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Purchase of Master’s House announced

JOYOUSLY ANNOUNCE SUCCESSFUL CONCLUSION LENGTHY DELICATE NEGOTIATIONS RESULTING ACQUISITION BY PURCHASE HOLY HOUSE CENTER COVENANT ‘ABDU’L-BAHÁ BIRTHPLACE BELOVED GUARDIAN SHOGHI EFFENDI. HISTORIC PROPERTY ADJACENT BARRACKS MOST GREAT PRISON COMPRISES LAND AREA APPROXIMATING SEVEN THOUSAND SQUARE METERS INCLUDES OTHER STRUCTURES WITHIN COMPLEX ASSURING PERMANENT PROTECTION HOUSE VISITED BY MANY PILGRIMS TURN CENTURY SCENE HISTORIC VISIT FIRST GROUP WESTERN PILGRIMS. PLANS BEING PREPARED RESTORATION HOLY HOUSE BEAUTIFICATION GROUNDS AS ADDITIONAL PLACE PILGRIMAGE WORLD CENTER WHEN CIRCUMSTANCES FUNDS PERMIT. OFFER HUMBLE THANKSGIVING BAHÁ’U’LLÁH THIS GREAT BLESSING

UNIVERSAL HOUSE OF JUSTICE JANUARY 9, 1975

NSA contributes toward restoration of property

OVERJOYED NEW ACQUISITION HOLY HOUSE. AS TOKEN OUR GRATITUDE MOVED CONTRIBUTE 1000 DOLLARS TOWARDS RESTORATION. LOVING GREETINGS.

NATIONAL SPIRITUAL ASSEMBLY

NSA contribution gratefully acknowledged

GRATEFULLY APPRECIATE CONTRIBUTION FUND RESTORATION NEWLY ACQUIRED HOUSE MASTER

UNIVERSAL HOUSE OF JUSTICE

Five Year Plan pioneer goals increased

To the Bahá’ís of the World

Dear Bahá’í Friends,

The striking progress made during the first eight months of the Five Year Plan and the urgent needs of the work as disclosed in a survey made by the International Teaching Center impel us to raise anew the call for pioneers made at Ridván, increasing the number from 557 to 933. The details of the allocations are now being sent to your National Spiritual Assemblies for immediate action.

The eager response of the friends to the initial call has already resulted in 279 pioneers settled or in process of becoming so. The remainder are urged to arise as quickly as possible before the confusion and chaos which are engulfing the old order disrupt transportation and communications and cause doors which are now open to be closed in our faces. It is our ardent hope that most, if not all, of the 933 posts will be filled by the midway point of the Five Year Plan, which coincides with the Anniversary of the Birth of the Báb, on 20th October 1976.

We renew our plea to individual believers, as well as to National and Local Spiritual Assemblies, to give generous support to the International Deputization Fund, which will not only be an essential factor in the speedy settlement of this urgently needed army [Page 2]of pioneers, but will also stimulate and assist the flow of travelling teachers, whose labors will provide strong reinforcement to the work of the followers of Bahá’u’lláh in all parts of the world.

Our prayers for your guidance and confirmation are offered at the Sacred Threshold. May Bahá’u’lláh inspire those who arise and guide their feet in the path of His service.

With loving Bahá’í greetings,

THE UNIVERSAL HOUSE OF JUSTICE

January 13, 1975

Five new National Assemblies will form at Ridván in Africa

To All National Spiritual Assemblies

Dear Bahá’í Friends,

We are glad to announce that preparations are being made for next Ridván by the friends in several countries in West Africa and one in the Near East to form in accordance with the provisions of the Five Year Plan, their new National Spiritual Assemblies.

In Western Africa, the National Spiritual Assembly of Dahomey, Togo and Niger will divide into three separate national communities for each of the three countries which presently compose the region, with their seats in Cotonou, Lomé and Niamey respectively, while the National Spiritual Assemblies of West Africa and of Upper West Africa will each split into two units, the former into Liberia and Guinea, with its seat in Monrovia, and Sierra Leone, with its seat in Freetown, and the latter into the Gambia, with its seat in Banjul, and a new National Spiritual Assembly with the name of Upper West Africa comprising Senegal, Mauritania, Guinea-Bissau and the Cape Verde Islands, with its seat in Dakar. In the Near East the National Spiritual Assembly of Jordan will be formed, with its seat in ‘Ammán. These developments on the national level will result in a net increase next Ridván of five National Spiritual Assemblies, but in view of the inability of the friends in Indonesia to maintain national administrative activities, the total number of National Spiritual Assemblies will thus be raised throughout the world to 119.

Of the five new National Spiritual Assemblies, four will have their seats in Western Africa. Three more National Spiritual Assemblies are scheduled to be formed in this area in the course of the Plan. The mighty potentialities for growth and expansion in the western regions of Africa are such as to justify a corresponding development of the institution of the Continental Boards of Counsellors in that vast and promising area. The decision has been taken, therefore, after consultation with the International Teaching Center, to break the present zone of Northwestern Africa into two separate zones of Northern and Western Africa, to each of which will be transferred parts of the Central and East African zone. The zone of Northern Africa will comprise Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco and Spanish Sahara. The zone of Western Africa will consist of Mauritania, Senegal, the Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, the Cape Verde Islands, Guinea, Mali, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Upper Volta, Niger, Ghana, Togo, Dahomey, Nigeria, Chad, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and São Tomé and Principe.

Because of the creation of a new Board for Northern Africa, the Counsellors in this and the one for Western Africa must be regrouped, new appointments made to the Northern Board, and the number of Auxiliary Board members increased. We decided, therefore, that the Board for Northern Africa will consist of Mr. Muḥammad Kebdani, already serving as a Counsellor, Mr. Muḥammad Mustafa, and Mr. ‘Imád Şábirán. The Board for Western Africa will consist of Mr. Ḥusayn Ardikání (Trustee), Mr. Friday Ekpe, Mr. Dhikru’lláh Kázimí, and Dr. Mihdí Samandarí (transferred from the Central and East African Board).

We are also increasing the number of Auxiliary Board members in Africa, adding 9 members to the Board for Protection, and 9 to that for Propagation, bringing the totals for that continent to 27 and 45 respectively, allocated according to the following schedule:

	Auxiliary Board members for Protection	Auxiliary Board members for Propagation
Central and East Africa	13	19
Southern Africa	4	10
Northern Africa	5	5
Western Africa	5	11
TOTAL	27	45

We pray at the Holy Shrines that these decisions, which reflect the growth of our beloved Faith in Africa, will pave the way for speedier progress, wider expension and greater consolidation, as the friends of that mighty continent forge ahead in their efforts to promote and protect the precious Cause of Bahá’u’lláh.

With loving Bahá’í greetings,

THE UNIVERSAL HOUSE OF JUSTICE

January 6, 1975 [Page 3]

Role of Continental Pioneer Committees revised

To all National Spiritual Assemblies

Dear Bahá’í Friends,

In view of the ever-increasing number of pioneers and traveling teachers now arising from various countries to serve the Cause of God in widely scattered lands throughout all continents the Universal House of Justice has considered ways of deriving maximum benefit from the services of these devoted believers, coordinating their efforts and anticipating the needs of the future.

The Continental Boards of Counsellors will soon be approaching you about the need for pioneers and traveling teachers for the period ending Ridván 1976.

The functions of the Continental Pioneer Committees have been reviewed and developed in a way that will enable them to operate in closer collaboration with the Continental Boards of Counsellors and the National Spiritual Assemblies of their areas. A copy of the statement outlining the functions of the Continental Pioneer Committees as now revised is attached for your information. As you will note, the members of these Committees will henceforth be appointed by the Universal House of Justice. Nothing in the functions now assigned to the Continental Pioneer Committees in any way detracts from the primary responsibility of National Spiritual Assemblies to foster and promote pioneering and traveling teaching.

It is our hope and prayer that as the Five Year Plan unfolds evidences of closer ties of cooperation among the various institutions of the Faith will be increasingly witnessed in every land.

With loving Bahá’í greetings,

THE UNIVERSAL HOUSE OF JUSTICE

July 22, 1974

Functions of Continental Pioneer Committees (July 1974)

I. The members of Continental Pioneer Committees will henceforth be appointed by the Universal House of Justice, which will also be responsible for providing the operating expenses of the Committees.

II. The work of the Continental Pioneer Committees is primarily executive, i.e. it calls for prompt action rather than consultation. Each Committee, as a body, should agree upon general lines of policy, within which the Secretary or other members authorized by it should thereafter operate. Problems arising outside the agreed framework should be resolved by the full Committee in consultation or, if necessary, referred to the Universal House of Justice.

III. Continental Pioneer Committees are responsible directly to the Universal House of Justice. They fall into a different category from national committees and should maintain close and direct collaboration with the Continental Boards of Counsellors in their areas. This close collaboration is designed to prevent duplication of efforts and to ensure the flow of accurate information; examples of how it will be applied are given below.

IV. The responsibilities of the Continental Pioneer Committees cover three inter-related areas: information, pioneering and travel teaching. They complement, but in no way replace the functions and responsibilities of Continental Boards of Counsellors and National Spiritual Assemblies.

A. Information. Each Continental Pioneer Committee is responsible to compile and supply information as follows:

(1) To keep a current list of pioneers from abroad residing in each country in its area, as well as a list of unfilled pioneer needs under the quotas assigned by the Universal House of Justice.

(2) To keep a file of information on the types of jobs and work opportunities which may be open to prospective pioneers in each country in its area, and on facilities for study at universities etc.

(3) To keep a file of information on local conditions in each country, such as language, standard of living, climate, etc. as well as data vital for entry and settlement, such as visa requirements and government regulations.

(4) To keep a file of information on the kind of pioneer most suitable for each country in its area, on the kinds of pioneers which are acceptable if the most suitable are not obtainable, and on types of pioneers which are definitely not [Page 4]suitable (e.g. for reasons of nationality etc.).

(5) To keep a similar file on the kind of traveling teacher most needed, etc.

(6) Pertinent information from the above files should be made freely available, whenever it can be helpful, to interested Boards of Counsellors, National Spiritual Assemblies, prospective pioneers and traveling teachers.

(7) Regular exchange of information between the Continental Boards of Counsellors and the Continental Pioneer Committees in any area will not only assist the Counsellors in their work but will provide the Committees with a more complete picture of the situation in the continent on the basis of which recommendations can be made to believers who offer to pioneer.

(8) Monthly reports on the status of pioneering goals, the progress of international travel teaching projects etc. should be sent to the Universal House of Justice by the Committee.

Pioneering

A large proportion of pioneering takes place in fulfilment of the quotas assigned by the Universal House of Justice, and most of these quotas should be filled through consultation and action directly between the supplying and receiving National Spiritual Assemblies or their respective national committees. In such cases the Continental Pioneering Committees will be brought into the matter merely so that they may receive information about the pioneer moves to make their statistical information complete. Likewise, a number of individual pioneers will arrange their moves in direct consultation with the receiving National Spiritual Assembly—again, the Continental Pioneer Committee merely needs to be informed. However, beyond this generality of cases there are many instances and ways in which the Continental Pioneer Committees can be of help, as, for example:

(1) A Continental Pioneer Committee receives an offer to pioneer from a believer who has no specific country in mind. It would then:

a) Evaluate the offer, considering the believer's age, health, dependants, financial situation, language abilities, job possibilities etc., consulting, if necessary his home National Spiritual Assembly.

b) Consider whether the offer could fill a quota assignment. If so, the Committee should immediately inform the National Spiritual Assemblies involved. If financial assistance is needed the National Assembly responsible for sending a pioneer may be willing to provide it for the believer who has offered rather than send a pioneer from its own country.

c) If there is no specific quota that the pioneer is able or willing to fill the Committee should put him in touch with one or more National Spiritual Assemblies for whose areas he would seem to be both suited and needed, providing him at the same time with whatever useful information it can muster.

d) In all cases the Continental Pioneer Committee should seek the views and recommendations of the appropriate Counsellors whenever it feels this would assist in deciding what to recommend to the pioneer or National Spiritual Assembly.

(2) Requests for assistance from the International Deputization Fund will normally be made directly to the Universal House of Justice by the National Spiritual Assembly primarily responsible for a pioneering project. However, whenever a Continental Pioneering Committee learns that a pioneer is in financial difficulties because of a breakdown of communications with or between National Spiritual Assemblies, it should offer its assistance, referring if possible to the National Assembly concerned, and, if necessary, applying directly to the Universal House of Justice for a budget or allocation from the Deputization Fund.

(3) In general each Continental Pioneer Committee should be alert to the pioneering projects proposed for and under way in its area, and should offer its assistance to National Spiritual Assemblies should this seem to be needed to ensure prompt and efficient implementation of the projects.

(4) Beyond the quotas assigned by the Universal House of Justice pioneer needs frequently arise, such as the need to immediately fill a post left vacant. Such needs, far from having to be referred to the Universal House of Justice, can be met on the spot by a request from a National Spiritual Assembly to the Continental Pioneer Committee and/or through consultation between the Committee and the Counsellors.

Travel Teaching

As in the case of pioneering, many international travel teaching projects can be arranged directly between National Assemblies or between individual believers and National or Local Spiritual Assemblies. Information about [Page 5]such projects should, however, be shared as quickly as possible with the Continental Pioneer Committee. Other prospective teachers will make their offers to one or more Continental Pioneer Committees. For such projects each Committee should help in the following ways:

(1) It would be useful if each Continental Pioneer Committee would work out in advance circuits of various lengths covering areas where teachers are needed so that it can suggest such a circuit to a prospective traveling teacher. In working out such circuits attention will have to be paid to travel facilities including the best length of time to spend between connections.

(2) In general no Continental Pioneer Committee should send a traveling teacher into a country without obtaining the prior agreement of the National Spiritual Assembly to the project. In the case of major projects such agreement will no doubt have to be sought in each instance, but inasmuch as offers of travel teaching are not infrequently made with little time to spare for making arrangements it would be useful if each Continental Pioneer Committee would work out with the National Spiritual Assemblies in its area procedures whereby advantage can be taken of such offers.

(3) Information about a traveling teacher which should be provided to the receiving National Assembly should include the type of teaching service he is best qualified to render (e.g. public meetings, firesides, deepening classes etc.), language facility, and whether or not he will need hospitality in the areas to which he will travel. Information about the teacher which would be useful in drafting publicity releases could also be included.

(4) It is hoped that traveling teaching projects will be carried out, for the most part, without assistance from the International Deputization Fund. If projects which are considered to be of special benefit to the Faith cannot be wholly financed by the individuals themselves, through personal deputization, or by the National Spiritual Assemblies offering or receiving such services, the Continental Pioneer Committee may recommend the Universal House of Justice to provide assistance from the International Deputization Fund.

(5) Every Continental Pioneering Committee is given the authority to expend for traveling teaching projects up to a maximum of $500 in any one Gregorian month, without reference to the Universal House of Justice. This money should be accounted for in the usual way through the Committee's Account Current with the Finance Department of the Universal House of Justice.

(6) It should be made clear to all international traveling teachers that they are under the jurisdiction of the National Spiritual Assembly of the country in which they are traveling, and they must be obedient to the instructions of that National Assembly.

(7) In arranging circuits for traveling teachers the Continental Pioneer Committee will rely greatly on up-to-date information provided to it by the Continental Board of Counsellors, and the Committee should not hesitate to refer to the Counsellors for their advice on individual offers.

(8) Any reports that the Continental Pioneer Committee receives from traveling teachers should be shared promptly with the appropriate Boards of Counsellors which will, if they consider it wise, share them with the National Spiritual Assemblies concerned. If such reports are of particular interest they should also be shared with the Universal House of Justice for its information and for possible use in the “Bahá’í International News Service”.

Revised pioneer goals for the United States

Assigned Filled Open

(E) Ghana .2 2 Africa (F) Ivory Coast* .2 (E) Botswana .2 1 1 (E) Kenya* .3 (F) Central African (E) Lesotho .3 3 Republic* .3 3 (F) Malagasy Republic .2 (F) Dahomey 2 (E) Malawi .2 2 (F) Togo .3 2 1 (E) Nigeria* .3 2 1 (F) Gabon* 1 (E) Rhodesia 2 3 [Page 6]

Africa

(E) British Indian Ocean Terr. (E) South Africa* (P) Angola* (E) St. Helena* (P)(S) Mozambique* (E) Tanzania (E) Gambia (P) Guinea-Bissau (Port. Guinea)* (E) Liberia (E) Sierra Leone (F) Zaire

Americas

Review (S) Costa Rica .4 2 2 (S) Dominican Republic .5 2 3 (S) Ecuador .7 1 6 (S) El Salvador* .4 2 2 (S) Guatemala .5 1 4 (E) Guyana 1 1 0 (H)(E)(D)Surinam .3 3 0 (F) French Guiana* .2 2 0 (F) Haiti .4 2 2 (S) Honduras .6 4 2 (E) Jamaica .4 4 0 (F) French Antilles 4 ..7 7 (E) Leeward/Virgin Islands .9 6 3 (S) Nicaragua .6 4 2 (S) Panama .4 2 2 (S) Paraguay .4 3 1 (S) Peru .4 2 2 (S) Puerto Rico .4 4 0 (E) Trinidad/Tobago .4 1 3 (S) Uruguay .2 2 0 (S) Venezuela 7 5 2 (E) Windward Islands 6 2 4

Assigned Filled Open (S) Argentina .6 2 4 (S)(E) Belize* .3 3 0 (S) Bolivia 10 2 8 (P) Brazil 14 3 11 (S) Chile .6 0 6 (S) Colombia .8 4 4 (S)(E) St. Andrés Island* .1 1 0

Asia

Assigned Filled Open (B)(E) Bangladesh* .2 2 (C)(P) Macau .2 2 (J) Japan* .3 2 1 (E) India 25642432- 23 | | | |2232214-20 (F) Khmer Republic (Cambodia) .2 2 (K)(E) Korea .3 3 (F) Laos 2 2 (F)(E) Lebanon. .2 1 1 (E) Nepal 2 2 (E) Philippine Islands 1 1 (E) Sri Lanka (Ceylon)* .3 1 2 (E) Taiwan .2 1 1 (E) Thailand .2 2 0 (T)(A)(E) Turkey* 2 2 (E) Vietnam. 1 1

Europe

Assigned Filled Open (F) Belgium 3 1 2 (Dn) Denmark* 4 2 2 (Fn) Finland* 3 2 1 (Gr) Greece 2 1 1 (I) Iceland* 3 .3 3 (N) Norway 5 1 4 (P) Portugal 3 1 2 (S) Spain* 8 1 7 (F)(G)(It) Switzerland .6 4 2

Australasia

Assigned Filled Open (E) Fiji Islands* .3 1 2 (E) Caroline Islands .2 2 (E) North-East New Guinea* .2 3 (E) American Samoa* .2 2 (E) Western Samoa .4 4 (F) New Caledonia .1 1 0 (E) Tonga Islands* .2 2

Summary

Total Assignments to be Completed by October 1976

Region	Assigned	Filled	Open
AFRICA	66	19	47
AMERICAS	150	37	113
ASIA	35	8	27
AUSTRALASIA	17	2	15
EUROPE	37	12	25
TOTAL	305	78	227

• Newly-assigned countries

Language Key

A—Arabic B—Bengali C—Chinese (Southern Dialect) D—Danish Dt—Dutch E—English F—French Fn—Finnish G—German Gr—Greek H—Hindi I—Icelandic It—Italian J—Japanese K—Korean N—Norwegian P—Portuguese S—Spanish T—Turkish [Page 7]

Jeopardized Assemblies

Yarmouth (4) Salem

Mainland Michigan

Royal Oak Township (6) St. Joseph (8)

Southern Minnesota

Falcon Heights (6) Burnsville (7) Olmsted County (8) St. Louis Park (8)

The list of numerically jeopardized Local Spiritual Assemblies is printed to acquaint every American Bahá’í with the knowledge of which communities need particular help at this time. The awareness of the importance of strong, functioning Assemblies is enforced by the following quotations from the Five Year Plan message to the Bahá’ís of the World from The Universal House of Justice, Naw-Rúz, 1974. "The divinely ordained institution of the Local Spiritual Assembly operates at the first levels of human society and is the basic administrative unit of Bahá’u’lláh’s World Order.. Strengthening and development of Local Spiritual Assemblies is a vital objective of the Five Year Plan." For ways you can personally help, contact the National Teaching Committee, 112 Linden Avenue, Wilmette, IL 60091.

Arkansas

Fayetteville (8) Stuttgart (8)

Northern Arizona

Mesa (8) San Carlos (8)

Southern Arizona

Bisbee(8) Douglas (7) Sierra Vista (5)

Northern California no. 1

Paradise JD (8)

Northern California no. 2

Eureka JD (8)

Central California no. 1

Albany (7) Mountain View (6) El Cerrito

Central California no. 2

Bakersfield JD (8)

Southern California no. 2

Desert JD (7) El Centro (5) Ontario (8) Yucaipa (8) Fremont (7)

Eastern Colorado

Englewood (6) Arapahoe County (8) Loveland (6)

Western Colorado

Alamosa (6)

Connecticut

East Haven (8) Hamden, Township of (7)

Delmarva

Newark, Delaware (8)

Central Florida

Orange County (5)

Southern Florida

Miami Beach (6) North Miami (8) Palm Beach County (7)

Northern Georgia

Eatonon (8)

Southern Idaho

Blackfoot (7)

Northern Illinois no. 1

Deerfield (8)

Northern Illinois no. 2

Morton Grove (8)

Indiana

Columbus (7) Greenfield (7) Richmond (8) St. Joseph Township (7) Greencastle

Western Iowa

Council Bluffs (7)

Kansas

Emporia (4)

Northern Louisiana

Natchitoches (8)

Maine

Gorham (6)

Massachusetts

Brockton (8) Upton (6)

Missouri

St. Joseph (8)

Montana

Bozeman (7)

Nebraska

Hastings (8) Aurora

Northern Nevada

Lyon County (8)

New Hampshire

Hinsdale (8)

New Jersey

Middletown (6) Morristown (8) Hamilton Township (8) North Plainfield (8) Trenton (4) Cherry Hill (7)

Northern New Mexico

Valencia County (8)

Southern New Mexico

Ruidoso (7)

Eastern New York

Fishkill, Town of (8)

Western New York

Cheektowaga, Town of (8) Farmington, Town of (8)

Central North Carolina

Winston-Salem (8)

Northern Ohio

Kent (8) Euclid (8)

Southern Ohio

Beavercreek Township (8)

Oregon

Coos County (6) Cottage Grove (8) Deschutes (4) Grants Pass (5) Marion County North (7) Newport (8) Springfield (8) Benton County (8)

Eastern Pennsylvania

Lower Merion Township (7)

Western Pennsylvania

Hickory Township (5) State College

Southern South Carolina

Goose Creek (7)

Eastern Texas no. 1

Longview (7) University Park (8)

Eastern Texas no. 2

Huntsville Bryan Galveston

Southern Texas

McAllen (8)

Vermont

Rochester (8)

Southern Virginia

Newport News (7)

Eastern Washington/ Northern Idaho

Yakima County CD 1 (8)

Western Washington

Anacortes (8) Kent (8) Cowlitz County CD (5) Pierce CD 2 (8)

Wis-Mich

Door County, WI (4) Wausau, WI (8)

Southern Wisconsin

Stoughton (8)

Western Virginia

Morgantown

Total-102 [Page 8]

National Bahá’í Fund

Community rallies to meet goals

To: All Local Spiritual Assemblies and Bahá’í Groups

Dear Bahá’í Friends:

Every time the world situation deteriorates to a crisis level and economies are threatened with collapse, the Bahá’í Community rallies to prove the overwhelming power and majesty of the Message of Bahá’u’lláh. When acting in His service, it takes only a little from each of us to transform the loftiest objective into reality. Our prayers are with you in all your endeavors as we face the challenges of this great day.

At this writing, the Secretary of the National Assembly is in the Bahamas negotiating the purchase of a building which will eventually become the Hazíratu’l-Quds of the soon to be formed National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahamas. At the same time, 74 pioneers are now at their posts fulfilling Five Year Plan goals and more are arising every day. On the homefront, District Teaching Committees throughout the country are spearheading intensive programs for expansion and consolidation by assisting the friends to lay the firm foundations for future Local Spiritual Assemblies. Perhaps one of the greatest achievements has just occurrred in the area of the National Bahá’í Fund. Until now we have never been able to meet or surpass the Goal two months in a row!

With warmest Bahá’í love,

NATIONAL SPIRITUAL ASSEMBLY OF THE BAHÁ’ÍS OF THE UNITED STATES

Dorothy W. Nelson, Treasurer

January 30, 1975

National Fund charts

ANNUAL GOAL BY RIDVAN 1975: $2,600,000

	Sharaf (Honor)	Year to Date
Budget Goal	$137,000	$1,918,000
Contributions	159,808	1,635,354
Overage (Shortage)	$ 22,808	$ (282,646)

Total Number Assemblies Contributing

• 750 (Goal)
• 663
• 651
• 628
• 583
• 601
• 604
• 606

CONTRIBUTIONS BUDGET

Contributions may be addressed to: National Bahá’í Fund, 112 Linden Ave., Wilmette, Illinois 60091; Bahá’í International Fund, P.O. Box 155, Haifa, Israel; and Continental Bahá’í Fund, 418 Forest Ave., Wilmette, Illinois 60091.