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| No. 187 | SEPTEMBER, 1946 | YEAR 103 | BAHA’I ERA |
“For the Triumph of My Cause”[edit]
O SON OF MAN!
Humble thyself before Me, that I may graciously visit thee. Arise for the triumph of My cause, that while yet on earth thou mayest obtain the victory.
Lauded be Thy name, O Thou in Whose hands is the kingdom of all names, and in the grasp of Whose might are all that are in heaven and all that are on earth! I entreat Thee, by Him Who is Thy most Effulgent Name Whom Thou hast made a target for the darts of Thy decree in Thy path, O Thou the King of eternity, to rend asunder the veils that have shut off Thy creatures from the horizon of Thy glory, that haply they may turn their faces in the direction of Thy mercy, and draw nigh unto the Day-Spring of Thy loving-kindness.
Leave not Thy servants to themselves, O my Lord! Draw them through the influence of Thine utterances unto the Dawning-Place of Thine inspiration, and to the Fountain of Thy Revelation, and to the Treasury of Thy wisdom. Thou art He to Whose strength and power all things have testified, Whose Purpose nothing whatsoever of all that hath been created in Thy heaven and on Thy earth hath been able to frustrate.
Render, then, victorious, O my God, Thy servants who have set their faces toward Thee, and directed their steps to the seat of Thy grace. Send down, then, upon them what will keep them safe from the danger of turning to any one but Thee, and from fixing their eyes upon aught else except thyself.
Potent art Thou to do what Thou willest, and to rule as Thou pleasest. There is no God but Thee, the God of glory and wisdom.
National Spiritual Assembly[edit]
The Responsibilities of Maturity[edit]
Beloved friends:
The more we ponder the far-reaching implications of the Guardian’s letter of June 15, following swiftly upon the second Seven Year Plan cabled to the Convention, the more ardent becomes our resolve to act upon this call inaugurating so important a stage in the world mission of the American Bahá’ís.
The majority of the friends were active in the Faith when the Guardian initiated the teaching mission for Central and South America. Never in our Bahá’í experience had so great a teaching task been laid upon us in addition to the basic work of spreading the message in our own land. In that hour began the maturity of soul which must characterize the members of the American Bahá’í community. The nature of maturity is ability to take care of one’s self and at the same time take care of others who are yet small and weak.
The Latin American teaching work, historically, represented a spiritual parenthood for the believers of the United States and Canada. Collectively we assumed responsibility for the protection, guidance, support and education of children (as others had cared for us in the earlier years of the Faith) until they in their turn could evolve to their own mature state and join as partners in the work of the Divine Plan.
It is an astounding miracle, that in so brief a time, with so few available workers, the basis of the Bahá’í administrative order could have been laid in the republics of Central and South America, and the almighty power of the Bahá’í spirit given these precious new instruments by which to hasten the salvation of a darkened world. A task utterly impossible if undertaken by individuals on their own initiative could be consummated when undertaken by individuals representing the community of the Greatest Name!
Now the American Bahá’ís are held responsible for establishing an Assembly in each of ten countries of war-torn Europe—countries not all of which can at present even receive a visit from an American Bahá’í. Already the new European Teaching Committee has outlined its work, adopted plans, and is preparing to send the first body of Bahá’í workers across the sea. An office is to be maintained in Geneva, Switzerland, for the better coordination and encouragement of the work in the various lands. New translations are being printed of standard Bahá’í works. With marvelous speed and force the challenge is being met in the name of the entire Bahá’í community.
Let those of us who cannot take a mission in the international field remember that the Faith of Bahá’u’lláh is a unit, and all types of service are acceptable and mutually interdependent. Whoever serves valiantly in his own small village here, loving the Cause and loyally supporting its needs—such a soul may surely be accounted a pioneer in the spiritual sense; and though the drums are not sounded, the work is added to the total score of victory when the task is done. With a high sense of mission may each of us catch a new and clearer vision of the importance of his or her own Bahá’í work and bring to it the consecration of the pioneer who stands alone beneath a foreign sky.
Committee Projects for the Seven Year Plan[edit]
In this report the National Spiritual Assembly informs the believers of the important projects and activities already approved for a number of national committees directly concerned with the work of the Seven Year Plan. Similar reports will be made from time to time, and each committee will make its own report
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of the progress being made from
month to month in its own field of
service.
1. National Teaching Committee, Regional Teaching Committees, and Canadian Teaching Committee.[edit]
| Cable from the Guardian
SHOGHI
Cablegram received July 29, 1946. |
In accordance with the Guardian’s cabled and urgent appeal, thirty new Assemblies are to be formed in North America by April 21, 1948. In addition, at least one Assembly is to be maintained in each state and province, and the weaker communities given teaching assistance. This task is arduous and of vital importance to the success of the Plan.
Among the methods being employed to accomplish the task are: teaching circuits for the weaker communities, the placing of settlers where needed to maintain Assembly status, the use of resident teachers, the preparation of bulletins on fireside teaching, the distribution of mimeographed copies of talks to aid believers in presenting the essential teachings at fireside meetings and public talks.
Intensive work is being done to develop the groups to Assembly status. Regional Committees are making a survey of their areas, and definite goals have been assigned; regional conferences are being promoted; the assistance and cooperation of the larger communities is being sought to provide settlers and undertake extension teaching in nearby groups; and teaching material made available by other national committees will be provided to the groups. Regional bulletins are to emphasize teaching methods which have proved to be effective.
2. Public Meetings Committee.[edit]
Public meetings are to be held in fourteen cities this year. These cities do not include those where the public meetings were held last year, but the committee has been authorized to offer a budget allowance to those cities for holding another public meeting this year. In addition, the committee will arrange for public meetings in connection with the 1947 Convention, at Chicago and Wilmette.
The theme of the meetings will be: World Order Through World Faith.
Publicity, advertising and radio work will be conducted in support of these meetings by the Public Relations and Radio Committees. Assemblies are urged to act promptly on the plans submitted by the Public Meetings Committee.
3. College Speakers Bureau.[edit]
Bahá’í News
On April 10, 1925, the Guardian wrote: “The News Letter which you have lately initiated fulfills a very vital function.... I would urge you to enlarge its scope ... that in time it may devote a special section to every phase of your activities, administrative, devotional, humanitarian, financial, educational and otherwise. “It should become a great factor in promoting understanding, providing information on Bahá’í activity, both local and foreign, in stimulating interest, in combating evil influences, and in upholding and safeguarding the institutions of the Cause.” Bahá’í News is edited for the National Spiritual Assembly by its Bahá’í News Editorial Committee: Garreta Busey, chairman, John Ashton, Alice Simmons Cox, Marzieh Gail, Doris Holley, Annamarie Kunz Honnold, Eleanor Sweeney Hutchens, Mabel Hyde Paine, Margaret Swengel. Editorial office: Miss Garreta Busey, 503 West Elm Street, Urbana, Illinois. Please report changes of address to which Bahá’í News is to be sent and other matters pertaining to its distribution to the Bahá’í National Office, 536 Sheridan Road, Wilmette, Illinois. |
This committee is developing a campaign of Bahá’í literature to supplement its function of placing speakers on college platforms. The country has been divided into four zones, each zone to be under the intensive supervision of one committee member. In the distribution of Bahá’í literature, faculty members will be chosen from a number of departments such as History, Religion, Economics, Fine Arts, Oriental Languages and Culture, Sociology, Architecture, etc.
4. Public Relations Committee.[edit]
This committee will carry on activities carried over and coordinated from the three committees formerly known as Contacts, Bahá’í News Service, and Public Relations.
It will provide literature and contact by mail with persons of capacity and influence whose names and addresses are selected by the committee itself or sent in by other committees and individual believers. The aim is to develop a national list for the public teaching bulletin to be issued four times a year, so that continuous contact will be maintained in the case of persons who give evidence of real interest.
Three press releases a month will be sent out—two of these directly to the press and one to assemblies, groups and other believers who can place articles in the local press. The friends will be kept informed of this and other material through a mimeographed bulletin.
Plans are under way for an advertising campaign to be conducted in national magazines. This campaign will concentrate on calling attention to a new pamphlet reprinting several talks of the Master from The Promulgation of Universal Peace, the pamphlet being entitled World Order Through World Faith. Material will be given to local Assemblies and groups which would like to repeat all or some of these advertisements in the local press.
Later reports will deal with other activities of this committee.
The Reporting of Bahá’í Activities for Bahá’í News[edit]
In order to clarify the method by which news of the various kinds of activity is to be gathered and reported for publication in Bahá’í News the National Spiritual Assembly has recorded the following general plan.
- Local Assemblies are reminded
of their duty and responsibility for
submitting regular monthly reports
briefly outlining the more important
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public activities and conferences in
their communities.
- Each local Assembly is authorized to appoint a News Reporter empowered to send monthly news direct to Bahá’í News.
- Regional Teaching Committees, in addition to the reports they are expected to continue sending to the National Teaching Committee, are now responsible for sending monthly statements to Bahá’í News outlining the principal news items of the area.
- National Committees are requested to submit monthly outlines to Bahá’í News reporting plans and projects in which the Bahá’ís are to participate and news representing the application and progress of their committee plans.
- Regional Teaching Committees are to send a copy of their bulletins to the Bahá’í News Committee.
- The Bahá’í News Committee will receive monthly from the National Office copies of communications from Haifa which are to be made available to the Bahá’í community; bulletins and reports received from other National Assemblies, and such other items as may come to the attention of the National Office that are not likely to be known to other contributors of news.
- The National Office will from time to time provide editorials, bulletins, announcements and other items of general news interest and importance.
Bahá’í Sunday School class of New York City, taught by Lauretta Noisette Moore and Hamideh Nabil. In the background are Mr. Cooperburg, Dr. Asgharzadih, Mrs. Mottahedeh, Mrs. Moore, and Miss Nabil.
- Bahá’í photographs are to be regarded as news of outstanding interest.
Treasurer’s Report[edit]
During the month of June contributions received for the National Bahá’í Fund, $17,173.46; contributions to the Temple and Trustees Account, $648.25; 94 Assemblies contributed, 44 Assemblies did not contribute; 48 Groups contributed and 92 isolated believers.
During July up to July 30th the deficit in meeting our Budget amounted to $9,556.07; during the month of July contributions to the
Members of the Spiritual Assembly of Tihrán, Persia, 102 Bahá’í Era.
National Fund amounted to $12,422.95; and contributions to the
Temple and Trustees accounts $4,159.30; 106 Assemblies contributed;
32 Assemblies did not contribute; 81
Groups contributed and 131 isolated
believers; as of July 31st the deficit
in meeting the Budget as set up by
the N.S.A. at the beginning of this
Bahá’í year amount to $12,807.22.
This really is serious because the Budget set up this year was developed from actual figures that each committee used during the past Bahá’í year.
The Recommendations of the State Conventions[edit]
That World Order Magazine be made more popular in style and content, and be placed on newsstands with other magazines, and should include articles interesting to non-Bahá’ís as well as to Bahá’ís.
Voted to refer this recommendation to the World Order Magazine Committee.
A Bahá’í Youth of India, now in the United States, points out the need in India of publicity about the Cause in America.
Voted to record that in correspondence with Mr. Fozdar, who is now a student at the University of California, it has been pointed out that the Guardian has made “The Bahá’í World” volumes the official source of Bahá’í publicity concerning activities in the various countries and that copies have always been made available to the National Spiritual Assembly of India and Burma.
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In addition they have always
received copies of our Bahá’í News.
That a pamphlet be published setting forth the Bahá’í ordinances enumerating duties of a Bahá’í as listed in World Order Magazine, November 1944, pages 254-6. Also pamphlets enumerating duties of Assembly officers.
Voted to refer this suggestion to the committee which has been appointed to study the pamphlets and make recommendations.
That a new edition of “Tablets of Bahá’u’lláh” be printed; also that
Bahá’í Youth Symposium, February 25, 1945, Bombay, India.
the unpublished Tablets of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá now interspersed through
“Bahá’í World Faith” be published
as additional volumes of “Tablets
of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá.”
Voted to record that the Tablets of Bahá’u’lláh are now available in “Bahá’í World Faith.”
No action was taken on the suggestion regarding the unpublished Tablets of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá.
That the pamphlet “Radiant Acquiescence” be reprinted.
Voted to refer this recommendation to the committee for review of the present pamphlet literature.
That the National Study Outline Committee issue a question and answer pamphlet to cover simple, fundamental questions to be available for general use.
Voted to record that this is in process.
That more pamphlets be printed in the style of Bahá’í Peace Pamphlets suitable for professional people.
Voted to record that this is under consideration by a special committee.
That the production of children’s books be expedited.
Voted to write to the Child Education Committee that we would welcome this year something further in the book line for children, especially like the book on the Prophets such as we have heard that Harry Ford is making.
That Louhelen School be asked to make a study of the type of questions usually submitted by youth.
Voted to refer to Louhelen School.
That Bahá’í Documentary Film be made for National publicity as described in Time Magazine of January 26, 1946, for the Catholic, Jewish and Protestant Faiths.
Voted to record that beginnings in this direction are being made by the Visual Education Committee.
That official ballot be improved to expedite the counting of ballots.
Voted to provide the Bahá’í voters of the states and provinces having five or more delegates a form of perforated ballot, beginning with the 1947 State elections.
Voted to request Harry E. Walrath to prepare the text of a bulletin of instructions for tellers in counting the ballots at the state elections.
That a document be prepared which will describe the precepts of all the religions, stressing their oneness of purpose.
Voted to record that the Public Relations Committee is undertaking such a project.
That the practice of listing couples as “Mr. and Mrs.” be abandoned and that individual names be listed.
Voted to record that the National Spiritual Assembly has recognized the trend in this direction.
That instructions be given regarding the receiving of contributions.
Voted to record that the National Spiritual Assembly for many years has taken the view that local Assemblies should account for the receipt of donations from believers through the use of a suitable receipt form and books of record.
That the State Conventions be used as teaching mediums.
Voted to record that if the convention committees appointed early in the fall can find ways and means to arrange for public meetings this would be very welcome.
That a prepared report for the tellers, using a standard form of certification, should be furnished.
Voted to request Harry Walrath to prepare a standardized form of certification by the tellers of the annual state and province elections, to be sent out by the National Spiritual Assembly with the papers calling the 1947 State conventions.
Inquiry regarding the feasibility of individual Bahá’ís undertaking to carry on personal communication with individual Bahá’ís in the war-stricken areas.
Voted to record that all possible action has already been taken in the matter of relief.
That a fund be established for delegates’ expenses.
Voted to record there is no State administrative body which could inaugurate and supervise the expenditure of such a fund.
Recommendations already acted upon and those not acted upon after being presented at this meeting, are not included in the foregoing list.
Calendar[edit]
Anniversary: Birth of the Báb, October 20.
Nineteen Day Feasts: Might, September 8; Will, September 27; Knowledge, October 16.
Meetings of the National Spiritual Assembly: August 30 and 31, September 1 and 2; October 12, 13.
In Memoriam[edit]
I testify, O my Lord, that Thou hast enjoined upon men to honor their guest, and he that hath ascended unto Thee hath verily reached Thee and attained Thy Presence. Deal with him then according to Thy grace and bounty!—‘ABDU’L-BAHÁ
- Mr. John D. Bosch, Geyserville.
- Mr. Charles Hillhouse, West Haven.
- Mr. Axel Swensen, Kenosha.
- Mrs. Octavia S. Beaton, Los Angeles.
- Mr. Charles Q. Adams, Portland, Oregon.
- Mrs. Mary Joan Spreckelsville, Maui, Hawaii.
- Miss May Williams, Geneva, New York.
- Dr. James Fulton Percy, Los Angeles.
- Mr. George Albert Muffler, Serena, Illinois.
- Mr. Sol Flaumenbaum, Teaneck.
- Mrs. Homer Chavis, Champaign, Illinois.
- Mr. Fredrik Mortensen, Chicago.
- Mrs. Helen Hicks, Wilmette.
- Mr. V. E. Oldson, Atascadero, Calif., June or July, 1946
- Mr. Sigurd Russell, Los Angeles, Calif., August 4, 1946
- Mrs. Orcella Rexford Gregory, Los Angeles, Calif., August 11, 1946
- Mrs. Emma Groger, San Francisco, Calif., July 17, 1946
- Mrs. Maybelle Baylor, Milwaukee, Wis.
Youth Conference in Philadelphia Bahá’í Center, May 5, 1946.
Gathering of young Bahá’ís at the time of the Youth Conference in Philadelphia, May 5, 1946.
National Committees[edit]
Bahá’í Study Aids[edit]
The World Order of Bahá’u’lláh is in effect today. We have, however, yet to complete the framework on which this structure can come into expression on this earth. The Guardian tells us: “Without the study and application of the Administration, the teaching of the Cause becomes not only meaningless, but loses in effectiveness and scope.” (Letter published in Bahá’í News, No. 105, p. 1).
How, then, can we better support our teaching activity and our community living than by “obtaining a more adequate understanding of the significance of Bahá’u’lláh’s stupendous Revelation” as it unfolds through His own divinely ordained instrument of the Administrative Order?
To fulfill this purpose, the Bahá’í Study Aids Committee will soon have ready an outline aid for the study of the Administrative Order as a divine instrument. One copy will be sent to each Assembly secretary and to the secretary of each Regional Teaching Committee. The Study Aids Committee can only suggest that this study be undertaken, or reviewed, but as we think of the Guardian, awaiting the time when the believers “learn to function according to Bahá’í laws and principles,” may we not feel our individual responsibility more keenly and, by increasing each one his own understanding and practice of the Administrative Order, hasten the coming of the Bahá’í World Commonwealth?
The Bahá’í Study Aids Committee will be glad to help any of the friends, through correspondence, with the study of the Administrative
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Order or in any study in which they
may be interested.
Box 252, Evanston, Illinois
International Relief[edit]
The friends are urged to check with their local postal authorities concerning the changes in regulations for gift packages to war-devastated countries. The contents of such packages should still be limited to essential relief items, such as nonperishable foods, clothing, soap, and medicines. Other special requests (money, expensive equipment, books, etc.) should be referred directly to the National Spiritual Assembly. The packages should be marked “GIFT PARCEL” and the contents itemized and the value stated. If such is done, in case of damage or loss, the addressee will have the opportunity of placing claim for the loss.
The Committee on International Relief suggests another organization for handling relief to Germany and Austria: Committee for the Relief of the German Needy, Inc., 220 East 23 Street, New York 10, New York.
Declared Believers in Frankfort, Germany:[edit]
- Frl. Edith Horn, Waidmannstr. 41
- Fr. Matilde Kowalsky, Ffm. Arndtstr. 46
- Fr. Johanna Breuning, Ffm. Rohrbachstr. 14
- Fr. Katharine Spaich, Ffm. Rotlindstr. 49
- Fr. Beate Diesterweg, Ffm. Finkenhofstr. 31
- Fr. Else Gehlen, Fm. Holbeinstr. 46
- Fr. Paula Fisher, Ffm. Humboldstr. 66
- Frl. Helma Schröder, Ffm. Bertamstr. 19
- Frl. Milly Gesell, Ffm. Eshwegerstr. 10
- Herr Georg Ruhl, Ffm. Egenolfstr. 30
- Herr Albert Protzmann, Ffm. Rödelheim, Treisbergerstr. 5
- Fr. Friedrich Wiedle, Ffm. Fechenheim Distelrasen 8
- Herr Karl Rau, Ffm. Eulengasse 24
- Frau V. Baur, Ffm. Platenstr. 43
- Herr Dr. Karl Heinbuch, Ffm. Passavantstr. 42
- Frl. Hella Häusler, Ffm. Sonnenstr. 47
- Herr Wilhelm Häusler, Ffm. Sonnenstr. 47
- Herr Richard Glaser, Ffm. Leimenrode 11
- Herr Kreuzfeld, Wiesbaden, Nerobergstr. 24
- Herr Martin Eiff, Darmstadt — Land — Trautheim
England[edit]
(There is no longer any duty on food and clothing.)
- Miss Olive Stockeley, Mundford, Thetford.
France[edit]
- M. Sasha Piteeffic is not a Bahá’í.
- Mlle Lucienne Migette, 10 Rue Mounet-Sully, Paris 20 eme.
Bahá’ís of Frankfurt, Germany, holding the Feast of Rahmat, June, 1946. Bruce Davison in foreground with two of the Bahá’í children.
- Mme Lucienne Acard, Les Clos Fleuri, La Poterie, Hyeres, (Vard).
- M. Raymond Moreau, 10 Ernest Michat, Nancy, Meurthe at Moselle.
Holland[edit]
Arnold van Ogtrop does not wish relief.
Bulgaria[edit]
- Miss Marion Jack, c/o English Speaking League, 25 Tzar Osvobodich, Sofia.
Hungary[edit]
- Mrs. Jennie Komlos, Vilma Kiralyno 9, f-2, Budapest 7.
Jugoslavia[edit]
- Mme. Desanka Forgovice-Tokin, Sindjeliceva 8, FNR, Vrsac.
Czechoslovakia[edit]
- Mr. Vuk Echtner, c/o Brückner, U. Pujcovny 2, Praha 11.
Germany[edit]
- Frau Lisselotte Jensen, Massmanstrasse 31, Rostock-Mecklenberg.
- Frau Johanna Werthern is now with Frl. Ursula Muller (see below).
- Frl. Ursula Muller, Weidmannstr. 41, Frankfurt a/Main.
- Frl. Elsa Grossman, Frederich Ebertstrasse 39, Heidelberg.
- Herr Paul Schreher, Nerobergstrasse 24, Wiesbaden.
- Frau Else Becker, Auerbach b/Zwickau, E. Ehalmanstrasse-84,
- Frau Marie Küssner, Seestrasse 13, Ludwigsburg.
Austria[edit]
Wherever Wein appears in addresses for Austria, it should be spelled Wien (Vienna).
Temple Guiding[edit]
There is no field of teaching where so many people can be reached in so short a time and with the cost of so little effort and money, as guiding at the Temple. The inquirers come from all parts of the globe, where in time Bahá’í communities will be established. We, of the Temple Area, have a special privilege in having this wonderful opportunity of giving our message of hope and healing to the stream of visitors who pour through the building.
The Guides’ Committee, wishing to share this privilege with others than those of the Temple area, as well as to supply the increasing need for guides, welcomes vacation guiding. The Committee has on hand a few copies of the Guide Courses and will make them available to those seriously interested.
It is of the utmost importance for those guiding at the Temple to have the proper qualifications for meeting the public and adequately presenting the Faith. Therefore, a letter from one’s own Assembly, or from the secretary of the region in which he lives, must accompany the request for the Guide Course.
The Committee will make every effort to secure accommodations in the vicinity of the Temple and to welcome the visiting guides. Address communications to Mrs. John M. Haggard, Chairman, 1229 Cleveland St., Wilmette, Illinois.
Report of Temple Guides Committee, May and June, 1946[edit]
The number of visitors for each month continues to exceed the number for the same months of previous years. In May, 1946, there were 2,754 visitors as compared with 1,821 in May, 1945. In June, 1946, there were 2,815 visitors as compared with 2,332 in June, 1945.
In May visitors came from thirty-nine states, the district of Columbia, Panama, Hawaii, the Canadian provinces of British Columbia, Quebec, Ontario and Manitoba; and the countries of Belgium, Sweden,
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England, Scotland, Latvia, India,
China, Argentina, Mexico, and Cape Colony, S. Africa.
In June, visitors came from forty-five states, the District of Columbia, Hawaii, the Canadian provinces of Ontario, Alberta, Quebec, Saskatchewan; Australia, Samoa, Mexico, Brazil, Peru, the Philippines, Venezuela, the Netherlands West Indies, China, Palestine, Italy, Greece, France, Holland and Sweden.
During the first six months of 1946 the total number of visitors was 11,025, which is 3,600 more than for the same period of 1945. Since we had 10,552 more last year than ever before, it is evident that the scope of Temple guide work is becoming increasingly greater each year.
Books sold at the Temple during May totaled $277.92 and during June $434.46, a total of $712.38.
MARY J. HAGGARD, Chairman.
Latin-American News[edit]
Incorporation of Assemblies[edit]
The second seven year plan has opened with the incorporation of the Faith in the first two South American countries. The Colombian government granted incorporation to the Bogota Bahá’í Community, with similar protection extended to all other groups and Assemblies in that country,
Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of Bogotá, first assembly to be incorporated in South America, with Elisabeth Cheney (left, standing), visiting pioneer.
Bahá’ís of Asunción, Paraguay. Seated in front are seven members of the Spiritual Assembly (the second in South America to be incorporated). Standing behind (left), Miss Gertrude Eisenberg, resident pioneer, and (right), Miss Elisabeth Cheney, first pioneer in Paraguay.
on May 27th of this year, while
a similar incorporation was granted
to the Community of Asunción, Paraguay, with protection to all other
groups and Assemblies that may be
formed in that country, on June 11th.
Incorporation was applied for in
Paraguay prior to the application in
Colombia, even though it was granted a little later, and the form of application used in Colombia, and now
being used in Venezuela, was worked
out by the friends in Paraguay last
October.
Brazil[edit]
Other news of major importance in Latin America is the opening of Brazil to the Bahá’í Cause. Because of certain difficult conditions, Brazil had been like the forgotten stepchild, even though a valiant pioneer, Mrs. Leonora Armstrong, lived there for many years, and prior to the close of the first seven year plan, was successful in forming the first Bahá’í Assembly in Bahía. Then conditions changed. Miss Virginia Orbison, who had given notable service in many parts of South America, and then returned to the United States for a much needed six months of change and medical care, was sent to Rio de Janeiro the fore part of last November. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Bode followed as settlers, and an Assembly was elected in the capital this April. Miss Orbison is now arranging to transfer to Sao Paulo, the great industrial city of Brazil, where Mr. and Mrs. Edmund J. Miessler of Columbus Grove, Ohio, will follow her as pioneer settlers. It is hoped that a third Assembly will be formed in that city this year.
The Regional Committees[edit]
New plans are being put into effect in Latin America this year. One, the use of regional committees, which have been used successfully in North America. The 19 countries have been divided into eight regions. Each region has been asked to choose a goal city for the formation of a new Assembly this year, and each country is expected to form at least one additional group in addition.
New Memberships[edit]
During the past month fifteen membership cards have been received
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from the Latin-American
field: three from Caracas, Venezuela; three from Havana, Cuba;
one from La Paz, Bolivia; two from
Guatemala City, Guatemala; one
from Panama City, Panama; and
five from the City of Mexico. Of the
last five, three were completely new
members, and two others had considered themselves as Bahá’ís for a
time, but had not before signed an
affirmation of faith.
Teaching by Correspondence[edit]
A correspondence teaching plan on an international scale is to be begun in Latin America this year. Outstanding people, who are universal in sentiment; those who respond at public meetings or write to radio stations asking further information about the Faith, will be circularized and taught by mail through the new correspondence teaching committee. The Masons in Venezuela and in Cuba, including 40 Venezuelan lodges and 16,000 active Cuban Masons, have offered themselves for this type of teaching. It is hoped that members of the Masonic Lodge and of other universal type groups in other Latin-American countries, will take advantage of this opportunity to learn the Bahá’í Message. Correspondence teaching in Colombia last year resulted in a second Assembly and half a dozen smaller groups.
Radio[edit]
A radio committee has been set up for Latin America, so that scripts
American Bahá’ís at the German National Convention. Left to right: Bruce Davison, John Eichenauer, Capt. Henry Jarvis.
in Spanish may be available for all
groups able to obtain radio time.
Mrs. Shirley Warde, who has done
such outstanding radio work in North
America, heads this committee, assisted by Hugo Arteagabeitia and
Artemus Lamb, both of Chile. Mrs.
Warde is now in Buenos Aires making arrangements for the first Latin
American Bahá’í Conference to be
held in South America. This is tentatively scheduled for November 6
to 11 in Buenos Aires. The second
Latin American Bahá’í Conference
for Central America, Mexico and the
Antilles, will be held in Panama
City a little later in the year.
The Inter-America Committee deeply regrets the loss of efficient and beloved Miss Edna True as their secretary, but realizes that her experience is essential for the new European work. Miss Elisabeth H. Cheney has been brought in, after nineteen and a half months of teaching in many Latin-American countries, to continue in Miss True’s place.
Publishing Announcements[edit]
The Revelation of Bahá’u’lláh, by Horace Holley, reprint of the statement on aims and purposes of the Faith which has appeared in successive volumes of The Bahá’í World. 16-page pamphlet, with reproduction of photograph of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá. Price 10c each. Order in lots of ten copies for $1.00.
The Bahá’í Peace Program, compiled by the San Francisco Committee on Bahá’í Peace Plan appointed to represent the American Bahá’ís at the Peace Conference which adopted the United Nations Organization. Selections from Writings of Bahá’u’lláh and ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, and passages from the Guardian, related to the Bahá’í concept of international peace. This is the second edition, ordered to meet the demand for an attractive and well-selected presentation of the Bahá’í Plan. Price 15c each. Order in lots of five for 75c.
Current Bahá’í price list on request. Address: Bahá’í Publishing Committee, 110 Linden Avenue, Wilmette, Illinois, U. S. A.
Local Communities[edit]
A number of news sheets have come to Bahá’í News in recent months, including those of Dayton, San Francisco, Los Angeles and Chicago. The following items are of particular interest:
Dayton—The January Dayton Bahá’í News tells of four public meetings held over a period of eight weeks during November and December at the Miami Hotel. John Haggard, Wilmette, spoke on “Behind and Beyond Atomic Power”; Carl Sheffler, Evanston, on “Science and Religion”; Mary Evelyn Hoobler, a Bradley College graduate, and Albert Segen, who has traveled extensively, on “Peace and World Government”; and finally on December 16th Thomas H. Sauter, city engineer of Cuyahoga Falls, spoke on “The Foundation of a Just and Lasting Peace.” The newspapers of Dayton are becoming better and better educated in the Bahá’í Teachings and generally give very good cooperation. In August all the Dayton papers carried general write-ups on Bahá’í Summer Schools, in addition to mentioning the three Dayton believers who attended three different Bahá’í Schools. The papers always carry an announcement of all Bahá’í meetings held to commemorate Bahá’í Holy Days. The Bahá’í Community of Dayton has been incorporated, the final papers having been duly signed and sealed by the State in January of 1946.
San Francisco—A well attended meeting was held at the Forum Club on the afternoon of April 14th in
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Bahá’ís attending the National Convention in Germany, among them the newly elected National Spiritual Assembly and the American Bahá’í service men.
observance of Pan-American Day.
Sara Kenny acted as chairman. Mrs.
Reginald Sanders, a native of Chile,
presented an interesting account of
Gabriel Mistral, famous Chilean poetess and Nobel prize winner, for her
efforts in promoting the brotherhood
of man. The Uruguayan consul in
San Francisco, Sr. Eduardo Diesté,
discussed Pan-Americanism, and
Professor N. Forsyth Ward, of Berkeley, delivered a Bahá’í talk, which
was well received by an audience of
about 85 people, many of whom were
visitors. Rounding out an enjoyable
program were musical selections by
Miss Marilyn Zahl, accomplished
pianist. The Youth Committee reports a successful Spring Regional
Youth Conference. The occasion included a business meeting, a banquet, a dance in a private residence
and a public meeting at which Jimmy Fozdar and Lois Johnston spoke
before an audience of fifty individuals. Classes for children between
the ages of 6 and 12 are held at the
Center each Saturday morning at 11
o’clock. The children have worked on
a project of making scrapbooks
showing the customs, manners and
dress of people of all nations. The
similarity and kinship of all peoples
is thoroughly stressed during this
activity.
Los Angeles—The Bahá’í Journal published by the Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the City of Los Angeles is an extremely attractive bulletin with numerous helpful news ideas. An example of this was the listing of the new committee appointments and in addition the addresses and telephone numbers of all the committee members, alphabetically given.
Chicago—The Chicago Spiritual Assembly not only appointed Committees to serve for the ensuing year, but earnestly asked all members of the community to offer their services on one or more of these committees, as it is desired that every Bahá’í shall have the opportunity to serve our beloved Faith. A study class series for seekers from among the public began in May and is held at the Chicago Bahá’í Center. Bahá’ís were permitted to attend, but they were asked not to interrupt or ask questions of the class leader or assist unless called upon in the class work. A Bahá’í Fellowship Hour is held every Saturday evening. On June 16th a Bahá’í appeared on “The Distinguished Guest” program over radio Station WGN. This same program was re-broadcast over the F.M. station WGNB that same afternoon.
The Dumont, N. J., Bahá’ís sponsored a talk on “A Commonwealth of Nations—The Parliament of Man,” at which a member of the staff of the Iránian Embassy who has been attending the United Nations meetings spoke. Harriet Morgan Kelsey, concert pianist of Teaneck, furnished the music at this meeting, which was held at the Masonic Temple.
News From Other Lands[edit]
Broadcast in Germany[edit]
This message, dated April 8, 1946, was broadcast over the American Forces Network reaching Paris, Bremen, Berlin, Bayreuth, Normandy, Frankfort, and a few stations in Austria: “And in Stuttgart, Germany, the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of Germany held its first meeting in nine years. The group seeking world unity through religion was banned in 1937 by Henrich Himmler, and many of its members were imprisoned by the Gestapo.”
Much of our other European news
Members of the National Spiritual Assembly of Germany, elected at the National Convention held in Stuttgart April 6 and 7, 1946. Left to right: Fred Koller, Frau Dr. Kohler-Jager, Dr. Hermann Grossman, Edith Horn, Marta Brauns Forel, Marta Weiss, Eugen Knorr, Hede Schubert, and Paul Gollmer.
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this month is culled from a new bulletin issued from the International
Bahá’í Bureau at Geneva and called
the Geneva Bureau News Exchange.
It gives us several heartening signs
of re-awakened activity among the
Bahá’ís of “that spiritually famished
continent.”
Two Letters from Germany[edit]
Annelie Homan, Stuttgart, writes: ... “The misery and suffering of the war years, the present day distress, and the knowledge of difficult times ahead have caused many hearts and minds to ripen for the acceptance of Bahá’u’lláh’s Teachings. The souls around us are starved for the Word of God, and it is up to us to show them the Light. The best means for this are our weekly meetings. What a joy it is to see new faces each time! We are now 67 declared believers in Stuttgart.”
A letter received from Mrs. Leidinger, mother of a prisoner of war, reveals both the handicaps which German Bahá’í youth suffered under during the Hitler regime and the way in which at least one of them kept his faith in spite of these handicaps. Mrs. Leidinger writes that her son, Reinhold, has interested one of his fellow prisoners in the Faith. He himself had been deprived of a thorough instruction in the Faith, because he had been perforce a “Hitler Youth” and so received compulsory instruction based on principles directly opposite to those of the Faith. But he knew enough of the fundamental truths of the Faith to derive spiritual sustenance from it and pass it on to one of his comrades. Then he wrote home asking for a “Bahá’í letter for his friend and some booklets.” The account adds that the Bahá’í letter was sent to the friend and two Bahá’í books for Reinhold.
Switzerland[edit]
The editor of a weekly paper issued in Berne and Zurich has published an article about Bahá’u’lláh written by a Bahá’í of Paris, Mr. A. Alexander. This editor has become interested in the Bahá’í Teachings and will be glad to use his paper to publicize them further. His nephew is also interested and desires more material about the Cause so that he may make the Teachings known among his friends.
Yugoslavia[edit]
Through Mrs. Bolles we have heard from Mme. Desanka Forgovice-Tokin, a Bahá’í who teaches music in Vrsac, Jugoslavia. She expresses deep gratitude for all that Mrs. Louise Gregory did for her in confirming her in the Faith. She also writes of the “awful strain of these days,” which has injured her health. She has been obliged to move to very poor quarters because her former lodgings were confiscated by the state. We quote the following from her letter: “We spent the days of May 23 and 29 in ardent prayers for the realization of the religious brotherhood in the whole world. May the Abater of all troubles grant us our prayers. I deeply regret that I cannot write to Palestine, and thank you for having sent my respects there.” For Mme. Tokin’s address and needs see June News.
Professor Desanka Tokin-Forgovice, Bahá’í of Jugoslavia.
Italy[edit]
Geresina Campani of Florence is, so far as we know, the only Bahá’í in Italy. She writes Mrs. Bolles of the fearful strain she and her family are under. Her husband does his best, but prices are so high that “nothing he can earn is enough.” Her daughter, husband and baby, not yet a year old, had their house destroyed by Allied bombs in 1943 and had to live with 25 other refugees for 45 days in three rooms without light or water. They are now living with her parents, the Campanis. Her husband, a doctor, has as yet no position. She speaks of Italy as “no more the land of songs and joy. Too many tragedies in the largest tragedy of the war.” But she closes with this note of hope: “that a real Peace will issue from so great a turmoil, that our children and grandchildren may see a healthy world (healthy in spiritual meaning).” She gives her address as Viale duce di Genova, 24 Florenze, Italy.
Czechoslovakia[edit]
Vuk Echtner has written of an Esperanto meeting devoted to the Bahá’í Cause held in Prague on June 5. The meeting was very successful. With the help of a good Bahá’í teacher from outside he thinks a Bahá’í assembly could soon be formed.
A new book on the Cause written in Czech was published in April. It is entitled The Orient and the New Era and is a compilation of fragments “from the Czech translation of Dr. Esslemont’s book and from A World Religion and The Goal of a New World Order by Shoghi Effendi.
Mr. Echtner has taken up again his work for the blind and has “assumed the editorship of the magazine ‘Auroro,’ a Braille publication.” He is in touch with Mr. Harald Thilander of Sweden. According to Mr. Thilander the international movement for the blind has suffered greatly through the war. Mr. Echtner thinks that Bahá’ís could help to revive it through working with the “World Association of Organizations for the Blind.” He has a plan of work to suggest in this connection and “would be glad to communicate it to the World Language Committee.” Perhaps our national committee would like to write Mr. Echtner regarding this. A letter sent to him in care of The Internation Bahá’í Bureau, 40 Grand Rue, Geneva, Switzerland, would reach him.
Another letter from Mr. Echtner described a shop window exhibit of Esperanto and Bahá’í books and pictures arranged by him in a busy part of Prague. For the benefit of inquirers attracted by the exhibit Mr. Echtner has arranged a correspondence course on the Bahá’í Faith in Esperanto.
India[edit]
The youth committee of Poona has catalogued the Bahá’í library there and ordered many new books. They have also conducted a children’s training class every Sunday morning.
The Poona Youth Day Symposium was a successful occasion, attracting about 50 youth of both sexes, many of whom expressed their interest and intention to study the Bahá’í Teachings. A half-column article in the leading vernacular daily gave a good account of the symposium.
‘Iráq[edit]
Foundations of a Ḥaẓiratu’l-Quds
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are being laid in Baghdád, and two
other ‘Iráqí Assemblies have taken
steps toward renting or building
such a center.
The Bahá’ís of Iráq have Contributed more than 6,000 rupees for relief of their stricken brethren in Burma.
Enrollments[edit]
Cleveland, one. Peoria, one. Worcester, one. Edmonton, one. Denver, one. Boston, one. Columbus, one. Burlingame, one. Lima, one youth. Fort Wayne, two youth. Portsmouth, two. Chicago, two.
Index, 1945 Bahá’í News[edit]
| Abbreviations: | 173-178, February-December |
| AR I, Annual Report, Part I | |
| AR II, Annual Report, Part II | |
| D, Directory supplement |
- Members National committees, D-1-6
- National Spiritual Assembly, D-1
- Trusteeship Maintenance, D-6
- Additions, changes, 173-5, 174-4, 177-5, 178-3
- Dominican Republic, 173-7, 175-8, AR I-21
- Ecuador, 175-8, 176-9, AR I-21
- Edmonton, Alberta, 173-10, 177-14
- Egypt, 173-8,9,12, 175-12, 178-8
- elections, 174-4, 175-5, 178-2,3
- England, 173-11,12
- enrollments transfers, 174-18, 175-7, 177-6, 178-4
- exhibits, 177-4, D-2
- France, 177-17
- French translations, 174-3
- Geneva, N. Y., 176-11
- German translation, 174-3, AR I-38
- Germany, 177-16, 178-8
- Geyserville, AR I-33
- God Passes By, 173-1, 177-13
- Greenacre, 174-9, AR I-4, 33
- Greensboro, N. C., 177-14
- group development, 176-3
- Guardian’s messages, AR-II
- To 1944 Convention, AR II-3, 4
- Am. achievements
- Latin-Am. aims
- scope of Cause
- To Individuals:
- administration, AR II-9
- Bahá’í village, AR II-9
- Bahá’í Faith, world’s refuge, AR II-9
- calendar dates, 173-3, AR II-9
- consultations, 177-2
- “cord,” AR II-9
- “elders,” AR II-9
- elections, 173-3, AR II-9
- guidance, 177-2
- “Hosts of Testament,” AR II-9
- individual struggle, AR II-9
- infallible only on Cause, 177-2
- international language, 178-1
- local assembly functions, 178-1
- love, unity, 173-3, AR II-10
- Mormons, 175-3, corrected, 178-1
- people’s peace, AR II-10
- study, 173-3, 175-3, AR II-9
- youth, 173-3, 175-3
- vaccination, 173-3, AR II-9
- To National Spiritual Assembly:
- administrative orders, 175-1
- America, 173-1, 175-1
- Asiatic peace, 177-1
- Buenos Aires cable, 177-1
- Burmese troubles, 178-2
- Covenant breakers,174-2, 175-1, 177-1, AR II-5, 7
- Divine plan,175-1, 177-1, AR II-7
- European peace, 175-2
- Faith spared, 173-1, 175-2
- ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, Memorial, 176-8, D-1
- ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, Messages, 176-6, 177-20
- Alaska, 173-2, 177-13
- Albuquerque, N. M., 176-12
- Anchorage, Alaska, 177-13
- archives, AR I-23, D-1
- Argentina, 174-7, 176-8
- Arlington, Va., 173-8
- assembly development, 173-5, 174-4, 177-11, AR I-23, D-1
- Atlanta, Ga., 173-8, 174-6, 177-13
- Auckland, N.Z., 173-10, 174-4,5
- Australia, 173-11, 174-20, 176-12, 177-20, 175-5
- Báb, Declaration, 173-1
- Báb, followers in India, 174-19
- Báb, shrine, 177-4
- Bahá’í News, AR I-24, D-1
- Bahá’ís in foreign service, 173-10
- Bahá’í World, Vol. IX, 174-10, AR II-6
- Bahá’í World, Vol. X, 175-8, 176-7, AR I-24, D-1
- Bahá’u’lláh, 175-8, 177-2
- Balúchistan, 177-19
- Berkeley, Cal., 173-9
- Beverly Hills, Cal., 174-14
- Beverly, Mass., 174-16, 176-12
- Binghamton, N. Y., 178-17
- Birmingham, Ala., 174-6
- blind, service to, D-5
- Boise, Ida., 173-9
- Bolivia, 173-2,6, 175-9, AR I-21,22
- books, request for, 174-9
- Bosch property, AR I-5
- Boston, Mass., 174-16
- Brattleboro, Vt., 173-10, 177-14
- Brazil, 177-8,9
- British Isles, 173-12, 177-20
- Buenos Aires, 176-9, 177-2
- Bulgaria, 177-18
- Burma, 178-2, 177-17
- calendar, 175-7, 178-4
- Canada, 174-6, 178-4,5, 173-10, 177-14
- Caracas, 175-8,9, 173-6
- Centenary recordings 174-5
- Charleston, W. Va., 174-6, 175-11, 178-3
- Chicago, Ill., 174-15
- child education, 174-10, 177-10, AR I-25, D-2
- Chile, 175-9, 176-9, AR I-22
- civil authority, 176-4
- College Speaker’s Bureau, 176-7, AR I-25, D-2
- Colombia, 175-10, AR I-22
- Colorado Springs, 176-4
- Columbus, O., 177-14
- consultation, 175-5, 176-3, 177-11
- Contacts Com., 177-4, 178-6, AR I-25, D-2
- Covenant breakers, 174-2
- Cuba, 176-9, 174-9
- Danville, Ill., 178-7
- Directory, Local Spiritual Assemblies, D-7
- help groups, 173-1,2, 175-2, 176-1, AR II-5,7
- Inter-America Com., 176-1
- maintaining assemblies, 173-1,2
- Mary Lesch, 174-2
- Persians, 174-1, 175-3, AR II-6
- pioneers, AR II-5
- radio and press, 175-1, AR II-7
- Seven Year Plan, 175-2, AR II-7
- Stearns, John, AR II-5
- suicides, 178-1
- teaching, 173-2, 175-1,2, 177-1, AR II-4,5
- Committee, 176-1
- in Europe, 177-1
- in Latin America, AR II-6
- translations, 173-2, AR II-5,7
- victory of plan, AR II-4
- vigilance, 174-1, AR II-6
- youth on committees, 174-1, AR II-7
- To NSA through secretary:
- continued labors, AR II-8
- European teaching, 173-2, AR II-8
- importance of Magalanes, Alaska, 173-2
- prayers, changing, AR II-7
- NSA by-laws, 173-2
- Persians, AR II-9
- San Francisco Conference, 177-2
- shrine of Báb, 173-2
- summer schools, 173-2, AR II-8
- time for assembly formation, AR II-7
- youth on committees, AR 11-9
- Guayaquil, 175-8, 176-9
- Haifa, 175-12, 178-8
- Halifax, 173-10
- Hamden, Conn., 176-2
- Havana, Cuba, 174-9, 176-9
- Hawaii, 174-17, 173-8, 178-7
- Helena, Mont., 173-10
- Historical record of service, 177-4
- Honolulu, 173-8, 178-7
- House of Worship programs, 177-13, AR I-37, D-6
- Houston, Tex., 174-11
Illustrations:
- ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, AR I-2, 173-3
- Auckland Centenary, 174-4,5
- authorization for Stuttgart reorganization, 177-17
- Bahá’í House of Worship, AR II-2
- Bahá’ís, India, Burma, 174-3
- Berkeley display, 176-9
- Cairo, custodian of headquarters, 173-8
- Centenary Convention, 173-4,6
- Charleston, W. Va., 175-11, 178-3
- Flint, Mich., 178-7
- Hamden, Conn., 176-5
- Havana Naw Rúz, 174-9
- Independence, Mo., 177-3
- Latin Am. delegates, 173-4
- Long Beach, Cal., 176-3
- Michigan picnic, 177-19
- NSA of Bahá’ís of Egypt and Sudan, 173-9
- New Jersey conference, 177-15
- office, Portland Cement, 177-5
- Paraguay Bahá’ís, 175-9
- St. Louis, Mo., 175-7
- San Jose, Costa Rica, 177-9
- San Salvador, 173-7
- Santiago de Chile, 174-15
- Sir Ramaswami Mudaliar at the Temple, 177-7
- Teaneck exhibit, 174-17
- Temple guides, 174-8
- Toledo, O., 177-11
- Urbana, Ill., 174-7, 178-7
- Independence, Mo., 177-3
- Index Com., AR I-26, D-2
- India and Burma, 173-10, 174-19, 175-2, 177-17,19
- Indianapolis, 173-10
- In Memoriam, 173-11, 174-3, 175-5, 177-6, 177-1,4
- Inter-American news, 175-8, 173-6,8, 177-7, D-2
- International language, AR I-26, D-6
- International school, 174-10, 175-11
- ‘Iráq’, 173-12, 174-20, 175-12, 177-18
- Italian translations, 174-3
- Jackson, Miss., 174-6
- Kansas City, Mo., 174-16, 177-14
- Landscaping Temple, AR I-1
- La Paz, Bolivia, 175-8
- Legal Committee, AR I-26, D-2
- Library Committee, 175-19, 178-5, AR I-27, D-2
- Lima, O., 174-16
- Little Rock, Ark., 174-6
- Local assemblies, 173-5,6, 174-4
- Local news letters, 174-15, 175-6
- Long Beach, Cal., 176-3
- Los Angeles, Cal., 174-5,11,16, 178-7
- Louhelen, AR I-36, 178-6
- Love, 178-2
- Madison, Wis., 174-17, 177-15
- Magalannes, 173-2, 177-8
- Martyrs, 177-18
- Matthews property, AR I-6
- Maui, Hawaii, 174-17
- Maywood, Ill., 174-15
- Meditations, 174-1
- Mexico, AR I-22
- Milwaukee, Wis., 176-11, 177-15, 178-6
- Mogotes, Colombia, 175-8
- Montevideo, Uruguay, 175-8
- National Spiritual Assembly messages:
- amendments to by-laws, 174-2
- army identification tags, 173-5
- budget, 175-4
- Centenary book additions, 173-4
- committee, fiscal years, 176-2
- correspondence to, 175-10
- Divine Plan, 178-1
- land on Mt. Carmel, 173-2
- National teaching campaign, 173-4, 174-4, 177-3
- number of Believers, 173-3
- pioneers needed, 176-1
- pioneers to Latin America, 173-4
- OPA gas regulations, 173-5
- results of elections, 175-4
- voting by mail, 174-2
- New Haven, Conn., 174-17, 177-15
- New Orleans, La., 174-11
- News of other lands, 178-8, 177-16,20, 176-12, 174-19,20, 173-11
- News Service, 174-10, 175-10, 176-10, 177-4, AR I-28, D-2
- New York City, 174-12, 176-11, 177-5, 178-7
- New Zealand, 173-10, 174-4,5,20, 176-12, 177-20, 175-5
- Nicaragua, 173-7, 175-8, 176-1, 177-7, AR I-21
- Norway, 177-16
- Oklahoma City, 174-17
- Omaha, Neb., 174-18
- Orlova, Mme., 177-1
- Pamphlet literature, AR I-29, D-2
- Panamá, 173-6, 175-8,9 AR I-21
- Pan-American activities, 177-5
- Paraguay, 175-9
- Peace, 174-3,13, 175-5, 176-8,11, 178-4,
- Persia, 173-11, 174-19, 177-18
- Persians, 174-1
- Peru, 176-9, AR I-22
- Philadelphia, 174-16
- Philippines, 178-8
- Phoenix, Ariz., 174-18
- Photography, AR I-29, D2
- Pioneers, 176-1,3, 177-7, 173-4, AR I-20-22, AR II-4,5
- Political questions, 176-4
- Portland, Ore., 176-12
- Portuguese, 177-8, D-2
- President Roosevelt, 174-3,12
- Publicity 174-10 (see News Service)
- Publishing announcements 173-4, 174-5, 176-6, 179-10, AR I-30, D-3
- Public Meetings Com., 177-3, 178-4, D-3
- Public Relations Com., AR I-29, D-3
- Punta Arenas, Chile, 175-8, 177-8
- Race Unity, 173-10, 174-12,16, 176-12, AR I-31, D-3
- Radio, 176-10, 177-4, 175-1, D-3
- Regional Teaching Com., 174-5, AR I-11, D-3
- Reno, Nevada, 177-15
- Reviewing Com., AR I-32, D-4
- Russian translations, 174-3
- St. Louis, Mo., 175-7, 178-7
- San Francisco, 174-11, 176-11
- San Francisco United Nations Conference, 174-3, 176-8
- San Juan, Puerto Rico, 174-15, 176-12
- Santiago, Chile, 176-9, 174-15
- Seattle, Wash., 174-16, 176-12
- Service to the blind, D-5
- Service men and women, 178-4,6, D-5
- Shoghi Effendi (see Guardian)
- social movements, 177-4
- Spanish literature, AR I-22, D-5
- spiritual growth, 176-3
- Study Aids, 177-9, D-5
- study classes, 175-4, 177-9
- summer schools, 177-2, 177-9
- Switzerland, 177-17
- Syracuse, N. Y., 174-5
- teaching, circuits, 174-5, AR I-8
- Inter-American, AR I-19, D-2
- North American, 174-5, 177-4, 178-4,5, AR I-6,19
- Temple, AR I-3
- guides, 174-7, 176-6, AR I-37, D-5
- visitors, 173-7,176-7, 177-6
- thanksgiving 177-1
- Toledo, O., 177-11
- Topeka, Kan., 174-14
- Toronto, Ont., 178-4
- traveling Bahá’ís, 177-4
- Treasurer’s report, 173-3, 174-2, 176-1, 177-4, 178-1
- Trujillo, 175-8
- Trusteeships, AR I-3, D-6
- Unity, 176-3, 178-2
- Urbana, Ill., 174-7, 176-12, 177-16, 178-7
- Uruguay, 175-10, AR I-21
- Vancouver, B. C., 174-18, 177-16
- Venezuela, 173-6, 175-9, AR I-21
- Washington, D. C., 176-11
- Wauwatosa, Wis., 174-18
- Wilhelm property, AR I-5
- Wilmington, Del., 174-11
- Wilson property, AR I-6
- World Order magazine, 173-8, 178-6, AR I-30-38
- Yonkers, N. Y., 174-14,18
- Youth activities, 176-9, 173-3, 177-4, 178-7 AR I-39, D-6
Directory[edit]
The following Changes are reported:
European Teaching Committee:
Correspondence is to be sent, for the
time being, to Miss Edna True, Chairman, 418 Forest Ave., Wilmette, Ill.
Wilmington, Delaware Secretary —
Mrs. Miriam N. Schleigh, 2417 Market St., Wilmington.
Fargo, N.D. Mrs. Esther Morrill, Secretary pro tem., 451 Oakland Ave., Fargo.
| Page | Col. | |
| “For the Triumph of My Cause,” Words of Bahá’u’lláh | 1 | 1 |
| Cable from the Guardian—John Bosch | 2 | 2 |
| National Spiritual Assembly | ||
| The Responsibilities of Maturity | 1 | 1 |
| Committee Projects for the Seven Year Plan | 1 | 3 |
| Reporting of Bahá’í Activities for Bahá’í News | 2 | 3 |
| Treasurer’s Report | 3 | 2 |
| Recommendations of the State Conventions | 3 | 3 |
| Calendar | 4 | 3 |
| In Memoriam | 5 | 1 |
| Enrollments | 11 | 2 |
| Directory | 12 | 3 |
| National Committees | ||
| Bahá’í Study Aids | 5 | 2 |
| International Relief | 6 | 1 |
| Temple Guiding | 6 | 3 |
| Latin-American News | 7 | 1 |
| Local Communities | 8 | 2 |
| Dayton | 8 | 3 |
| San Francisco | 8 | 3 |
| Los Angeles | 9 | 1 |
| Chicago | 9 | 2 |
| Dumont, N.J. | 9 | 3 |
| News from Other Lands | ||
| Broadcast in Germany | 9 | 2 |
| Two Letters from Germany | 10 | 1 |
| Switzerland | 10 | 1 |
| Jugoslavia | 10 | 1 |
| Czechoslovakia | 10 | 3 |
| India | 10 | 3 |
| ’Iráq | 10 | 3 |
| Index, 1945 Bahá’í News | 11 | 1 |
| Photographs | ||
| Bahá’í Sunday School, New York | 3 | |
| Spiritual Assembly of Ṭihrán | 3 | |
| Bahá’í Youth Symposium, Bombay | 4 | |
| Youth Conference in Philadelphia | 5 | |
| Bahá’ís of Frankfurt, Germany | 6 | |
| Bahá’ís of Asunçión, Paraguay | 7 | |
| Spiritual Assembly of Bogotá, Columbia | 7 | |
| American Bahá’ís at German Nat. Convention | 8 | |
| Bahá’ís attending German Convention | 9 | |
| Members of German N.S.A. | 9 | |
| Prof. Desanka Tokin-Forgovice | 10 |
