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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 ABDUL BAHA 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 BAHAULLAH 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’í's of the World arise as quickly as possible before the confusion and Dear Babe“ Friends 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 ofthis urgently needed army

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 Riḍván, 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

process of becoming so. The remainder are urged to

[Page 2]youth clubs, college clubs, circuit teaching projects, and pioneering;

o Strive toward universal participation in support of the Bahá’í Funds.

Properly viewed, these tasks are only stepping stones toward the distinctive goal called for in the Five Year Plan, namely, “entry into the Faith by troops.”tIts attainment depends solely upon-the wholehearted response of eachbelieverin New York, who must be constantly teaching, constantly studying the Holy Texts and their authentic interpretations, constantly exercising the discipline of enlightened souls whose thoughts and deeds are guided by the standards of Bahá’u’lláh. We ask each of you to strive earnestly to attract at least one person to the Faith each year.

Your immediate supporters and helpers in these strivings are the diligent members of the Institution of the -Continental Counsellors and Local Spiritual Assemblies; in addition, agencies have been established, for stimulating and coordinating your activities: a Regional Teaching Committee aided by District Teaching Committees, and a Regional Information Committee. We further ask that each of

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you offer a portion of his or hertime and talents to the endeavors of these agencies of the New York teaching program.

From New York to California, the beloved Master courageously proclaimed the advent of the Most Great Peace. Later, in the Tablets of the Divine Plan, He recalled to the friends in New York and the other Northeastern states that He had sown “pure seeds and planted blessed trees” in their states and called upon them “to become heavenly farmers.” “Now,” He wrote, “the believers of God and the maidservants of the Merciful must irrigate these fields and with the utmost power engage themselves in the cultivation of these heavenly plantations so that the seeds may grow and develop, prosperity and blessing be realized and many rich and great harvestsbe gathered in.”

May the Lord of Hosts confirm you in your endeavors to achieve these glorious ends.

With loving Bahá’í greetings,

NATIONAL SPIRITUAL ASSEMBLY OF

THE BAHA’I’s OF THE UNITED STATES

GLENFORD E. MITCHELL, SECRETARY

January 11, 1975

Capital city believers assigned goals

To the Bahá’ís of Washington, D. C.

Dear Bahá’í Friends:

Within ten days after arriving in New York on His epic journey to America, the beloved Center of the Covenant, ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, visited Washington, D. C. This was the first of three memorable visits which have left deepening traces of His energetic efforts to proclaim the oneness of mankind in the nation’s capital. In reflecting on the Master’s momentous activities in your city, we recall that the services of those who were touched by Him then —— Louis Gregory, Mariam Haney, Agnes Parsons, to name a few — have illumined the pages of Bahá’í history. And thus we have ample evidence of the as yet unfathomed potentialities with which He endowed the citizens of Washington.

Sixty—two years have passed since your city was blessed by ‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s vitalizing presence. Although the banner of the Faith has remained aloft ever since, the mighty hopes which He cherished for you have not barely been realized. It is time, therefore, to make an‘ earnest, systematic attempt to achieve them. Echoes of His express wishes reach us now as the Bahá’í'world community pursues the Five Year Plan, the third global enterprise derived from

the Tablets of the Divine Plan:

May the people of Washington become the cause of the spiritual freedom of the people of the world. . May the people of Washington become the cause of uniting all the nations under the Standard of God!

With confidence in the potency of the Master’s hopes, we call upon the friends in Washington to gird themselves for heroic action and arise with determination to achieve the following tasks as their contribution to the success of the Five Year Plan. 0 Raise the number of believers in Washington,

D.C. to at least thrice the current Bahá’í member ship, ensuring that a minimum of 9 active believ ers reside in each residential postal zone;

0 Conduct regular weekly firesides with the objective of holding at least 10 each Bahá’í’ month;

0 Expand the teaching work among those representing at least one of the minority groups designated in the Five Year Plan: American Indian, Armenian, Basque, Chinese, Greek, Japanese, Spanish-speaking;

0 Expand the use of radio and television for Bahá’í' broadcasts aimed at proclamation of the Faith to greater numbers of listeners; '

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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 Riḍván 19.76. ' .

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 liioneer Committees in any way detracts from the

primary responsibility of National Spiritual Assem blies 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. A

With loving Bahá’í greetings, THE UNIVERSAL HOUSE 01-‘ 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 Justree.

(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, stan— J dard 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 infonnation 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

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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.

B. 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 re sponsible 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.

C. 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

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ch 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

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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 Cunent 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

Africa (E) Botswana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 1 1 (F) Central African

Republic* . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 — 3 (F) Dahomey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 — 2 (F) Togo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 2 1 (F) Gabon* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . l — l

(E) Ghana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 — 2

(F) Ivory Coast* . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 — 2

(E) Kenya* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 — 3

(E) Lesotho . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 3 V O

(F) Malagasy Republic . . . . . . . . .2 — 2

(E) Malawi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 — 2

(E) Nigeria* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 2 1 2 3

(E) Rhodesia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5

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(E) British Indian (S) Costa Rica . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 2 2

Ocean Terr. . . . . . . . . . . . .2 —— 2 (S) Dominican Republic . . . . . . . .5 — 5

~ (E) South Africa* . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 -— 2 (S) Ecuador . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 1 6

(P) Angola* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 — 2 (S) El Salvador* . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 — 4

(E) St. Helena* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 -— 1 (S-) Guatemala . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 3 2

(P)(S) Mozambique* . . . . . . . . . ..2 ‘ 1 1 (E) Guyana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..4 — 4

(E) Tanzania . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4— 1 3 (H)(E)(D)Surinam . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 — 3

(E) Gambia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 —- 2 (F) French Guiana* . . . . . . . . . . . .2 — 2

(P) Guinea-Bissau (F) Haiti . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 - —— 4

(Port. Guinea)* . . . . . . . . . . . .2 — 2 (S) Honduras . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 — 6

(E) Liberia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 4 0 (E) Jamaica . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 2 2

(E) Sierra Leone . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 2 1 (F) French Antilles . . . . . . . . . . . .4 2 2

(F) Zaire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 — 7 (E) Leeward/ Virgin Islands . . . . .9 3 6

65 1947 (S) Nicaragua . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 2 4

(S) Panama . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 — 4

(S) Paraguay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 2 2

Assigned Filled Open (S) Peru . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 — 4

Asia (S) Puerto Rico . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 4 4

(B)(E) Bangladesh* . . . . . . . . . . . .2 — 2 (E) Trinidad/Tobago . . . . . . . . . . .4 1 3

(C)(P) Macau . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 — 2 (S) Uruguay . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 — 2

(J) Japan* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 2 1 (S) Venezuela . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 2 5

(E) India . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 — 5 (E) Windward Islands . . . . . . . . . .6 2 4 (F) Khmer Republic (Cambodia) .2 — 2 150 37 113 (K)(E) Korea . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 — 3

(F) Laos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 — 2

(F)(E) Lebanon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 1 1 Assigned Filled Open

(E) Nepal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 — 2 Europe '

(E) Philippine Islands . . , . . . . . . .2 1 1 (F) Belgium . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 1 5

(E) Sri Lanka (Ceylon)* . . . . . . . .3 1 2 (Dn) Denmark* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 2 1

(E) Taiwan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 1 1 (Fn) Finland* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 —— 4

(E) Thailand . . . . . . . ., . . . . . . . . .2 2 0 (Gr) Greece . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 2 1

(T)(A)(E) Turkey* . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 — 2 (I) Iceland* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 — 2

(E) Vietnam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . — 1 (N) Norway . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..3 — 3

35 8 27 (P) Portugal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8 1 7

(S) Spain* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 2 9

Assigned Filled Open (F)(G)(It) Switzerland . . . . . . . . ..6 4 2

Australasia , 37 12 25 (E) Fiji Islands* . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 1 2 '

(E) Caroline Islands . . . . . . . . . . .2 — 2 Total Assignments to be

(E) North-East New Guinea* . . . .2 — 3 Completed by October 1976

(E) American Samoa* . . . . . . . . . .2 — 2 ASSi8’lt’dFillt’d 0196"

(13) western Samoa . _ _ _ _ _ ' _ _ _ _ _4 _ 4 AFRICA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .66 A 1947

(F) New Caledonia . _ _ _ _ _ _ . _ _ _ _1 1 0 AMERICAS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .150 37 113

(E) Tonga Islands* . . . . . . . . . . . .2 — 2 :§J1SA_n~{-A-L~ -S - - - ~ - - . - . . - - - . . . .35 8 27

17 2 15 A IA . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17 2 15

EUROPE . . . . . . .‘ . . . . . . . . . . . . .37 12 25 305 78 227 Assigned F,-[led Open *Newly-assigned countries (S)(E) Belize* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 — 3 A”Arab’°. F—F"°."°’.‘ J‘JaPa“°s° (s) Bolivia 10 2 8 B_B°’.‘ga1‘ F“_F“““5h K"K°’°a“

 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  3 1 1 C4hlneSe. G4eman N:Norwegian

(S) Chile I ' ' ' ' ' ' . ' . ' ' ' ' ' ’ ' ' 6 _ 6 (Southern Dialect) Gr—Greek P—Portuguese

. 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . mDaniSh S__SpaniSh

(S) Colombia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..8 4 4 Dt_Dutch I I I d. T_T k. h

(S)(E) St. Andrés Island* . . . . . ..1 —— 1 " “C 3“ 1° “’ ‘S

E—English It—Italian

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J eopardized Assemblies

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 Baha’ is 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 Delmarva Fayetteville (8) Newark, Delaware (8) Stuttgart (8)

Central Florida Northern Arizona Orange County (5) Mesa (8)

San Carlos (8) Southern Florida Miami Beach (6)

North Miami (8)

Palm Beach County (7)

Southern Arizona Bisbee(8)

Douglas (7)

Sierra Vista (5) Northern Georgia Eatonon (8) Northern California no. 1 Paradise JD (8) Southern Idaho Blackfoot (7) Northern California no. 2 Eureka JD (8) Northern Illinois no. 1 Deerfield (8)

Central California no. 1

Northern Illinois no. 2

Albany (7)

Mountain View (6) Morton Grove (8) El Cerrito

Indiana

Central California no. 2 Columbus (7) Bakersfield JD (8) Greenfield (7)

Richmond (8)

Southern California no. 2 St. Joseph Township (7)

Desert JD (7) Greencastle

El Centro (5)

Ontario (8) Western Iowa Yucaipa (8) Council Bluffs (7) Fremont (7)

Kansas Eastern Colorado Emporia (4)

Englewood (6)

Arapahoe County (8) Northern Louisiana

Loveland (6) Natchitoches (8) Western Colorado Maine

Alamosa (6) Gorham (6) Connecticut Massachusetts

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

Brockton (8) Upton (6)

Yarmouth (4) Salem

Mainland Michigan f Royal Oak Township (6) t St. Joseph (8)

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

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 Fishkifl, 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

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National Bahá’í Fund

Community rallies to

To: All Local Spiritual Assemblies and Bahá’í Groups

Dear Bahá’í Friends:

At this writing, the Secretary of the National Assembly is in the Bahamas negotiating the purchase of a building which will eventually become the Ḥaẓíratu’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

meet goals

never been able to meet or surpass the Contributions Goal two months in a row!

Every time the world situation deteriorates to a crisis level and economies are threatened with C01lapse, 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 transfo_rmthe loftiest objective into reality. Our prayers are with you in all your endeavors as we face the challenges of this great day.

With warmest Bahá’í love, NATIONAL SPIRITUAL ASSEMBLY or THE Bahá’ís or THE UNITED STATES

Dorothy W. Nelson, Treasurer

January 30, 1975

National Fund charts

Contributions

3 200.000

‘ ‘$0300 ma » Isis Iolmm can

6

' $2,500,000 ANNUAL GOAL

Total Mambo: of Assemblies (onnibulmg

com av RLDVAN 1975 700

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650 3 100.000

5 50.000

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Sharaf Year (Honor) to Date _ Budget Goal $137,000 $1,918,000 1?: Contributions 159,808 1,635,354 wmmmm

Overage (Shortage) S 22,808 8 (282,646)

SSO ASSEMBLIES

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