U.S. Supplement/Issue 101/Text

Door-to-Door Campaigns Clarified by Universal House of Justice

The Canadian Bahá’í News has published the following article in the March issue, following their consultation with the Universal House of Justice:

“The National Spiritual Assembly has now had an opportunity to consult with the Universal House of Justice on the subject of door-to-door presentation of the Bahá’í Faith. In the view of the Universal House of Justice, the principle which should govern our approach to this entire question is summed up in a sentence of Bahá’u’lláh: ‘The wise are they that speak not unless they obtain a hearing.’ They point out, therefore, that it is essential that ‘no teaching activity should be an encroachment on people's privacy, nor should it force the teachings upon unwilling listeners.’

“Some communities have proposed the conducting of surveys to determine the interest of non-Bahá’í citizens in such subjects as religion in the schools, racial integration, etc. The purpose of these surveys would be to gather some clear indication about public attitudes to matters considered important by Bahá’ís. Such surveys or questionnaires must not contain any reference, implicit or explicit, to the Bahá’í Faith. On this question the Universal House of Justice has stated: ‘If people are to be asked a question, it should be for the reason that it is necessary for the sponsor to know the answers. Bahá’ís should not use such a method as a subterfuge to press the message upon people.’

“Regarding the distribution of Bahá’í literature from

door-to-door, the Guardian’s statement (Oct. 20, 1956) quite clearly prohibits such a practice: ‘He feels that to distribute Bahá’í pamphlets from door-to-door . . . is undignified and might create a bad impression of the Faith. No doubt, it is the eagerness and devotion of the friends that led them to make this proposal, but he does not think that the best interests of the Cause are served by such a method. . . .’ ”

The importance of discretion and honesty is stressed in using the door-to-door teaching approach. Indiscriminate distribution of Bahá’í literature must be avoided and no subterfuge is permissible. Announcements of teaching events fall within the scope of acceptable practice, as do certain committee- or assembly-planned programs. In 1963 the National Spiritual Assembly provided general guidance in this matter:

“While this type of teaching may be undertaken particularly in neighborhoods where there is a concentration of illiterate people who cannot be reached by any other method, the National Assembly wishes to point out that it should be done only at the discretion of the assembly or organized group on its own responsibility, and with due consideration for the dignity of the Faith.

“This statement is not to be interpreted as permitting every and any individual to undertake such activities on his own intiative without consultation with the local assembly or group."

New Teaching Structure Erected For Expansion and Consolidation

After several months of study, deliberation and consultation, including consultation with the previous National Teaching Committee and the newly appointed National Goals Committee, the National Spiritual Assembly has adopted and set in motion a new teaching structure that it feels sure will not only insure that universal participation by all believers in the Nine Year Plan called for by the Unive1‘sal House of Justice, but will also serve more adequately the large number of Bahá’ís who live in isolated localities and small Bahá’í groups.

Instead of a National Teaching Committee and a Community Development Committee, the National Spiritual Assembly has now appointed a single National Goals Committee whose functions will be more fully described in the Bahá’í Directory, Part II, next month. Please note the membership and general functions as published elsewhere in this Supplement.

To carry out the plans and programs adopted by the National Goals Committee and approved by the National Spiritual Assembly, there has been established in the National Bahá’í Secretariat two departments through which the National Goals Committee will implement its National Spiritual Assembly approved plans and programs to serve the national Bahá’í Community. These two departments are the Department of National Teaching and the Department of Community Development. Each has been given functions performed heretofore by the National Teaching Committee and the Community Development Committee separately. Both departments will collaborate as necessary with assemblies, groups and isolated believers. The present heads of these departments are Dr. Rexford Parmelee, Department of National Teaching and Miss D. Thelma Jackson, Department of Community Development.

[Page 2]Appointment of State Goals Committees To strengthen the entire teaching structure and to aid

the isolated and group member Bahá’ís toward direct and active participation in achieving the homefront objectives described in the successive communications from the Universal House of Justice, the National Spiritual Assembly, in consultation with the National Goals Committee, has appointed State Goals Committees and their membership will also be announced in the Bahá’í Directory, Part II. In a few states, already subdivided into electoral districts, there will be more than one such committee, each serving a designated electoral district. In a few states where the Bahá’í population is very sparse, the present State Service Representatives will become the State Goals Committee, possibly with the addition of one or two other Bahá’ís. In California, the California Victory Committee will continue to have pilot program responsibility for the entire state, but it will have several district subcommittees to expedite the program for that state.

Until such time as the National Spiritual Assembly transfers the functions of the State Service Representatives to the State Goals Committees, the State Service Representatives will continue to serve the isolated believers and Bahá’í groups as they have in the past. Meanwhile, each State Goals Committee will become

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organized, will be given special training in briefing sessions arranged by the National Goals Committee for July and August, and will begin to set up records and methods of operation and to determine how it can best accelerate, expand and consolidate the teaching activities of Bahá’ís in groups and isolated localities. All Goals Committees will maintain a close working relationship with local Spiritual Assemblies, particularly in encouraging and assisting with intercommunity activities designed to open up new centers and to assist isolated Bahá’ís.

The State Goals Committees will fill a teaching void that has existed since the dissolution of the former area teaching committees. However, each will function within a smaller area (single state or electoral district) and, where circumstances warrant, will and can collaborate with neighboring State Goals Committees in any undertaking that crosses geographical lines.

It may be several months before the State Goals Committees will be able to assume all their functions. In the meanwhile, assemblies, groups and individuals must not postpone nor slacken their teaching plans and activities. The time is ripe. The American public is becoming sensitive to the Faith. We pray for the confirmations of faith made possible through the open channels of the Administrative Order of Bahá’u’lláh.

Fireside Teaching

The Bahá’í Faith is widely known throughout America today. Each year Bahá’í events such as World Religion Day, World Peace Day and Race Unity Day receive more extensive publicity. More than 100,000 people visit the Bahá’í House of Worship annually and receive literature. Numerous requests for information come to the National Bahá’í Administrative Headquarters from individuals in all walks of life. But the membership of the Bahá’í Faith is not growing as rapidly as it should. Millions of people may be interested, but if we do not achieve the home front goal of 600 local Spiritual Assemblies by 1973 we will have failed in the Nine Year Plan. The achievement of this goal lies in confirming individuals and adding new members to every Bahá’í community. The teaching method that has produced the greatest number of new believers over the years is “fireside teaching.”

What is fireside teaching? It is the simple occasion planned and conducted by an individual Bahá’í or Bahá’í family (perhaps with the assistance of one or two other Bahá’í), for the specific purpose of attracting personal friends or acquaintances to the Faith.

There is no standard technique for carrying on such an undertaking. Every Bahá’í teaches in his own home in a way that is most natural for him. For most people, conversation is easier than giving a talk. The informal character of conversation is conducive to discussion and asking questions, and questions open the door to teaching.

Since individuals differ in their interests and background, a different approach to the Faith is necessary with practically every person. Thus, a fireside should be small enough to enable the Bahá’í host or hosts to establish individual points of contact with each guest. In the course of conversation it is possible to discover

the particular interests or problems of the individual and thus determine how best to introduce the Faith to him.

There are two ways of teaching. First, there is the logical approach. No matter how we view the affairs of the world, the Bahá’í Faith is the next step. This is the logical approach which is usually employed in public meetings. But an individual is always more impressed by the sense of confidence, serenity, poise and deep faith expressed by the believer than he is by the number of persons present at the fireside and the eloquence of the talk. Curiosity about the source of that inner peace and confidence usually stimulates questions and at that point real teaching begins.

To be confident, full of vitality and enthusiasm is the basic requirement for teaching. These qualities come only from the believer’s own understanding of the essential verities of the Faith and from his full recognition and acceptance of the Divine Manifestation and His teachings.

-—NATIONAL SPIRITUAL ASSEMBLY or rm: Bahá’ís or rm: UNITED STATES

The Use of Symbols of the Bahá’í Faith

In order to protect the Bahá’í Faith against misuse of certain of its terms and symbols, and to prevent their becoming public domain, the National Spiritual Assembly has had these terms and symbols legally registered as Bahá’í trademarks. In the near future local assemblies will be provided with photographs of these trademarks and the conditions under which they may be used locally. Similar information will be published in the U.S. SUPPLEMENT for the guidance of all Bahá’ís. Meanwhile the friends are requested not to reproduce for personal use or local publicity purposes the Arabic

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script of “The Greatest Name,” the nine-pointed star, the nine petaled rosette or any other symbols and items identified with the Bahá’í Faith without first securing permission from the National Spiritual Assembly.

Among the registered trademarks is a photograph of the Bahá’í House of Worship, but this or any other view of the Temple may be used for publicity purposes without prior permission, particularly if they are photographs or newspaper mats available from Bahá’í DISTRIBUTION AND SERVICE. If -a photograph of the Bahá’í House of Worship or any symbol of the Faith appears in advertisements by non-Bahá’í groups in local newspapers, copies should be sent immediately to the National Spiritual Assembly.

Caribbean Islands

Our Primary Foreign Goal

The National Spiritual Assembly, the Foreign Goals Committee and you have a challenging and tremendous task this year. At Riḍván, 1967, only nine short months away, the National Spiritual Assembly of the Leeward, Windward and Virgin Islands must be established. These islands, as you may know, extend in a great are all the way from Puerto Rico through Grenada, the most southern of the Windward Islands and not far from the coast of Venezuela. These islands cover a vast area of sea and the distance is many miles between Grenada and St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, the seat of this new national spiritual assembly. There are to be a minimum of sixteen islands sprinkled over this vast area combining to form this new national assembly. There are now only five assemblies in all this area. Two are in the Virgin Islands, two in the farthermost island, Grenada, and one, a newly formed assembly, is in Guadeloupe, a French speaking island and a department of France. Two assemblies formed in Barbados at Riḍván 1965 were lost this year despite the ardent labors of two pioneers all year. There are a number of people enrolled in these islands which have the possibility of being a mass conversion area. But we have learned, to our keen disappointment, that much deepening must follow enrollment.

Last year the Committee arranged twelve teaching trips which seemed to bring encouraging results and it is heartening to see the response thus far this year to the call for traveling teachers. It has been learned, however, that the concept of traveling teaching methods must be adapted to island ways. The greater part of this teaching is in virgin territory where a stay of a week or a month is needed to impart to the ready souls an understanding of the precious gift of knowledge of the Faith.

There are already fine pioneers in many of these islands, but many more are needed if this year’s task is to be successfully accomplished. Especially needed are people with fixed incomes, because United States citizens, unless they have special skills, cannot find work or are not permitted to work on many of these islands. Bahá’ís who are about to retire can serve the Faith so wonderfully in this way, by going to settle on one of these islands. Also people who can invest in a business which could be set up on one of these islands could succeed both in benefiting the conditions of the islands, employing islanders and bringing a needed service or product to the people as well as bringing the most

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wonderful gift of all, the gift of the Faith of Bahá’u’lláh.

Other islands in this area, where settlers and traveling teachers are greatly needed are: Bahamas, Eleuthra and San Salvadore (islands in the Bahamas) and Bermuda. While not a part of the new national spiritual assembly to be formed in the Caribbean, these islands must have a total of four local spiritual assemblies and ten groups before the end of the Nine Year Plan.

Can you help in this challenging and joyous task? Write for further information to: Foreign Goals Committee, 112 Linden Ave., Wilmette, Illinois 60091.

National Goals Committee Its Members and Functions

The newly appointed NATIONAL GOALs COMMrrrEE is a crucial instrument in the homefront programs for teaching and consolidation of the Faith during the Nine Year Plan. Its position in the national teaching structure is explained more fully elsewhere in this Supplement. The members of this committee for the year 1966-67 are:

Mr. James Nelson, Chairman

Mrs. Jane McCants, Recording Secretary

Dr. Rexford C. Parmelee, Head of Department of

National Teaching Miss D. Thelma Jackson, Head of Department of Community Development

Mr. James Keene, Youth Representative

Dr. Amin Banani

Mr. Kenneth Jeifers

Mr. Glenford Mitchell

Mrs. Hazel Mori

General Functions

To recommend to the National Spiritual Assembly annual teaching and consolidation goals of the national community, as called for in the Nine Year Plan.

To recommend to the National Spiritual Assembly plans for the achievement of the national goals, in relation to:

Opening new localities to the Faith;

Raising Bahá’í groups to local spiritual assemblies;

Proclamation programs;

Celebrations, at the local level, of the Centenary of Bahá’u’lláh’s Messages to the kings and rulers of the world;

Circuit teaching;

Youth activities, including college youth;

Teaching among minority groups;

Dispersal and use of homefront settlers;

Liaison and coordination with other national teaching and development agencies, including Summer and Winter Schools and Institutes;

Improvement of the administrative functioning of Bahá’í communities;

Development of the Bahá’í community life;

Achievement of incorporation of local Spiritual Assemblies, and legal recognition of Bahá’í Holy Days and the Bahá’í Marriage Certificate;

Teaching and development conferences and institutes.

To develop orientation programs for and means of

assistance to the State Goals Committees.

To participate in all projects of teaching and consolidation as approved by the National Spiritual Assembly.

[Page 4]Consultation Urged on Budget

Dear Friends:

We are happy to report that the eleven-month fiscal year ending on March 31, 1966, ended on a reasonably hopeful and encouraging note. Although the total deficit was $39,204 the final outcome was quite good.

There were two disquieting aspects to the year’s record: (1) As has happened so often in the past, we got off to a very slow start and had six consecutive months of seriously deficient regular contributions. It was only after responses from desperate messages from the Treasurer that these picked up to -a level bearing some relation to the budget itself. (2) We are still strongly dependent upon large special -gifts and bequests from estates. It would be much sounder and more mature if the budget could be met in full from regular contributions, with the non-recurring gifts and bequests which can never be counted on for a given period, being made available for special purposes and emergencies.

In considering the budget for the new year, the National Spiritual Assembly had the happy knowledge that we will soon be receiving securities from the estate of the late Mrs. Margaret McDaniel, having market value in January of approximately $120,000. It was voted to apply $40,000 of this to wipe out last year’s deficit, to share $25,000 with the Universal House of Justice and $10,000 with the Continental Fund of the Hands of the Cause in the Western Hemisphere; to use $40,000 as a reserve fund to fulfill our moral responsibilities toward pioneers who have given the best part of

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their lives in the field and who become aged or infirm and no longer able to serve directly on a pioneer budget; and finally to allocate $5,000 to emergency needs of the Washington, D.C., center because of Mr. and Mrs. McDaniel’s long identification with this area and the importance of its location in our nation's capital.

For the regular budget for current needs, the Convention approved the recommendation of a total of $735,000, to which the National Spiritual Assembly added $15,000 for items subsequently considered necessary. The total budget of $750,000 as described in the insert in the June issue of Bahá’í News, “National Bahá’í Fund,” should be studied carefully. It represents a monthly requirement of $62,500. It is 16% greater than the tot-al donations last year from all sources, and 54% greater than regular contributions. If the regular contributions for the four best months last year were continued through the year, the new budget would constitute a 25% increase. If two-thirds of our adult membership would average $80 a year as gifts to the National Fund, and three-quarters of our youth would average $50, we would moderately exceed the budget from this alone. The National Spiritual Assembly considers this well within the means of the American Bahá’í Community.

We ask that every Bahá’í study carefully the statement on the National Bahá’í Fund and keep it on hand for frequent reference throughout the year. We also request every assembly and community to consult seriously and ‘frequently on the Fund, and consider the

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Consultation on Budget

enormous potentials for achieving and «accelerating CORRECTION: The title of the Budget Statement growth of the Faith and capitalizing on the many

opportunities open in these fast-moving times when making plans for carrying your share of the responsi- read; “Nine Year P1an_Thi1-d Year)‘ bility for this new budget.

which accompanied the June Bahá’í NEWS should

— NATIONAL SPIRITUAL ASSEMBLY

New, Restored and lost Assemblies of Riḍván 1966

New and Restored Local Assemblies New and Restored Local Assemblies

ALABAMA Mobile ARIZONA Klagetoh Trading Post CALIFORNIA (N) Carmel* Fair Oaks J. D.* Los Gatos Mountain View Pacifica Richmond Sunnyvale* Washington J. D. CALIFORNIA (S/1) Glendora Goleta-Santa Barbara J. D. Hermosa Beach* Inglewood J. D.* Malibu J. D. Oxnard* San Luis Obispo Ventura* Ventura Municipal Court District CALIFORNIA (S/2) Desert J. D.

Laguna Beach-San Clemente J . D.

Perris J. D. COLORADo

Arvada CONNEc'rIcU'r

Meriden FLORIDA

Sarasota County*

GEORGIA Richmond County* ILLINOIS (N) Des Plaines Glenview* Rock Island Skokie ILLINOIs (S) Decatur* LOUISIANA Alexandria Shreveport* MAINE P0rtland* MARYLAND Howard County

MASSACHUSETTS Greenfield Springfield*

MICHIGAN Royal Oak Twp.*

NEBRASKA Lincoln*

NEW JERSEY NewaI'k*

NEW MExIco

McKinley County*

NEW YORK (W) Geneva* OHIO East Cleveland* YoungStown* OKLAnoMA Delaware County WASHINGTON (W) Issaquah* WISCONSIN West Allis*

Resto7'ed Assemblies

Lost Local Assemblies

CALIFORNIA (S/1)

Compton J. D. DELAWARE

Wilmington FLORIDA

Duval County

Hollywood

Key West

Pompano Beach ILLINOIS (N)

Deerfield INDIANA

Warsaw MICHIGAN

Dearborn Heights NEVADA

Las Vegas South NEW YORK (E)

Islip Twp. NEW YORK (W)

Binghamton Omo

North Olmsted SOUTH CAROLINA

Greenville County

Sourn DAKOTA Rapid City TEXAS (W) El Paso UTAH Ogden Provo Salt Lake County VIRGINIA Augusta County WIscoNSIN Brookfield Twp. Mequon WYOMING Laramie

[Page 6]The United States Bahá’í Directory

Enclosed as an insert in this issue of BAHA'I News is Part I of the Annual Bahá’í Directory, the listing of local spiritual assemblies and the addresses of their secretaries. The sole purposes of the distribution of this directory are: (1) to furnish Bahá’ís who move from their Bahá’í community to another with an immediate point of contact with the friends in the new community, and (2) to enable the believers who travel outside their own area to attend Nineteen Day Feasts or to offer their teaching assistance to other localities where there are local spiritual assemblies. Changes in secretaries will be reported in the U.S. SUPPLEMENT to Bahá’í N1-zws from time to time. Each believer, and particularly each assembly secretary, is expected to record these changes in his directory and thus keep it up to date.

Under no circumstances are the directories to be given or loaned to other organizations or to individuals not registered as Bahá’ís in good standing. Neither are they to be used by the believers in advertising or offering any items they may have for sale or wish to distribute among the friends. Any secretary who receives an announcement or advertisement soliciting orders for items not currently available through official national channels is requested to report the matter to the National Spiritual Assembly promptly. The only exception is UNICEF, an agency of the United Nations whose work we wholeheartedly endorse and support, and which is permitted by the National Spiritual Assembly to offer its greeting cards to the American Bahá’ís through assembly secretaries.

Bahá’í Marriages

Altadena. Calif.: Mrs. Parveneh Taheri Sobhani to Sirus Raee Foshtami on April 8, 1966

Los Angeles, Calif.: Miss Vida Badiee to George Van Raalten on May 14, 1966

Oakland, Calif.: Mrs. Dale A. Wellmaker to Robert Heiman on May 8, 1966

Sacramento, Calif.: Miss Roberta Jean Day to David John Wade on December 28, 1965

Sacramento, Calif.: Miss Nancy Gail Jenkins to David Flores on April 30, 1966

in Memoriam

Raleigh H. Allen, Sr. Odessa, Florida April 29, 1966

Mrs. Rhoda Allen Broughton Muskegon Heights, Michigan April 24. 1966

Fred C. Chindahl Sacramento. Calif. May 23, 1966

Mrs. Annie May Ferrill Long Beach, Calif. April 29, 1966

Mrs. Violet E. Johnson Pompano Beach, Florida May 3, 1966

Garfield Lofton Greensboro, North Carolina March 17, 1966

Norman Modeste

St. Marks Parish,

Grenada, BWI April 21, 1966

Miss Mary P. Smith Red Bank, New Jersey May 4. 1966

Mrs. Caroline Tyler Baton Rouge, Louisiana March 27, 1966

C. Melvin Tyler Alexandria, Louisiana April 29, 1966

Mrs. Elease Walker Greensboro, North Carolina March 24, 1966

Miss Carrie M. Waters Ladue, Missouri June 17, 1965

JULY 1966

Council Fire on

Makah Reservation Announced

The Fourth Annual Council Fire sponsored by the Bahá’ís of the Makah Reservation will be held August 13 and 14 at Neah Bay, Washington. Those attending will need warm clothing, camping gear and food for all except the Saturday evening meal which will feature the traditional, Indian-prepared salmon bake.

Registration fee, except for pre-Bahá’í Indians who will be the honored guests, will be $2.00 per adult and 75 cents per child from three to fifteen years of age. A maximum family rate of $5.00 will be charged. At least 300 advance registrations are urgently needed to insure the hosting of Indian guests without drawing from the fund. Mail your registration now to: Carlton L. Christiansen, 10818 Fifth Place S.W., Seattle, Washington 98146.

Those not wishing to camp out should make motel reservations well in advance. Indian friends are requested to bring Indian dress, dances, songs and prophecies; as well as any other evidences of the great Indian culture which they may wish to share.

Public Information Department

Public Information Representatives

The new Public Information Newsletter is planned for mid-July, and will be mailed only to public information representatives designated by assemblies and groups and reported to the Public Information Department. In addition, isolated believers who are interested in making efforts to publicize the Faith may request to be put on the mailing list for public information materials. Send the name, address and phone number of your public information representative to: Public Information Department, National Bahá’í Headquarters, 112 Linden Avenue, Wilmette, Illinois 60091.

Reprints and Fact Sheet

Reprints of the Chicago American’s Easter edition showing the beliefs of different religions, including the Bahá’í Faith, on life after death and of the May 2, 1966 feature article on the Bahá’í Faith in National Observer are now available. Each can be purchased in lots of 10 for 50c.

A newly-developed comprehensive Fact Sheet on the Bahá’í Faith, which includes the history, teachings, administrative order, quotations, appreciations and photos, is available at 25¢ per copy. Both reprints and fact sheet should be ordered from: Bahá’í Distribution and Service Department, 112 Linden Avenue, Wilmette, Illinois 60091.

Schedule of U.S. NSA Meetings 1966-1967

The National Spiritual Assembly of the U.S. will hold meetings during the coming year on the following dates:

July 1-4 December 30- January 2 August 12-15 February 17-20 September 30- October 2 March 24-26

November 18-20 April 26

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Date and Event

September 18, 1966 World Peace Day

October 24, 1966 United Nations Day

November 12, 1966 Birth of Bahá’u’lláh

December 10, 1966 U.N. Human Rights Day

January 15, 1967 World Religion Day

June 11, 1967 Race Unity Day

Theme

World PeaceThe Imperative Challenge

U.N.Focus on the Future

Baha’u’ll:ihEmancipator of Men’s Minds

Recognize and PromoteHuman Rights

Religion — Foundation of World Civilization

God Created One Mankind

1966-1967 Special Events For Proclaiming the Bahá’í Faith to the Public

Bahá’í Material Recommended

News and Radio releases WPD Poster

Pattern for Future Society Destiny of America

One God, One Truth,

One People

Material Suggested by U.N. Committee

Tomorrow and Tomorrow

Bahá’í Peace Program

News and Radio releases Bahá’í Teachings for a World Faith Basic Facts Bahá’í Answers

Material Suggested by U.N. Committee

Bahá’í Declaration of Human Rights

One World - One Family

Faith for Freedom

News and Radio releases

The Future of Mankind

One Universal Faith

Bahá’í: World Faith for Modern Man

News and Radio releases RUD Poster

Man One Family

Ebony Reprint

Order literature from Bahá’í Publishing Trust, 110 Linden Ave., Wilmette, 111. 60091

Order posters from Bahá’í Distribution & Services Department,. 112 Linden Ave., Wilmette, Ill. 60091

[Page 8]Proclaiming the Faith to the Public

The EVENTS listed on the other side represent the minimum which the National Spiritual Assembly desires every Bahá’í locality—assembly, group and individual — to use in proclaiming the Faith to the public and in establish ing relations with a larger circle of contacts.

All such events should be directly sponsored, announced and conducted under Bahá’í auspices, and their Bahá’í identity is not to be submerged in an interorganization arrangement. As in the past, many localities will also use occasions other than those listed to proclaim the Faith in their communities.

Good photographs and reports of outstanding observances should be sent immediately to the Public Information Department.

Preserve and refer to this sheet so that all events can be carefully planned well in advance. In addition to the materials listed, the U.S. SUPPLEMENT to Bahá’í NEWS and the PUBLIC INFORMATION NEWSLETTER will carry additional information from time to time.

July 1966 NATIONAL SPIRITUAL ASSEMBLY

JULY ‘1966