATERSON, NEW JERSEY

TAKOMA PARK, MARYLAND RIDGE WOOD, NEW JERSEY FAIRFAX, VIRGINIA TOWN OF CORTLAND, NEW YORK

Chicago, Evanston and Wilmette, TOWN OF YORKTOW N, NEW YORK Illinois WILLINGBORO, NEW JERSEY

across the street, township YONKERS, NEW YORK or county you'll find Cleveland, Ohio

DES PLAINES HIGHLAND PARK right next door, waiting DOWNERS GROVE LAKE FOREST BEREA DOWNERS NORTHBROOK EUCLID

GROVE TOWNSHIP PARK FOREST NORTH OLMSTED GLENCOE PARK RIDGE WARRENSVILLE HEIGHTS

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Pioneer Goal of the Month

ECUADOR This month we share with you our latest message from the National Spiritual Assembly of Ecuador: "Ecuador . . . an agricultural country . . . few industries - a fish canning plant in Manta and a wood industry and an oil and lard plant . . . we do need pioneers there." "There are North Ameri- can English speaking schools in Quito and Guay- aquil where teachers could get contracts from outside the country without knowing the language . . . but . . . we need pioneers for smaller cities where they could do teaching work for the Faith in an entire area . . . but . . . where . . . no possibility of working unless they have capital and know-how to begin their own industries or businesses." "If you have any retired people who know Spanish and would like to come and live in a small city in Ecuador, it could be a great help to us."

How about you? DEPARTMENT OF INTERNATIONAL GOALS 112 Linden Avenue, Wilmette, Illinois 60091 Telephone 312/256-4400

Focus Ecuador For those of you who may be attracted to Ecuador in

answering the Universal House of Justice's call for pioneering under the Nine Year Plan you should know that the Nine Year Plan goal for Ecuador is four U.S. pioneers. We need two more as soon as possible to complete this goal and the Universal House of Justice has asked that we do it by this coming Ridvan. We share with you in part a letter from one of the pioneers who has already answered the call to Ecuador and who writes to others considering following his example:

". . . with . . . professional background . . . have no doubt that you could get an interesting and responsible position in Ecuador." "Any North American with a business background, and espe- cially a technical specialty, has an excellent chance of working here. More and more American companies in the food processing and marketing field are setting up here. So often, what is lacking is skilled people. Unemployment here, in general, is due only to lack of skills. Also, good management experience . . . (is an asset).

"Naturally, if you secure a job stateside for a goal country, you would be brought here with a U.S. salary and all the fringe benefits. It would be very nice. My own experience is that it seldom works out that way for pioneers, and that if you really wish to pioneer, you should set the earliest possible departure date and go to your goal.

"We did it that way because we didn't seem to have any alternative, and we really looked forward to trying out what 'Abdul-Baha advised - 'put your whole trust and confidence in God as the best provision for your journey.'

"Believe me, there is nothing that will give you a greater feeling of security than to do it and see that i t is a reality. From that time on, you will have a

different approach to life. I have observed time and time again how pioneers aren't assisted by BahA7u'- llPh until they come to the end of their own re- sources. Then the way opens up, and no time is wasted. The result is, that the pioneer with the most backing and the greatest security, will take that much longer to find the situation he is looking for.

"All this is really to make a case for doing what I believe is the only way to settle in Ecuador: come on faith.

"I think you should come with enough money to support yourselves for several months. Practically speaking, it takes a month or two just to get oriented, before you really look around seriously. Of course, it's easier to go where others have gone before, and we will be able to assist you in getting settled. Once you are here, you can contact the commercial attache at the consulate for addresses of U.S. companies and any leads they might have. The newspapers also have very good classified ads, and list quite a few opportunities over a period of a few months. My feeling is that within three or four months you will have a job which will pay you enough to live comfortably here.

"The most business opportunities are in Guaya- quil, and Quito is a close second. The idea . . . is to encourage pioneers to come to the major cities where they can get jobs and adapt more easily to the country. In the cities, they can contribute by giving to the fund (to support full-time Indian teachers); serve on local and national committees and assemblies, thus spreading the work around better and freeing everyone so they can do more teaching work; make contacts and help bring new believers in (we find that believers from the cities seem to gradually spread out around the country by a natural process, thus opening up new areas in a relatively painless way; become accustomed to the language and way of life and make contacts which may eventually lead to opportunities for settlement in more remote areas.)

"Although the future of the Faith really lies with the Indians, the truth is that the believers in the cities have to support this mass teaching work in many ways. Although there are perhaps 6000 Indian believers and only several hundreds of city and town believers, the latter bear the responsibility for carrying out the administrative work, deepening, and contributing to the fund. . . . Nine Year Plan goals aren't moving ahead quite on schedule, and the solution that has been worked out is to develop the Teaching Institute to create more full-time Indian instructors, and send these out to open new provinces. Up to now, the mass conversion has been within a restricted area. We now expect these Indians to open up all the remaining provinces where there are Indian populations. The beauty of the plan lies in the availability of the Indian teach- ers, and the difficulties of displacing the city folk.

"Now, should you not be willing to settle in a city like, say Guayaquil . . . there is another possibility which might make you feel like you were really roughing it. Our LSA has taken as a goal town for an LSA the small town of Duran, which is just across the river Guayas. . . . It would be feasible to work in Guayaquil and live in Duran. Another

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thought. . . is that a job just might open up in the city of Manta . . . ideal . . . for someone who loves the sea. There are summer villas there . . . a large fish packing plant, which might have an opportuni- ty. Manta is . . . a goal province . . . to be opened up by a pioneer.

"We are very happy to be in Guayaquil . . . YOU can practically choose the climate you like best, and you can enjoy the widest variety of fruit and vegetables and meat. I would say that we have sacrificed very little in the way of comfort by coming here, and in most cases, you just a ~ a p t a little and find that you are just as well off.

"We are very happy to report a third declaration about a month ago. Progress is slow but sure. We have been making progress in our goal of Duran and have high hopes for an LSA there."

-DEPARTMENT OF INTERNATIONAL GOALS

Pioneering Through Another If you are unable to pioneer, though it is your

greatest desire, you can pioneer through another - by contributing to the fund.

We are all mindful of the injunction of Baha'u'llhh, "Center your energies in the propagation of the Faith of God. Whoso is worthy of so high a calling, let him arise and promote it. Whoso is unable, it is his duty to appoint him who will, in his stead, proclaim this Reve- lation, Whose power has caused the foundation of the mightiest structures to quake, every mountain to be crushed into dust, and every soul to be dumbfounded." So that it would be possible for each one of us who could not pioneer to follow His injunction, the Universal House of Justice established the International Deputiza- tion Fund in 1965 for the first time in Baha'i history.

With this particular fund under the administration of the Universal House of Justice specific pioneering proj- ects were supported when other funds were not avail- able. The most recent expansion of this Fund stems from their letter of September 8. 1968 (BAHA'~ NEWS, November 1968), "We announced at the Conference [Palermo] that the International Deputization Fund, so far used to aid pioneering and travel teaching on an international level, will henceforth be available to as- sist such projects on the national level in those areas where support is vitally important to the winning of the goals of the Nine Year Plan."

How can you help to support pioneers and thereby follow BahH'u'llah's command to "appoint him who will, in his stead proclaim . . .?" You can do so through your general support of the National Fund which has budgeted $15,000 to support the International Deputiza- tion Fund. Your contributions to the National Fund also help toward the $140,000 allocated to the pioneering goals of the American Bah5'i community.

Louis G. Gregory Awards Announced The Xerox Corporation and Clark M. Eichelberger

will each receive the 1968 Louis G. Gregory Award for Service to Humanity. Presentation of the awards will be made on December 10 at the National Human Rights Award Banquet sponsored by the North American Ba- ha'i Office for Human Rights (NABOHR). The banquet

will be held in the International Ballroom Center of the Washington Hilton, Washington, D.C.

The award established this year by the National Spiritual Assembly is named in honor of a Negro American who served on the first U.S.-Canadian Na- tional Spiritual Assembly and who was a leader in human rights efforts during the early years of this century. He was appointed a Hand of the Cause of God by the Guardian. The story of his life and devotion to the Faith and to the cause of human rights is beautiful- ly told in the pamphlet, "Above All Barriers" by Elsie Austin.

Mr. Eichelberger, Chairman of the Commission to Study the Organization of Peace, will receive the award for his accomplishments in the field of human rights over a period of many years. He was a consultant to the League of Nations Secretariat and was a member of a committee to prepare the first U.S. working draft of the United Nations Charter. He was a consultant to the U.S. delegation to the 1945 ,Conference in San Francisco to organize the United Nations. His most recent effort was overseeing the drafting and presentation of a special report on The United Nations and Human Rights. He is the author of four books on the U.N.

The Xerox Corporation was selected because of its sponsorship of the television series "Of Black America" and its other outstanding efforts in behalf of human rights.

Principal speaker will be Judge A. Lion Higgin- botham, Jr., Vice Chairman of the President's Com- mission on the Causes and Prevention of Violence. Judge Higginbotham, a distinguished Negro, is a judge of the U.S. District Court in Philadelphia. Formerly a mem- ber of the Federal Trade Commission, he was elected one of the outstanding young men of 1963 by the U.S. Junior Chamber of Commerce.

Two noted entertainers who are BahL'is, Vic Damone and Geraldine Jones will provide a musical feast for those attending the banquet.

The award is an original piece by the noted American sculptor and Baha'i, Vernon Voelz of Sarasota, Florida. The unique piece is described by the artist as a design that "offers .visually the thought that as God has ordered the universe and has permitted man to be sustained within it, we may then assume that - Human Rights are God-Given Rights."

The banquet is expected to attract a large attendance from the nation's capital and surrounding areas includ- ing many distinguished persons.

Memorial to the First American Believer The fifty-sixth annual memorial service for Thornton

Chase, designated by 'Abdu'l-BahL as the first Ameri- can to embrace the BahL'i Faith, was held September 29 in Inglewood Park Cemetery, Inglewood, California, with over 200 BahL'is and their friends attending. The program included prayers, readings about Mr. Chase, singing of a Bahi'i prayer with music by Charles Wolcott, and the "Benediction" by Louise Waite rendered as a. flute solo. Flowers were placed on the grave and the reading of 'Abdu'l-Baha's words about Mr. Chase brought his spirit close to all. The words are: "This is a personage who will not be forgotten. For the present his worth is not known but in the future it will be inestimably dear."

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1 WORLD PEACE DAY

Oficial proclamations in lllinois and i n the city o f Miami Beach, Florida.

Below, left: Governor Lester G. Maddox o f Georgia signs Proclamation as Bahd'is watch, left to right: Arefah Partovi, Marilyn Eilers, John Haynes, Lillie Mae Jackson, Mrs. Taube C. Slate, Jack Perrin, Mrs. Elaine Eilers. Center: Governor Stanley K. Hathaway of Wyoming signs Proclamation. Right: Three members o f local Assembly o f Denver, Colo- rado present The Proclamation o f Bahi'u'llah to Governor John A. Love o f Colorado on the occasion of signing the World Peace Day Proclamation.

"World Peace - Human Right to Live" was the theme of the ninth annual Baha'i World Peace Day ob- servance held September 15 to focus attention on the Baha'i belief that America has the spiritual destiny to raise the standard of peace in the world.

There were eleven governors' (Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Montana, Ne- braska, North Dakota, Wyoming) and three mayors' (Hamburg Village, New York; Miami Beach, Florida; Baltimore, Maryland) proclamations and statements designating September 15 as World Peace Day. These proclamations and statements are exclusive of the un- known number which were renewed from those previ- ously acquired since the inception of the Day in 1960.

While a majority of the communities reported holding public meetings with speakers, there were many that held a variety of other activities.

Youth Speaks O u t on World Peace

A panel discussion entitled "Youth Speaks for World Peace" was sponsored by the Great Falls, Montana Baha'i Community in the Friendship room of the Great

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Falls Federal Savings and Loan Building. The panel consisted of persons selected from the Wesley Center, Opportunities, Inc., The Side Door, the local NAACP chapter and the BahB'i Communities of Great Falls and Malmstrom Air Force Base.

Ubiquitas Perform at Fellowship House

A musical program featuring the Ubiquitas, a group of five Baha'i youth, was sponsored by the Kansas City, Missouri Spiritual Assembly in observance of World Peace Day. Baha'is and their guests attended this program held at the Fellowship House in Kansas City.

Huntington Beach, California Bah6'i Community Sponsors "World Peace" Essay Contest

An essay contest with the theme "World Peace - Human Right to Live" was sponsored by the Hunting- ton Beach, California Baha'i Community. The contest was open to two age groups - 15 to 20 years and those over 21 years of age. Two prizes were awarded the winners and the winning essays were read during the World Peace Day Rally at Lake Park where the Com- munity held its observance.

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Mr. Howard Leeb, Public Information Representative of Huntington Beach, made the following report con- cerning the observance. A "public meeting (was) held in a city park in the heart of town. Over 150 attended, including at least 30 non-Baha'is, not to mention the many, many curious on-lookers from various groups in the park, as well as surrounding houses who saw and heard the word "Baha'i" and the name of Baha'u'llPh. These numbered a t least as many as the regular attendees.

"There was a planned outdoor program featuring songs by the Southern California Baha'i Victory Cho- rus, Japanese Folk songs by a non-Bah6'i, a talk by Mr. Robert Hart of Riverside who had just returned from the Palermo Conference . . . (and) free refresh- ments were given in the park clubhouse. . . . Many individual firesides were given and the general feeling was that many seeds were planted that day."

International Folk Dance Cited a Success

The Monrovia, California Bahi'i Community, with the support of the San Gabriel Valley Community, sponsored several activities in observance of World Peace Day. Among the activities was a showing of beautiful slides of Africa by Ron and Louis Schneider of

Compton taken during their teaching trip around the world, a panel discussion on the theme "World Peace -The Human Right to Live", and an evening of international folk dancing.

According to Mrs. Helen Pinkerton, Public Informa- tion Representative of Monrovia, "Approximately 200 persons attended the overall observance, about 20 of whom already knew of the Faith and 15 of whom were introduced to it for the first time." "The most success- ful part of the entire program," Mrs. Pinkerton con- tinued, "was the International Folk Dancing, during which the Baha'i Chorus . . . gave an outstanding performance. The roof almost left the building as we joined them in singing "Happy People" which we hope reached the ears of a group of "Holy Rollers" and their audience enclosed in a tent on the opposite corner of the street."

Other World Peace Day Observances

Mainland, New Jersey Bahi'i Group held a fireside a t the home of its new believer; an open house for the students of the University of Arizona was held a t the home of Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Dodge; and Baha'is of DeKalb, Illinois invited all interested citizens of DeKalb to join them at the Baha'i House of Worship, Wilmette, for devotions and the public lecture.

A wave of pioneers began moving onto the Navajo Reservation in September, 1967. The Proclamation Year began soon after; 1968 was to be the Centennial Year for the Navajos, celebrating the signing of a peace treaty with the government of the United States, and the "Long Walk" in which they returned to their homelands after nearly five years of imprisonment. I t seemed a most significant year in which to proclaim the name of BahP'u'llah over all the Reservation.

Careful Preparation

In the circle of locations on the Reservation where they resided, the pioneers met once a month to become acquainted and to plan the meeting. New Navajo be- lievers were found and welcomed into the family. As the event approached, meetings were held every two weeks. The Navajo Civic Center in Window Rock, Arizona-Navajo Tribal Headquarters-was decided upon a s the meeting place.

A week before the meeting, pioneers camped all night at Canyon de Chelly National Monument, a spot which figured significantly in the Navajo exile and imprison- ment. Around a fire, prayers continued all night until dawn; the Remover of Difficulties was said 1,000 times and the Tablet of Ahmad, 19 times. The night before the meeting, small groups of believers gathered for prayers on each of the four mountains sacred to the Navajos and recognized a s marking the traditional

boundaries of their lands. Prayers continued around the clock before and during the proclamation meeting.

There were many setbacks and changes in the pro- gram; however, a number of significant things hap- pened before and during .the meeting, offsetting the difficulties. Tribal Chairman Raymond Nakai was pre- sented with a copy of The Proclamation of Bahci'u'llcih and autographed a copy of a new Centennial book as a gift to the National Spiritual Assembly (pictured in NATIONAL BAHA'~ REVIEW, NOV. '68, p. 7). A photographer present expressed great interest in the Faith, asked for detailed information, promised that a photo of the presentation would appear in the Navajo Times, and requested a follow-up article. In all, three articles ap- peared in this paper which has a wide circulation among Indians throughout the United States. A num- ber of spot announcements were given in Navajo on four stations, and the name of Baha'u'llah was heard over the Reservation.

The Gathering at Window Rock

On July 13 and 14, about 250 people gathered in Window Rock, a large number of them Baha'is from Maine, California, Wyoming, Colorado, Texas, Arizona and New Mexico. The Navajo people attending were few but attentive, many of them staying through the first day's program and returning the next day. Some talks were given in Navajo, and those in English were translated into Navajo. Robert Manuelito, BahP'i from Laramie, Wyoming who is descended from Chief Manuelito, one of the signers of the 1868 peace treaty, was to have given the opening talk. He was unable to be present, but his wife Carol ably filled in for him. Auxiliary Board member Mrs. Katherine McLaughlin spoke of her visit to the Indians of Bolivia.

Mrs. Althnabah Net, Navajo believer from Ganado, Arizona, said in part "You have come a long way to be

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with us. It is a beautiful road you are traveling, my dear friends. I have been searching a long time for this Faith. To me it is like the ancient Navajo teachings. I would like to be young again in this wonderful new day, so that I could be very active. But I try in my own way to tell everyone about these teachings. We must work hard to help others find them, and we must all be kind and help each other in these times of great troubles in the world."

The Baha'i Children's Chorus, expanded by obliging young guests from other areas who practiced intensive- ly, sang songs in Navajo, Apache, Spanish, Swahili, and English. Their singing created brilliant spots of light throughout the program. Mrs. Kay Bennet, a Navajo elected "New Mexico Mother of the Year," sang a song about the Long Walk which she had composed for the Navajo Centennial. Phillip Cassadore, San Carlos Apache singer and spiritual leader, praised the Baha'is and the teachings of Baha'u'lltih, stating that he found in them many similarities to the tradi- tional Apache way of life. He sang an Apache song he felt was very appropriate for the occasion, "We Pray to One God."

Indians Guests Comment Voluntary comments were addressed to the gathering

by several Indian guests-one man came especially to request healing prayers, and the prayers were said for him a t once. The film "And His Name Shall Be One," slides and a variety of talks completed the program. A barbeque supper was served on Saturday evening to several hundred guests.

On Sunday, Althnabah Net chanted an ancient Nava- jo prayer for protection, and one for a safe return home. She sang softly with a tempo recalling the drumbeats heard a t countless sings, the traditional healing ceremonies. Several older women joined her at their places in the Civic Center. They sang even more softly, but soon the great auditorium was filled with the flow of prayer. Then a prayer in English, "Blessed is the spot . . . where mention of God hath been made and His praise glorified." A moment of quiet, then from the gathered group rose another chant . . ,

"Allah'u'Abha." Peace, quiet, then a gathering rustling as people

prepared for parting. The meeting had ended. The results, many felt, would continue to flow forth from this now blessed spot . . . quietly, but powerfully, as had the prayers.

What i s it Worth to You? The BahA'i Fund in Perspective

The old order around us can easily take its toll on each one of us. It is crumbling. If we are attached to it we will feel ourselves as individuals crumbling -rid- den with anxiety, insecure, confused, and torn with inner conflicts. Our relationships with other human beings will be disturbed and beset with difficulties.

For most, the response to a feeling of inner disunity and crumbling is to withdraw, become depressed, spir- itually numbed and eventually dead; to pretend the crumbling doesn't exist and escape into frivolous, trivi- al and frenetic activity; or to lash out with a rebellious and hostile heart and mind at everyone around them,

projecting with never-ending criticism the blame on everyone else.

For Baha'is, there is yet another alternative. How much is that alternative worth?

What is it worth to be freed from the anxieties, prejudices, and conflicts of the old order?

What is it worth to have yourself freed from a "prison of self" built up in you by the old order - a prison that is crippling and stifling?

What is it worth to be freed from attachments to material things which have come to enslave you, domi- nate your thinking, and obscure your vision?

How much would you pay to have the power to pursue your Spiritual destiny, to develop your talents to the fullest, and most of all to love and to be loved?

How much would you value a protection from tests and difficulties that can destroy you as you try to use those powers?

What would you pay for the blessing of realizing your purpose and thereby being put in touch with your own reality - so that you can become a perpetually grow- ing, developing, awe-inspired, warm, supportive and helpful human being reflecting the nobility intended by your Creator?

What is it worth to share a world-embracing vision of a glorious age to come and be a part of a great work force laboring joyously to build a new order?

What kind of a check would you write to have your life infused with meaning, with significance and vital- ity, with hope and conviction that you can become a fully developed Spiritual being?

Every Baha'i is offered such blessings, such powers and such protection in the covenant of BahL'u'llah.

You have these bestowals and bounties! How will you show your gratitude?

How much is it worth to you?

The ratio between the amount you can give and the amount that you do give regularly will tell you how much you think the bounty of being a follower of Baha'u'llah is worth.

-DR. DANIEI. JORDAN

Institute Held on Baha'i Moral Teachings Over 50 Bahti'is from south-eastern Michigan atten-

ded a study institute on the subject "The Path to True Freedom" held at Ann Arbor, Michigan, on October 20, 1968 and conducted by Auxiliary Board member Dr. Peter Khan and Mrs. Janet Khan.

The program was designed to follow a method advo- cated by the Guardian for summer schools, when he wrote:

" . . . the friends should deepen their knowledge, and this can be achieved if, together with the lectures, there are study classes and seminar work carried on by the same lecturer."

(Shoghi Effendi, BAHA'~ NEWS, June 1932, page 3) Lectures were given on "The State of the World

Today," "The Basis for Moral Conduct," "Moral Recti- tude," and "Chastity and Holiness." Each lecture was followed by the distribution of relevant passages from the Holy Writings to the institute's participants, and by a structured discussion based upon these passages.

Among the questions discussed were: What does the future hold? Why do we need laws? How do the Baha'i teachings offer true liberty? How do the principles of

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moral rectitude apply in family life, business dealing, and BahL'i community functioning? What are the im- plications of chaste and holy conduct?

The institute study program concluded with a discus- sion of methods by which the individual can facilitate his implementation of these moral principles.

In the evening the Ann Arbor Bahb'is presented "I Wouldn't Miss the Chance,'' a one-act musical comedy by Mrs. Mildred McClellan. This play produced by Mr. Michael Walker and Miss Iris Kraft of Ann Arbor, was received with great enthusiasm and amusement by the audience, and provided a relaxing conclusion to a day of intensive study and warm Bahb'i fellowship.

Pilgrims Requested to Inform National Spiritual Assembly The National Spiritual Assembly will appreciate it if Baha'is scheduled to make the pilgrimage to the World Center during the forthcoming winter and spring sea- son will inform the Assembly of the dates for the visit. From time to time there are items to be sent to the World Center that are best transmitted by hand and it would be helpful to know of any who can assist in this matter.

News Briefs The BahL'i group of Rapid City, South Dakota was

recently asked to send a Bahb'i speaker to the Black Hills United Methodist Retreat Camp in the beautiful Black Hills of South Dakota. Mrs. N. F. Roth, Dean of the Retreat Camp, chose "Baha'i and the Word of God" as the topic and requested: "We shall want to hear the message which BahL'u'llah brought to a suffering mankind."

Mr. Bill Myers, chairman of the BahL'i Group of Rapid City spoke to the group of 60 and gave a factual account of the Faith including: the chief Figures of the Faith; its principles and personal teachings; facts concerning the Declaration of Human Rights by the National Assembly in 1947 and the present human rights activities in 1968.

One of the ministers attending stated: "The Baha'i Faith is one of the world's great religions." A minis- ter's wife remarked that the personal teachings of Bahl'u'llkh are what she tries to live by so: "I guess I must be a BahL'i." There were many other favorable comments, and the believers a re thankful for this opportunity to plant "Divine Seeds of This Day" in six cities of western South Dakota.

The community of Urbana, Illinois tells of the recent enrollment of Miss Yolande Marie Smith, a student a t the University of Illinois who, the night before joining the Faith had been asked to talk to residents of the dormitory where she lives on the subject of Black Unity. The posters announcing her talk carried a quota- tion from Bahi'u'llah and the title of the talk was "Why Our Cities Burn." About one hundred students and adults came to hear what she had to say. She read many quotations from the pamphlet bearing that name and spoke of the burning, not only of the cities, but in the hearts and minds of the minority. Then she spoke of the possibility of the oneness of mankind as a goal.

Mayor Kevin J . Flood of Dumont, N.J. holds Proclamation of Baha'i Week in Dumont as he met with: Mrs. Blanche Kauf- man, secretary, Archie Tichenor, chairman (at right) and Robert Winters, assist. treasurer of the Bahd'is of Dumont. A copy of The Proclamation o f Bahi'u'llAh was also presented to the Mayor on this occasion.

Baha'i Week Kindles Interest The week of October 7 to 12, designated as Bahi'i

Week in Dumont, New Jersey, brought an upsurge of interest in the Faith, and seeds sown many years ago now show results.

Marked by six public meetings, including a workshop on human rights and a youth panel, the week was preceded with a formal proclamation presented to the Mayor. Extensive and varied prior publicity helped make the week a success. This included: pictures in local papers of the presentation to the Mayor, window displays in stores showing pictures of eight of the kings to whom Baha'u'llih addressed Tablets, with a brief resume of each, and pictures of the four Houses of Worship; a library exhibit on "Human Rights" featur- ing Baha'i pamphlets; numerous newspaper notices and radio announcements. Many letters of invitation were sent to individuals, and local clubs were notified of the availability of BahL'i speakers. Excellent pub- licity for World Peace Day as well as news of travels of individual BahL'i also helped bring the public at- tention to the Faith at this time.

The speakers, among whom were: Ben Kaufman, Archie Tichenor, William Bruner and Mrs. Jessica Gaver, presented warm and varied accounts of the Faith to receptive audiences.

News Briefs (con.) While black unity seems now to be a goal, that unity need not conflict with the unity of all mankind, she pointed out.

Until midnight many of the residents stayed to dis- cuss how the Negro and white students living in the large dormitory could overcome their misunderstand- ings about each other and live in harmony.

Proclaim Through Service Among the activities of the Bahb'is of Burlington,

Vermont is a local service project involving the collec- tion and distribution of clothing to needy persons. Association of the believers with clubs, churches and individuals thus gives them a chance to demonstrate in deeds as well as words the Baha'i principle of service as equivalent to worship.

8 DECEMBER 1968

LET'S GET THE JOB DONE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BY 1971

AND SCORE A GREATER VICTORY . . . . . . . . . . BY 1973 FROM YOUR PRESENT ADDRESS THESE PIONEERING POSTS MAY BE ONLY A FEW STREETS . . . OR A FEW STATES DISTANT.

PLEASE STUDY THESE PIONEERING OPENINGS CAREFULLY . . . AND PRAYERFULLY . . . AND LET GOD BE YOUR GUIDE

I F YOU LIVE IN A BAHA'f COMMUNITY OF MORE THAN FIFTEEN MEMBERS THE PIONEERING PRIVILEGE MAY B E YOURS. REMEMBER THE WORDS OF THE BELOVED MASTER:

Therefore, the believers of God throughout all the Republics of America, through the divine power, must become the cause of the promotion of heavenly teachings and the establishment of the oneness of humanity. Every one of the important souls must arise, blowing over all par ts of America the breath of life conferring upon the people a new spirit, baptizing them with the fire of the love of God, tne water of life, and the h e a t h s of the Holy Spirit.

(BWF, pp 420-1)

GOAL CITIES AND TOWNS FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF NEW BAHA'I LOCALITIES

NORTHEASTERN STATES SOUTHERN STATES

CONNECTICUT *Bristol Danbury Litchfield Manchester Mystic Naugatuck

*New Britain 'New Canaan *New London Norwich Ridgefield Simsbury Stafford Springs Torrington Waterburv

NEW JERSEY RHODE ISLAND ARKANSAS (Con.) GEORGIA LOUISIANA (con.) NORTH CAROLINA Ahoskie Asheboro

Barrington Bristol Central Falls

Magnolia Malvern Monticello

Albany Americus Bainbridge Barnesville Brunswick Cartersville Chattahoochee

County Cordele Dublin Fort Valley Gainesville Garden City Grovetown Macon Monroe Moultrie Rome Statesboro Thomasville Tifton

. , Metaire Minden

'Monroe Morgan City New Iberia Owlousas Tallulah Thibodaux

MARYLAND Aberdeen Annapolis Be1 Air Cambridge Centerville Chestertown Crisfield Cumberland Denton Easton Elkton Emittsburg Frederick Frostburg Gaithersburg Hagerstown Havre de Grace Indian Head La Plata Leonardtown Oakland Ocean City Port Deposit Prince Frederick Princess Anne Queenstown Rockville Salisbury Snow Hill Stevensville Upper Marlboro Westminster

~ ~ I S S I S S I P P I Biloxi Brookhaven Cleveland Columbus Corinth Forest Greenville Greenwood

*Hattiesburg Holly Springs Kosciusko Laurel Leland McComb

Ige Meridian *Natchez Oxford Pascagoula Picayune Philadelphia Raymond Starkville Tupelo Vicksburg Yazoo City

Belleville Bound Brook Burlington Camden Denville East Brunswick Garfield

Boone -- ..- Clinton Concord Cullowhee

Coventry East Greenwich Gloucester Johnston Lincoln

*Middletown Smithfield South Kingstown Tiverton West Warwick Westerly Woonsocket

VERMONT Fair Haven Hardwick Ludlow Middlebury Montpelier Morrisville Newport St. Albans

Morrilton Mountain Home Newport Paragould Russellville Stuttgart Texarkana Warren West Memphis DELAWARE

Dobson Eden Elizabeth City Gastonia

Glassboro Griggstown Hackettstown ~ o l d s b o r o

Henderson Henersonville Hickory Jacksonville

Hammonton Lawrence

Township Linden Madison Middlesex Millville Moorestown Morristown Pennington Phillipsburg Rahway Tenafly Verona Vineland

WEST NEW YORK Auburn Batavia

*Cooperstown Corning Cortland

*Dunkirk Elmira Genesau Hornell Illion

Bellefonte Bridgeville Kinston

Laurinburg Lumberton Marion Monroe Morehead City Murphy

'Roanoke Rapids Salisbury Smithfield Washington Wilmington Wilson

~ a t e r t o A Willimantic Clayton

Delaware City Dover Georgetown Harrington Kent County Laurel Lewes Middletown Milford Milton Newark

MAINE Auburn B a r Harbor Bethel Biddeford

Valdosta Warm Springs Warner Robbins

Brooks Washineton Dover-Foxcroft Eastport Ellsworth

St. Johnsbury Springfield Stowe Vergennes

*West Dummerston White River Jct. Woodstock

KENTUCKY *Ashland

Belleview Berea Bowling Green Campbellsville Covington

*Danv~lle Elizabethtown For t Thomas Frankfort Glasgow Henderson

*Hopklnsville Madisonville Maysville Middlesboro Morehead

*Murray Newport Owensboro Paris

"Pikeville Richmond Winchester

LOUiSIANA Abbeville Arabi Baker Bastrop Bogalusa Covington Crowley Denham Springs Donaldsonville Eas t Baton Rou

Parish Eunice Gonzales Goosport Hammond Harvey Houma Jennings Kenner Lafayette

Farmington Fort Kent Hartland Norway Old Town Orland

OKLAHOMA Odessa Rehoboth Beach Seaford Selbyville Smyrna Sussex County

FLORIDA Arlington Belle Glade

'Bradenton Carol City Chattahoochee Cocoa

*Anadark0 Ardmore, Bartlesvllle SOUTHERN

STATES ALABAMA

Orono Presque Isle Rockland Waterville

MASSACHUSETT Adams Andover Auburn Fal l River Fitchburg Gardner

*Holyoke Lawrence New Bedford Norton Sharon Somerset Soencer Taunton

*Upton Ware

NEW HAMPSHIR Berlin Charlestown Colebrook Derry Franklin Hanover Lebanon New London North Conway

'Plymouth Raymond

*Rindge Salem

*Sharon Wilton

Bristow 'Catoosa Chandler

*Lewiston Malone Massena

Anniston Atmore Bay Minette Bessemer

Chickasaw Claremore

Elk City Enid Guthrie Oneida

'Oneonta Salamanca Town of Arcadia Town of Alabama

*Town of Jerusalem Utica

*Waterloo WCllsville

PENNSYLVANIA *Arendtsville 'Bethlehem

Boaz Center Point Cullman Decatur Demopolis Dothan Florence Foley Greenville Headland Jackson Jacksonville

Lansston * ~ a w i o n *McAlester Miami Ponca City Sand Springs S a ~ u l ~ a

Dania Daytona Beach De Land Eau Gallie For t Pierce For t Walton Bea Indiantown Jacksonville Bea Kissimmee Lake City Lake Worth Leesburg Melbourne Miami Springs Miramar Ocala Palatka Panama City Pembroke Pines

*Pensacola Pinellas P a r k Plant City Sanford Stuart Venice Vero Beach Warrington West Hollywood West Pensacola

Shawnee Skiatook Stillwater Talequah Tecumseh Weatherford

SOUTH CAROLINA Abbeville Aiken Allendale Bamberg Beaufort Camden Cheraw Chester Conway Georgetown Greenwood Hartsville Kingstree Lancaster Laurens Leesville

Marion Phenix City Prattville

Bloomsburg *Carlisle Chambersburg

Selma DuBois Sylacauga Talledega

'Tuscaloosa

Edinborough Harrisburg Hazeltown Indiana Johnstown

*Lancaster ARKANSAS Batesville Bella Vista Lewistown

Lock Haven Mansfield

*McKeesport Meadville Millersville New Castle Reading Stroudsburg York Washington Williamsport

Benton Blytheville Booneville Camden Cherokee Village Conway crosset t Forest City Greenville Harrison

*Jonesboro

REVIEW 9

GOAL CITIES AND TOWNS FOR

CENTRAL STAT1

IOWA Atlantic Burlington Centerville Charles City Cherokee Creston Correctionville Dubuque Fayette Ft. Dodge Ft . Madison

'Grinnell Manchester Manson Mason City Nevada Oskaloosa Red Oak Spencer

THE ESTABLISHMENT OF NEW BAHA'I LOCALITIES

3s WESTERN STATES

SOUTH CAR01 (con.)

VIRGINIA Blacksburg Clifton Forge Culpepper Falls Church Farmville Fredericksburg Front Royal Hampton Harr~sonburg. Highland Springs Lawrenceville Leesburg Lexington Lynchburg Marion Martinsville Nassawadox Norton Radford Ruckersville Salem

NEBRASKA Alliance Beatrice Columbus Chadron Falls City Hastings Kearney McCook Nebraska City Norfolk North Platt Scottsbluff Schuyler Valentine Winnebago

SOUTH DAKOTA (contd.)

MONTANA (contd.) UTAH Beaver Blanding Brigham City Cedar City Farmington Green River Heber Kanab Moab Price Richfield St. George Toole Vernal Wendover

Browning Conrad Dillon Glasgow Glendive Kalispell Laurel Lewistown

'Libby Polson Shelby Townsend Thompson Falls

NEVADA *Babbitt Battle Mountain Carlin

*Churchill County *Dayton

Elko Ely Fallon Gardnerville Hawthorne

Manning Newberry Orangeburg Seneca Sumter Walterboro Whitmire York

TENNESSEE

Pine Ridge Sisseton Spearfish S~r ingf ie ld Sturges Watertown Yankton

ARIZONA *Aguila Ajo

'Arizona City Avondale

*Benson Bisbee Buckeye Casa Grande Eloy Florence ~ t . Apache Gila Bend Globe Grand Canyon Holbrook Keams .Canyon Lake Havasu City mesa Nogales Page, Peoria Safford-Thatcher

Arlington Bristol Brownsville Brunswick Clarksville Cleveland Collegedale Cookeville Covington

*Crossville Dyersburg Harroeate

NORTH DAKOTA Beacn Bismarck Carrington Devils Lake Dickinson Ellendale Ft . Totten Garrison Grafton

EASTERN WASHINGTON

'Cheney Colfax Colville Connell Dayton Deer P a r k Easton Ellensburg Ephrata Grandview Lind

south Boston Westmoreland

KANSAS

Arkansas City Atchison Chanute Coffeeville Colby Concordia Dodge City Emporia F t . Scott Garden City Great Bend Hays Hutchinson Liberal Manhattan McPherson Newton Ottawa Parsons Phillipsburg Pittsburg Pra t t Scott City

County Winc,~ester ~ u m b z l d t

Jackson Jarnestown Lexington

Lovelock *Lyon County Minden

*Ormsby County *Reno Rural Area-North Tonopah Wells

*Yerington NEW MEXICO Bernalillo Carlsbad Chuska Clovis

Wytheville WEST VIRGINIA Boone County

Mandan Minot Mott New Town Pembina Rolla Williston

Manchester Maryville Millineton

Buckhannon Clarksburg Clendenin 0dessa

Omak Oroville Othello Ritzville

. ~ u ~ a s l ; i Rockwood Sewanee Smithville

- - - ~ ~

Elkins *Fairmont Glenville Hamlin

*Hinton

Sedona Springerville Superior Wickenburg Williams

COLORADO *Alamosa *Basalt *Castle Rock 'Cortez

Craig Glenwood Springs Gunnison LaJunta

OHIO Alliance - ~. . Ashland Ashtabula Bellefontaine Chillicothe

Selah s p r i n i City Union City Woodbury

'Institute Sprague Sunnyside Tanasket Wenatchee

Logan Martinsburg Mercer County Moundsville New Martinsville Raleigh County

Conneaut Deming Fort Wingate Grants H0bbs Isleta Los Alamos Count5 Madrid

EAST TEXAS Angleton Athens Bay City Beeville Brady Brenham Bridgeport Brownwood Carrizo Spring Columbus Ennis Edinburg Freeport Hillsboro Huntsville

Coshocton Defiance Delaware Eas t Liverpool Fairview P a r k

WESTERN WASHINGTON

1 Aleona ~ i c h i o o d Romney White Sulphur Hiram

Lancaster Lorain

Portales Roswell Santa Rosa

*Shiprock Silver City Springer

'Taos *Truth o r Consequences OREGON Albany Bend

'Burns *Clackamas County Florence Gold Beach Gresham

*Hood River Lakeview Lebanon

*Madras *McMinnville

Monmouth Ontario Oregon City Roseburg Seaside

~..- Longmont Montrose Pagosa Springs

Springs Wvomine County Marietta

Marion Mount Vernon New Philadelphia Norwalk Painesville Portsmouth Ravenna Steubenville Tiffin Washfngton Court

House Westerville Wilberforce Wooster Yellow Springs Zanesville

CENTRAL STATES

Rangely Steamboat Sorings

SOUTHERN ILLINOIS

MINNESOTA

Atkin Austin Brainerd Crookston Fairbault Fergus Falls Houston International Falls Morris New Ulm Ponemah Red Lake Rousseau St. J a m e s Virginia Willmar Winona Worthington

Sterline ~ r i n i d a d

IDAHO American Falls Blackfoot

Anna Beardstown Cairo Carlinville Centralia Chillicothe

~ e r r v i l l e Lampasas Laredo Lockhart Longview Lufkin Mineral Wells New Braunfels Par i s Port Arthur Prairie View Rockdale Stephenville Taylor Temple Texas City Uvalde

Burley Gooding Grangeville Kellogg Montpelier Mountain Home Plummer Potlatch I'reston Rexburg Salmon Sandpoint St. Anthony

MONTANA Anaconda

'Boxeman Broadus

Clinton ~ f f i n g h a m Galesburg Greenville Jacksonville Jersevville

WYOMING Buffalo Douglas

*Green River Lander Medicine Bow Rawlins Rock Springs

'Superlor

SOUTH DAKOTA Aberdeen Brookings Chamberlain Huron Lead Lemmon Pierre

Lebanon *Leland Grove 'Lincoln Litchfield Mahomet Marion

*Mattoon McComb

'Monmouth Quincy Rochester

Vernon Victoria MISSOURI

Boonville 'Bonne Terre Cape Girardeau Carthage Caruthersville Chillicothe Clinton Farmington Fulton Jefferson City Liberty Lebanon Marshall

WEST TEXAS Alpine Ballinger Borger Brownfield Canyon Clarendon Colorado City Dalhart Dumas

*El Dorado F O I ~ Stockton Lamesa Levelland

MAIL THIS PIONEERING POSTSCRIPT OR WRITE TO: National Spiritual Assembly of the BahL'is of the United States 112 Linden Avenue, Wilmette, Illinois 60091

Auburn Clinton Connelton Decatur

'Evansville Fowler MY NAME IS Frankfort

'Frankhn Greencastle Greensburg

MY ADDRESS I S

Huntinnton -. ~

Marfa Monohans Pampa Plainview Pecos Snyder Sonora Sweetwater Van Horn

Mexico Moberly Perryville Powlar Bluff Sedalia Sikeston Trenton Warrensburg Washington

MY COMMUNITY IS

T H E PIONEERING POST I MAY B E ABLE T O FILL IS

(TOWN AND STATE)

MY ALTERNATE CHOICE I S

Signature

Libertv -~ ~ -. . New Castle North Vernon Plymouth Portland Rushville Sullivan Vincennes Versailles

*Goal already filled since Ridvan 1968 Localities in bold type represent goals in American Indian reservation a reas

DECEMBER 1968

I

I tACHING AND CONSOLIDAI ION

IMMEDIATELY It is with great joy that we are able to remove three

local assemblies from the list of those which was carried in the November issue of NATIONAL B d ' f REVIEW as being jeopardized. Brookhaven Township, New York; Lawrence, Kansas and San Carlos, Califor- nia have increased their membership and now have nine or more believers.

Unfortunately, however, there are others which must now be added to the list of assemblies with member- ships below nine. I t is vital that these local institutions be strengthened immediately. With 600 local spiritual assemblies to be established within the Nine Year Plan, the number of those lost must be substantially reduced or, ideally, eliminated altogether.

Homefront pioneers are urgently needed to fulfill the goal of maintaining these Assemblies. Anyone able to relocate to any of these areas is urged to contact the Assembly's secretary, or the State Goals Committee, or the Department of Community Development. Alturas, California North Plainfield, New Amherst Twp., New York Jersey Aurora, Colorado Orange County Central Bellaire, Texas J. D., California Clayton, Missouri Pacifica, California Downers Grove Twp., Ill. Rogers, Arkansas Fargo, North Dakota Salina, Kansas Franklin County Comm. Salinas, California

Dist. #3, Washington Santa Barbara-Goleta Los Gatos, California J. D., California McKinley County, New Sioux Falls, South Dakota

Mexico Town of Tonawanda, New Menlo Park, California York North Olmstead, Ohio University Park, Texas

Ypsilanti Township, Michigan

Most Effective Teaching Method The National Teaching Committee calls to your atten- tion a statement by the Guardian regarding the most effective teaching method we, as individuals, can use.

"In conclusion, I would like to comment that it has been found over the entire world that the most effective method of teaching the Faith is the fireside meeting in the home. Every Baha'i, as a part of his spiritual birthright, must teach, and the one avenue where he can do this most effectively is by inviting friends into his home once in nineteen days, and gradually attracting them to the Cause. After the individuals have confidence in the pi- oneer, and the pioneer in the individuals, then they can be taught and confirmed in the Faith. This method is far more effective than advertising in newspapers, public lectures, etc. The Guardian is encouraging the believers over the world including those on the homefronts, to engage in this method

of teaching." (BAHA'~ NEWS, June, 1955) The Guardian further stated:

"The friends must realize their individual respon- sibility. Each must hold a Fireside in his or her home, once in 19 days, where new people a re invited, and where some phase of the Faith is mentioned and discussed. If this is done with the intent of showing BahP'i hospitality and love, then there will be results. People will become interested in 'what' you are interested in, and then be inter- ested in studying. Individual firesides will bring the knowledge of the Faith to more people, under favor- able circumstances, and thus constantly enrich its circle of friends, and finally its members. There is no substitute for the teaching work of the individu- al." (BAHA'~ NEWS, July, 1957)

The National Spiritual Assembly clarifies what "fire- side" teaching is in .the following statement.

". . . What is fireside teaching? It is the simple occasion planned and conducted by an individual BahP'i or Baha'i family, perhaps with the assis- tance of one or two other BahP'is, for the specific purpose of attracting personal friends or acquain- tances to the Faith. "There is no standard technique for carrying on such an undertaking. Every Bah6'i teaches in his own home in a way that is most natural for him. For most people, conversation is easier than giving a talk. The informal character of conversation is conducive to discussion and asking questions, and questions open the door to teaching. "Since individuals differ in their interests and background, a different approach to the Faith is necessary with practically every person. Thus, a fireside should be small enough to enable the Bah6'i host or hosts to establish individual points of contact with each guest. In the course of conversa- tion it is possible to discover the particular interests or problems of the individual and thus determine how best to introduce the Faith to him."

The National Teaching Committee notes that the "com- munity fireside," often advertised in the local news- paper, is in reality a public meeting and should not replace our individual responsibility to hold a "fire- side" in our home at least once in every 19 days.

Shouldn't each one of us adopt the most effective teaching method?

"Firesides" a Right and a Responsibility Every BahA'i is enjoined to hold a "fireside" in his or her home at least once in every 19 days. (See "Most Effective Teaching Method," above) The National Spir- itual Assembly clarifies the individual's responsibility and that of a local Spiritual Assembly as follows:

"The home fireside conducted for a few non-BahA'i friends and neighbors is not subject to administra- tive control. The Assembly has no grounds for exerting its authority but on the contrary should uphold the right of every Baha'i to gather his own friends together in the hope of confirming them. Assembly authority does not apply until there are applications for enrollment, unless the Assembly has fair reason to believe that erroneous and harmful teachings are being given out as 'BahP'i'." (BAHA~ NEWS, June, 1948)

REVIEW 11

Community Development The Department of Community Development main-

tains a lending library of tape recordings for use by the state goals committees and local spiritual assemblies in their deepening efforts. Some of these recordings are routinely sent to new and restored local assemblies. and the letters of appreciation which come in are so beautiful in describing the results of the believers having used these materials. One such letter states:

"We are returning, under separate cover, the tape "The Majesty and Greatness of the Divinely- Ordained Local Spiritual Assembly." We used it as study material for the Assembly and invited the youth to hear it also. Some of the members of our community who have tape recorders have listened to it again in leisure moments.

"You know, we are certain, how inspiring and informative it is. It would have been interesting to

tape our discussion as we listened to it. We listened, stopped the tape, discussed it, replayed parts, etc. In a sense the tape is frightening because the destiny of the Assembly is so great and we are such imperfect human beings. And yet, what greater gift could be bestowed upon us than to be given the opportunity to t ry to achieve the majesty and greatness of the divinely-ordained local Spiritual Assembly. If we could carry the message of the tape in our hearts and minds a t all times the entire city would be Bahl'i within 5 years!

"We hope every Assembly in the United States will use this tape. Our many thanks for making it available to us.

"P.S. Please do not ask us to rate our Assembly according to what we know we should be!" Assemblies wishing to borrow this tape may do so by

writing the Department of Community Development, 112 Linden Avenue, Wilmette, Illinois 60091.

The Proclamation of Bah6'u'llcih

is Presented to Officials RIGHT: GOV. Daniel J. Evans o f Washington wi th book just re- ceived f rom Miss Linda Pielick. Also present are Bahd'is Dr. Harry P. Sheafe , l e f t , and Clyde Johnson.

BELOW, LEFT: Bahci'is in Iowa wi th Gov. Harold Hughes, seated. who graciously accepted the book and told o f having heard o f the Faith through his friend Marcus Bach. RIGHT: GOV. David F. Cargo of New Mexico accepted the book from Mrs. Robin Lepard. le f t , and Mrs. David Nothwang.

State Senator John E. Flynn, right, accepts book f rom Solomon Hilton of ~ o n k e r s Assembly. Also present are: Mrs. Mary Miss Lorna Tasker, o f Hartford, Connecti- c a m p b e l l , l e f t , and Dorothy Jackson Toledo, Ohio, Bahd'is present book to the cut makes presentation to Lt. Gov. At- also of the Yonkers Assembly. Mayor, Mr. Williccm Ensign, center. W i t h tilio R. Frassinelli while T o m Owen, Gail Photo courtesy WestChester News. h i m are John Smith, le f t , Mrs. Allie Dielal, Martin o f Hartford and Conrad Rothman paper Group Dr. Otto Zmeskal. o f Rockaille look on.

World Religion Day January 19, 1969 is World Religion

Day. A public information kit for the day has been sent to all Baha'i communities, large groups, state goals committee and public informa- tion representatives.

Theme for this observance is "Build a New World."

Baha'i communities and public in- formation representatives are asked to take particular note of the special information on the observance of the day contained in the public informa- tion kit.

In summary the special informa- tion points out that many Bahi'i communities in the past have failed to use World Religion Day as a Ba- ha'i public proclamation event and as a direct Baha'i teaching event. Instead, they have in many cases, let it become a platform for many reli- gions and religious groups. In many cases the Faith has suffered embar- rassment when such groups have used the occasion to attack the Faith.

Baha'is and Bahi'i communities are reminded that World Religion Day was the first of our several pub- lic proclamation events and that it should continue to be a direct Baha'i teaching event.

New Price on Mark Tobey Book Baha'is and Bahi'i communities

will be able to purchase the book titled, Mark Tobey at a new price of $1.25 each instead of the previous price of $2.00. In order to take advan- tage of this remittance must accom- pany the order.

Published by Stanford University, the book covers the paintings by Mark Tobey presently in the collec- tion of Joyce and Arthur Dahl.

The book is an excellent proclama- tion and teaching publication since it contains three articles about Mark Tobey that stress the influence of the Bahi'i Faith on the man and his art. It is an excellent publication to reach modern art groups and art conscious persons. Originally published for the

1967 Bahi'i Centenary, it will be- come a collector's item, and Baha'is who have not already done so will want to secure copies for themselves, their friends and for use as gifts. Communities will want to consider the book for proclamation uses such as sending it to museums, libraries, art classes, artists and the like.

The book has 48 pages and 32 illus- trations of which five are in color and has a plasticized soft cover. Size is 8% by 8% inches. Orders should be sent to BahP'i Distribution and Service Department, 112 Linden Ave., Wilmette. Illinois 60091.

Guidance for Bahi'i Writers

The following guidance is provided for Baha'is who are writers or au- thors and is based on guidance pro- vided the Public Information De- partment by the National Spiritual Assembly.

Baha'is who are writers should not write articles on the Faith for publi- cations of questionable character.

If Baha'is or Baha'i communities receive requests for articles on the Faith from such publications, they should immediately consult with the National Spiritual Assembly. Under no circumstances should Baha'is permit themselves to be persuaded to write articles for unsavory publi- cations.

Baha'is should always endeavor to present the Faith in a dignified man- ner. In order to assure this when writing articles about the Faith, Ba- ha'is should survey the magazine or publication in which the article is to appear to determine if the publica- tion is a proper vehicle for a Baha'i article.

Whenever any questions arise as to whether or not a certain publica- tion is appropriate for the publication of Baha'i articles, Baha'is should consult the National Spiritual Assem- bly.

All Baha'is are reminded that any- thing written about the Faith by Ba- hi'is and intended for publication is subject to review before submission to the publishers. This review begins at the local level and includes review by the Local Spiritual Assembly and when necessary by the National Spiritual Assembly.

The publications referred to above include newspapers (particularly certain weeklies), magazines, books and miscellaneous publications.

DECEMBER 1968

New Public Information Material A packet of ten color photos each

11 by 14 inches has been produced by the Public Information Department for use in proclaiming the Faith. The photos can be used most effectively at exhibits, window displays, dis- plays in Baha'i centers, and at pub- lic meetings and at college displays.

The photos were taken during the first U.S. National Youth Conference held in Wilmette and show Baha'i youth of different races together, youth and adults together, youth singing and generally the photos ra- diate the BahP'i spirit.

This set of photos was used for the first time as an exhibit at the Nation- al Conference on Human Rights held in Chicago. The exhibit was titled, "Like It Is With Baha'i."

The photo set can be used for vari- ous proclamation purposes and is available from Bahi'i Distribution and Service Department. Cost of the packet of ten photos (all 11 by 14 in size and all color photos) is $23.50. Ask for Color Packet NO. 1.

Human Rights Pamphlet Out of Stock

e Copies of the National Spiritual Assembly sponsored pamphlet, Hu- man Rights - Basis for World Peace, are no longer available from BmA'f DISTRIBUTION and SERVICE DE- PARTMENT. Designed for use in Hu- man Rights Year, 1968, the entire stock of 500,000 copies has been dis- tributed from Wilmette. Local com- munities still having a supply are urged to make use of them before the year-end.

Note Approximately 230 persons heard

the Baha'i message at the morning worship service at the Mount Pisgah African Methodist Episcopal Church in Philadelphia on October 13th. This came about as a result of sending a Speaker's Bureau brochure (a proj- ect of the Pennsylvania State Goals Committee) to the church, and the request for a speaker was filled by Fred H. Myers, Jr. of Columbia, Maryland, using the topic, "Christ's Promises Fulfilled." The very at- tractive printed program of the church mentioned Mr. Myer's pro- fessional qualifications and that he is a member of the BahP'i Faith.

REVIEW

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*:* Department of Youth and Col- $ $ lege Activities has tried to lo- $ 2 cate all the 1967-68 Clubs, and a *? only 30 have responded. This $ *.* .:+ means we now have 90 Clubs to $ $ form if we are to meet our goal. $ 2 Don't prolong the silence. * +!* COMMUNICATE WITH US: De- $ $ partment of Youth and College $ $ Activities, 112 Linden Ave., Wil- +:* .:. *:* mette, Ill. 60091. .** *:. 4****+*****-:+*******+9.9.9.93.**&

ARE Y O U UNDER FIFTEEN? Do you want action? Take note: The Oklahoma State

Goals Committee and the Tulsa Spir- itual Assembly sponsored a "pre- dec" conference for youth ages 12-15. Older youth from Tulsa were respon- sible for teaching classes and super- vising activities, and several adults were present as chaperones. The youth had a stimulating "question and answer session", elected three of their number to help plan future ac- tivities, decided to have a regular article in the Oklahoma Bahl'i Bul- letin, and even made a special con- tribution to the National BahP'i Fund.

WONDERFUL! Let's have more.

YOUTHFUL PRINCESS SEIZES OPPORTUNITY

One Baha'i youth recently partici- pated in a contest in her county in which the selection of the "Queen" was dependent on a one-minute cam- paign speech on "Why I should be chosen Queen of Cass County." Building her speech around the prin- ciple of the oneness of mankind, she stated that the honor of being chosen "Queen" would give her an opportu- nity to show the world that youth are here to build a peaceful world and to

unite all mankind. Placing second, she received the title of "Princess," but she gained even more by spread- ing the healing message of our be- loved Faith.

CHEERS FOR KENTUCKY The Baha'is attending the Univer-

sity of Kentucky have filled a Youth Program goal of double significance: (1) the formation of a BahB'i College Club, and (2) the formation of a Club in a state which previously had none.

YOUTH FUND GOAL:

GUIDELINES SHARED

The following guidelines are offered with regard to the $100,000 youth Fund goal:

1. Youth contributions to the local Fund should be recorded, and the percentage andlor specific amount of the youth participa- tion should be indicated in the community's contribution to the National Fund;

2. Contributions from youth ages , 15 through 20, whether ear-

marked or not, are automatical- ly recorded as "youth contribu- tions" ; contributions from per- sons 21 through 25 who wish to participate in this aspect of youth activities must be ear- marked "youth";

3. All direct contributions to the National Baha'i Fund by youth, regardless of age, must be ear- marked "youth" for purposes of accounting.

Youth Pioneers Waste No Time

The National Spiritual Assembly has challenged the BahP'i youth of the United States "to send a t least 5 pioneers to Africa and 20 to Latin America." With much joy, we report this immediate youth response : Puerto Rico: Lynn Johnson left California to enroll at the Inter- American university in San Ger- man, Puerto Rico, and already she is bringing students to the firesides of pioneers Tom and Alice Burke.

LEGE

Upper Volta: Jerry Van Deusen, for- merly a pioneer in the Virgin Is- lands, went to the Palermo Con- ference this summer and left from there for Upper Volta, a very diffi- cult post in West Africa where he is the only North American pioneer in a French-speaking area. Uganda: 16-year-old Bambi Worth, formerly of Tulsa, Oklahoma, left with her family after the Palermo Conference to pioneer in South Afri- ca. She is now in Uganda, where the family plans to settle. Peru: Chris Baker, 17-year-old youth of Deerfield, Illinois, is en route with her family to Peru, South America, where she will finish high school (see picture of family in November NA- TIONAL B d ' i REVIEW). Bolivia: Stephen Pulley has recently left for Bolivia where he is settled in Cochabamba and actively teaching the Faith. Eugene Aragon is now enroute to Argentina where he will stay briefly, then proceed to Bolivia to help win new victories for the Faith.

When will your name appear here?

The Meaning of Sacrifice "Dear Treasury Department of

Baha'u'llPh," a Baha'i youth writes, "You have urged the friends to con- tribute generously to help raise the $1,000,000 desperately needed to help spread the fragrances of Baha- 'u'llah.

"I realize that we have quite a ways to go with so very little time left. I know how desperately we need to raise the money so as to help proclaim the Cause because I'm studying business administration in school. I am only sorry that I cannot contribute the full $1,000,000 myself. I am only a college student and you know that means we are always broke. I stilI desire more than any- thing else to help contribute to the fund.

"I have searched my assets and I find that the only thing that I have which is valuable is my 12-string guitar. It is worth over $200 and it is full of love. I treasure it more than anything else that I have. It hurts

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very much to give up my guitar, but when one gives and it hurts, it is more worth while because we give it as part of ourselves. I can think of no greater Cause to give it to than the Cause of Bahi'u'llih.

"Please accept my 12-string guitar and sell it for what it may be worth to help the fund or use it the way that it may best help serve the Cause of the Blessed Beauty Bahi'u'llih."

The 12-string Goya guitar arrived safely at the House of Worship, and its story was related to the Bahi'is

gathered for the Proclamation, Ex- pansion, and Consolidation Confer- ence in Wilmette on October 26-27. They were so deeply moved that they decided to "buy" the guitar, give the money to the National Ba- ha'i Fund, and sent the guitar back to its original owner. As a result, $404.90 was given to the Fund!

The example set by this youth has had a far-reaching effect, for al- though he has his guitar once again, his demonstration of the true mean- ing of sacrifice is a gift to us all.

"Dear Treasury Department, Today in the mail I received the

special packet in the mail to the youth . . . I came across the letter from the person who gave up his 12- string guitar to give something to the fund. If someone can do that, I can at least send some money which I was saving towards Baha'i Winter School. It is very little but I wanted you to know that that letter got re- sults."

Where Our Dollars Go

A series presented by the Coordinating Committee for the Fund .

EXPANSION The Department of Expansion is one of the five

departments currently functioning under the direction of the National Teaching Committee. The principal duties of this department are directly related to the achievement of the goals of expansion set down for the United States by the Universal House of Justice and specifically designated by the National Teaching Com- mittee with the approval of the National Spiritual Assembly. Four of the seven major goals set for the United States' homefront have to do with expansion: 1) Raise number of localities where Baha'is reside . . .

to three thousand; 2) Jncrease number of local spiritual assemblies to six

hundred, including at least two in each state. . . . ; 3) Translate and print basic selections of Bahh'i litera-

tuke for -the steadily increasing number of Indian believers ;

4) Increase efforts to enroll under the banner of Bahi- 'u'llih a greater number of believers from minority groups, especially Chinese, Japanese, Spanish- speaking peoples, as well as Indians and Negroes; . . . (See Message from the Universal House of Justice to the United States, RidvPn 1964.)

The Department of Expansion (known formerly as the Department of Teaching) is directly involved with circuit teaching, state goals committees, the Teacher Corps, homefront pioneering and minority teaching.

Circuit teachers are mentioned by the Universal House of Justice in their Ridvan 1966 Message to the Baha'i World :

"The challenge . . . is to organize and promote the teaching work through systematic plans, . . . in addition through a constant stream of visiting teachers to every locality. The forces released by this latter process have been extolled by BahP'u'llPh in these words:

'The movement itself from place to place, when undertaken for the sake of God hath always exerted, and can now exert, its influence in the world. In the Books of old the station of them that have voyaged far and near in order to guide the servants of God hath been set forth and written down.',

while 'Abdu'l-Bahi, in the Tablets of the Divine Plan, says:

'Teachers must continually travel to all parts of the

Heading the Department of Expansion is Mr. Kenneth Kalantar assisted by Mrs. Mary Tucker (R igh t ) i n charge o f circuit teaching and Mrs. Virginia Finch ( L e f t ) Secretary t o th is De- partment and to the Department of Communi t y Development.

continent, nay, rather, to all parts of the world. . . .' " (see the Advent of Divine Justice, pp. 70-71 and Tablets of the Divine Plan, p. 19) Planning and coordinating national and interstate

circuit teaching trips, providing guidelines and lists of Bahi'i teachers and speakers, organizing biographical and photographic records of these teachers, recom- mending and providing speakers for special occasions, recommending methods and techniques for intrastate circuit teaching, receiving, evaluating and analyzing reports on circuit teaching and many other duties are all performed in the department. The circuit teachers' effect on the expansion of the Faith in areas where they have gone has been directly and sometimes immediate- ly visible declarations, renewed activity, and deeper awareness of the worldwide.spread of the Faith.

State goals .committees, charged with the primary duty of establishing and developing isolated centers and groups on a systematic basis, and working to help groups attain assembly status, are serviced by the

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Department of Expansion. Requests for funds, letters concerning procedures, reports of progress in goals and activities, planning and execution of briefing sessions and visits by National Teaching Committee and Teach- er Corps members to state goals committees are all referred to and handled by this Department.

The Teacher Corps, a "group of seasoned teachers and administrators of the Faith," and a "new expan- sion of the executive machinery of the National Teach- ing Committee" as announced in the letter from the National Spiritual Assembly to the local spiritual as- semblies and state goals committees dated August 8, 1968, is also under the direction of the Department of Expansion. Their duties were outlined in a letter to the local spiritual assemblies and state goals committees from the National Teaching Committee dated October 23, 1968 and include assisting and representing the National Bahi'i Center at briefing sessions, nationwide conferences and teaching institutes; undertaking spe- cific responsibilities for the development and execution of plans for minority teaching; working in specialized areas such as deepening, proclamation, public informa- tion, motivation and planning, and public meetings; and making personal visits to individuals, groups, as- semblies and state goals committees to help answer questions and clarify points at the request of the National Assembly or the National Teaching Committee. The scheduling and coordination of their activities and the continued correspondence and briefing of these Teacher Corps members is a function of the Depart- ment.

Volunteers for homefront pioneering are referred to the Department of Expansion for recommendations and aid in settling in goal cities and towns in all areas of the nation. The application forms they submit are pro- cessed, and recommendations are received concerning the best places they might be assigned. For this pur- pose current lists of goals are kept up, with the number, if any, of Baha'is residing there.

In close cooperation with all the other departments and staff members of the National Teaching Commit- tee, and with members of the Teacher Corps, this Department encourages and recommends areas in which teaching of minority groups can be pursued. Written materials, particularly for summer school courses, conference and briefing sessions, are prepared and presented in the many minority groups particular- ly emphasized by the Universal House of Justice as mentioned above.

The cost of these activities, including all of the state goals committees' funds coming from the National BahA'i Fund, amounts to approximately $60,000 per year, or under five cents of every dollar contributed to the Fund. As the friends consider the truly great work that is done by the circuit teachers, the state goals committees, the new Teacher Corps and the homefront pioneers, they can see that these funds are being spent and more than matched by the sacrifice and devotion of the workers who are involved in the expansion of the Faith of BahA'u'llGh in all areas. Thus, we respond to the call of 'Abdu'l-BahP:

"In short, 0 ye believers of God! Endeavor ye, so that you may take hold of every means in the promul- gation of the religion of God and the diffusion of the fragrances of God." (Tablets of the Divine Plan, p. 20)

Thousand National Baha'i Fund $ Cumulative Monthly Income: 1968-1969

1.200 ,,*' .*

INCOME FOR OCTOBER 1968 Regular Contributions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 68,778.23 Special Contributions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20,154.53 Estates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,976.63 Other Income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,397.82

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Total Income S 100.307.2 1

. . . . . Cumulative Total, April I - November I .$508,056.44 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cumulative Deficit $202,443.56

NUMBER OF ASSEMBLIES CONTRIBUTING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . October ,306 (78 Percent of totau

PLANNING TO MOVE DURING THE NEXT 30 DAYS? Help us keep your address up-to-date

CUT OUT AND MAIL TO:

NATIONAL BAHA'I CENTER 112 LINDEN AVENUE, WILMETTE, I L L 60091

ATTACH YOUR OLD ADDRESS LABEL HERE E I : N E W Address--- I

I I : City S t a t e - Z i p - I I

: N E W Telephone: Area I I

I I I Name of new locality:- I

I I (If different from city name)

Reminder: Hove you ALSO notified your community and SGC secretaries of your new address?

DIRECTORY CHANGES ASSEMBLY SECRETARIES

Alabama Mobile: Miss Betty Blair, 2469 Pinetree Dr. 36617

Northern California Sacramento: Mrs. Isabel Travers. pro-tem 350 - 36th Way 95816

Central California Dist. No. 1 Berkeley: Mrs. Esther Linebaugh, 1930 Walnut St., Apt. 6, 94701

Monterey-Carmel J.D.: Mrs. Joyce Dahl. Box 566, Pebble Beach 93953

Southern California Dist. No. 1 Manhattan Beach, Mrs. Cynthia Berman. 468 - 33rd St. 90266

Colorado Aurora: Mrs. Cora Hudson, Chr., 2091 Geneva St. 80010

Florida Fort Lauderdale: Mr. Scott Marshall, P.O. Box 22752, 33315 Manatee County: Include the town of Bradenton in the

secretary listing 33505 Georgia

Augusta: Mr. Morgan L. Wheeler, pro-tem. 1652 Pendleton Rd. 30904

Northern Illinois Skokie: Mr. Bradley Hooper, 4046 Howard St. 60076

Indiana Terre Haute: Mrs. Beverly Brown. 2712 Farrington Ave. 47803

Iowa Davenport: Mrs. Lynette C. Frieden. 1017% Main St. 52803

Kentucky Louisville: Mrs. Nancy Harris, 2235 Boulevard Napoleon 40205

Maine Portland: Mrs. Marie Hoover, 62 Coyle St. 04101

Massachusetts Boston: Mrs. Patricia Varner, 6 Ruthven St.. Dorchester 02121

Nebraska Lincoln: Mr. Wm. Jefferson England, 333 N. 24th 68503

New Jersey Newark: Norman D. Thigpen, 78 S. 10th St. 07107

New Mexico Santa Fe: Mrs. Ann Dunning, 1010 San Lorenzo Dr. 87501

Ohio North Olmsted: Mrs. Ruth Kitson, 27935 Lorain Rd. 44070 Akron: Robert Sauter. Treas.. 458 Morley Ave. 44320

Oregon Portland: Mrs. Esther Linear. 3917 N.E. 10th Ave. 97217

Eastern Texas LaPorte: Mrs. Priscilla Banks, P.O. Box 86, 77571

Western Washington Makah Indian Reservation: Lewis Gary Hillaire. pro-tem,

P.O. Box 306, Neah Bay 98357 Wisconsin

Delafield: Mrs. Kathryn Firnrohr. 2837 Sylvester Dr.. Rt. 3, Hartland 53029

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DECEMBER 1968

In Memoriam Mrs. Zanomia Duff Alexander St. Joseph, Missouri

September 3, 1968

Brydie Appling Chicago, Illinois

October 3, 1968

Clarence E . Baker Washington, D.C.

September 1968

Alvin Blum Honiara, Solomon Is.

September 23, 1968

Mrs. Marie M. Dodd Caliente, Nevada

September 29, 1968

Ronald E. Erfurth Pasco, Wash.

August 23, 1968

Mrs. Stevie Flinn Highland Springs, Va.

October 11, 1968

Mrs. Stella Freeman Denver, Colorado

October 19, 1968

Alfred Hansen Plainfield, Wisconsin

September 20, 1968

Mrs. Sadie Haug Stephens City, Va.

April 1968

Harry G. Irwin Geyserville, Calif.

October 12, 1968

Mrs. Regina Link San Jose, Calif.

September 30, 1968

Charles X. Marshall Norway, Michigan

October 11, 1968

Andrew P. Perdue Greensboro, N.C.

October 9, 1968

Mrs. Gloria Rappaport Newark, New Jersey

September 3, 1968

Mrs. Artenia G. Smith Washington, D.C.

August 1968

Mrs. Lucy B. Steves Carlsbad, Calif.

September 12, 1968

Mrs. Angelina Vanoni Geyserville, Calif.

October 3, 1968

Correcfion of listing in November:

Monroe E. Michels San Francisco, Calif.

September 21. 1968

Calendar of Evenfs Feasts

December 12-Masa'il (Questions) December 3 1 4 3 a r a f (Honor) January 19SultBn (Sovereignty)

Proclamation Events December 10-Human Rights Day January 19-World Religion Day

U.S. National Spiritual Assembly Meetings December 13-15 January 17-19

Attend a Winter School! It is not too late to register for a winter session this

year if you act now!

Announcement of the two sessions of which we have been notified, Southwestern and Davison, appeared in November BAHA'~ REVIEW. If there is another session near you, plan to attend.

The program at Davison promises much stimulus for action. Featured teachers include : Auxiliary Board member Mrs. Jane McCants, Horace Brown, Miss Bahia Deloomy, Mrs. Gail Curwin.