U.S. Supplement/Issue 93/Text

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Pioneers Needed for Collaboration Goals

The U.S. SUPPLEMENT to Bahá’í News for July 1965 lists, on the first page, the places where American pioneers are needed before Riḍván 1966. These are goals where the Universal House of Justice asks that we assist other national assemblies in fulfilling their goals. The number of American pioneers is given for each country, the total being fifty.

At the present time this total is twenty-nine, the places where they are needed are as listed below. Although Korea is not listed, because a number of Bahá’ís in the military service are stationed there, it would be very helpful if a couple could go there, live in Seoul and devote a good deal of time to helping with the many teaching activities which are now in progress there.

In all of the Latin American countries listed a knowledge of Spanish is essential. The African countries listed are French speaking with the exception of Liberia where English is used. Pioneers should be self supporting. Although it is impossible to generalize about employment opportunities abroad teachers, especially high school teachers of science often can qualify because in many of these countries there is a tremendous desire for education and shortage of teachers.

For further details please write to: Foreign Goals Committee, 112 Linden Avenue, Wilmette, Illinois.

Inter-Assembly Collaboration Goals

U.S. must furnish pioneers Number needed

CENTRAL AMERICA

Honduras . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Nicaragua . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 SOUTH AMERICA

Argentina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Bolivia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Ecuador . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 1

Paraguay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Peru . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 NORTH AMERICA

Canada, St. Pierre & Miquelan Is. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 1

Iceland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 AFRICA I

Burundi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Gabon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Liberia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Senegal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 1

Togo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 EUROPE

Eire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

France . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 4 Total number of pioneers needed 29

Notice

Due to a printer's error the U.S. Supplement which accompanied the September issue of BAHA’I News number 414 carries the wrong number and date on the first page. It should be number 91, September 1965. Please correct your individual copies accordingly.

U.N. Human Rights Day December ‘I0. 1965

A Special Event for Proclaiming the Bahá’í Faith fo flue Public

Theme: Working Together for Human Rights

Suggested Materials: UN. Committee suggestions

in insert with Bahá’í News for May 1965; Bahá’í

Declaration of Human Rights and Faith for Free dom from Bahá’í PUBLISHING Tausr.

Reports: Reports and good photographs of outstanding observances should be mailed at once to Bahá’í News Editorial Committee.

DAVISON PIONEER INSTITUTE

Monday, December 27 through Friday, December 31 (first class at 9 a.m. Monday, last class Friday evening at 7 :30) Davison Bahá’í School, Davison, Michigan

Rates: $5.50 per person, per day.

Send reservations in advance with $2.00 deposit per person to: Foreign Goals Committee, 112 Linden Ave., Wilmette, Illinois

This is a training session specifically designed for those who plan to pioneer outside the United States within the next two years. All those who have signed up for pioneering are urged to come. The courses will be of workshop type and will cover subjects which will help pioneers prepare themselves for living and teaching the Faith in foreign places.

A Plea for Bahá’í Books

The National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the Indian Ocean is starting a reference library for use at their national headquarters. They would appreciate receiving Bahá’í books and pamphlets in English, French and all East Indian languages. This is a way in which believers who long to serve the Faith in other countries can help. Send your packages, well wrapped and clearly labelled, “books” to: National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the Indian Ocean, P.0. Box 20, Rose Hill, Mauritius.

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National Spiritual Assembly Encourages lntercommunity Activities

Introduction

The National Spiritual Assembly recommends intercommunity cooperation wherever the best interest of the Faith can be served. Wherever undertaken, such efforts must preserve and amplify, not weaken the essential independence of each participating unit, large or small. Domination by any strong personalities or by any particular groups, however self—confident, must be avoided. There should be assurance of administrative and monetary responsibility and the wholehearted support of the friends in the communities involved. The National Teaching Committee must be kept informed and its guidance sought wherever necessary.

Guidelines

To assist the believers in gaining the fullest benefit from and to avoid misunderstandings during participation in intercommunity projects, the National Spiritual Assembly has endeavored to broaden and define the guidelines as shown below. These guidelines are also applicable to corresponding Bahá’í Youth activities.

1. Initiative

Local spiritual assemblies, Bahá’í groups and isolated Bahá’ís, including youth, can initiate intercommunity activity. If a youth or group of youth in a community with an assembly wishes to set up intercommunity youth activities, they must do so through their local spiritual assembly, which will become the sponsoring body. All intercommunity projects, adult or youth, except those initiated by a local spiritual assembly, must be approved and authorized by» the National Teaching Committee, which takes steps to place them under an administratively responsible body. It should be remembered that all participation in intercommunity activities is voluntary. Also, we should remember that all proposals of teaching activities should be warmly welcomed and be given careful and courteous consideration by all Bahá’ís in the communities involved.

2. Responsibility

All intercommunity projects must be placed under the general supervision of a local spiritual assembly, or some national or specially appointed committee acting on behalf of or with permission of the National Spiritual Assembly.

A. Local Spiritual Assembly

When a local spiritual assembly wishes to initiate and sponsor an intercommunity activity, it may retain complete authority for planning and responsibility by merely inviting other communities, groups and/or isolated believers to support and cooperate in the project. Or, it may appoint a committee from within its community and invite other assemblies, groups and/or isolated believers to designate members to represent them on the committee. This intercommunity committee may plan and execute the intercommunity activities according to the approved and delegated limits of authority given by the sponsoring assembly. The committee is directed by and is responsible to that assem bly, the body which encourages, assists and guides all committees under its authority.

Two or more nearby or contiguous local spiritual assemblies may agree to alternate or rotate responsibility for sponsorship of a continuing effort.

B. Group or Isolated Believer

When a group or isolated believer wishes to initiate some intercommunity activity, authorization and approval must be requested from the National Teaching Committee, who will quickly appoint some administratively constituted body to assist and be responsible for bringing the activity into proper administrative focus.

For example, John Doe, isolated believer of Marysville, surrounded by several small groups or isolated believers, wishes to have a public meeting in Marysville with the groups and isolated friends participating. He contacts the National Teaching Committee for approval. If the National Teaching Committee itself, or some other national or specially appointed committee, does not assume responsibility for sponsorship, the National Teaching Committee contacts a nearby local spiritual assembly and asks if it will act as “sponsor” for the project. In this example, it is the local spiritual assembly of Seaside. If the local spiritual assembly of Seaside accepts, it may proceed to appoint a committee in the manner outlined under “A” above. Obviously, in appointing the intercommunity committee, members of the group or the isolated believer initiating the activity should be represented.

In the case of continuing programs, or teaching series, no administrative body shall be responsible beyond the Bahá’í year. At the end of the Bahá’í year (for these purposes, at Riḍván) reappointment of a responsible administrative body must be made. However, the previously designated administrative body should continue in this capacity until reappointment has been made in order to prevent any disruption or cancellation of activity.

3. Areas

Group efforts are encouraged in metropolitan centers but also in non-metropolitan areas having groups and communities in close proximity. Wherever a joint effort seems more useful than isolated efforts in serving the goals of the Faith, intercommunity activities are practical and effective.

4. Finances

Each participating unit should agree upon whatever contribution it is to make in financing the project. Each then fulfills the voluntary obligation of financial support to the amount agreed upon, as in any officially validated Bahá’í program. Costs should be discussed freely among the participants and made known to all concerned, but in no case shall specific levies against individuals, ‘groups or assemblies be allowed. All contributions must be voluntary. In the case of a sponsoring assembly, they should be collected by the local treasurer who will disburse the funds for use of the committee in the same manner as funds disbursed for any other local committee. In the case of other sponsoring bodies (see No. 2 under guidelines above), contri [Page 3]U.S. SU PPLEMENT

butions should be collected and disbursed by the elected treasurer of that body.

Financial responsibility in intercommunity activities must be vested in the administrative body sponsoring the project, which must give an accounting of the funds to the cooperating units.

5. National Teaching Committee’ Guidance

The National Spiritual Assembly has delegated to the National Teaching Committee the responsibility for authorizing intercommunity activities initiated outside of a local spiritual assembly and for designating the body to be asked to assume administrative responsibility. Therefore, all requests for approval and assistance

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in developing and defining intercommunity activity should be directed to the National Teaching Committee before any plans are carried into action. It is essential that the National Teaching Committee be apprised BEFORE any action is taken to establish an intercommunity cooperative effort (by a group or an isolated believer).

Local spiritual assemblies initiating intercommunity projects are requested to inform the National Teaching Committee.

Note: This bulletin supersedes the one in the April 1964 U.S. Supplement, and all preceding bulletins on this subject.

—NATIONAL SPIRITUAL ASSEMBLY

The Fund Shows Mounting Deficit

Once again, and sadly, the National Bahá’í Fund is off to a very slow start in the current fiscal year, and after four months is in a precarious position. This is demonstrated by the following figures, cumulative from May 1 to August 31:

This Last Increase or % , ‘ Year Year (Decrease) Change Regular contributions $134,707 $135,180 ($ 473) -23% Special contributions 6,624 34,106 ( 27,482) *80.7 141,331 169,286 ( 27,955) -16.6 Estate bequests 19,371 11,1938,178 +17.3

$160,702 $180,479 ($19,777) -11.0

NATIONAL BAHA'| FUND Monthly Income: ‘1965-W66

Thousand

160 140 100 80 Monthly Budget

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Regular contributions

Special contributions & Miscellaneous Estates

To equal this year’s budget of $715,000 the amounts contributed this year from all sources must be increased by 5.3%, over those contributed last year of $679,311, including the exceptionally substantial special non-recurring contributions. Instead the total amount received by the Fund thus far is 11% less than for last year.

At the end of these first four months the deficit based on the budget is $77,631.18. Since expenses are running close to the budget, this is an actual deficit, and largely cancels out the accomplishment last year when $88,000 of previous deficits were replaced. Thus in the first four months of this year we have lost almost all of the ground gained last year.

The drain on our reserve Funds is averaging almost $20,000 per month. This cannot continue very much longer. The National Spiritual Assembly prays that the American Bahá’í community will ponder the implications of this situation and will -respond appropriately.

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[Page 4]BAHA’I DIRECTORY CHANGES ASSEMBLY SECRETARIES Arizona

North Maricopa County: Mrs. Mabel Helmick, pro-tem, General Delivery, Carefree Northern California Daly City: Mr. Ross R. Klutke, pro-tem, 106 E. Moltke, #35 Santa Rosa J .D.: Mrs. Alice Entzminger, 2313 Laguna Rd., Santa Rosa Southern California District #1 Culver J .D.: Mr. Eugene Johnson, Chairman, 5341 Harcourt. Los Angeles Newhall J.D.: Mrs. Linda F. Dye, P. O. Box 118, Newlhall (Change in Secty’s name) Redondo Beach: Mrs. Fereshteh Bethel, P. 0. Box 19 Southern California District #2 El Cajon J .D.: Mrs. Onolee Rushing, 2127 Ensenada, Lemon Grove Escondido: Mrs. Truella Hicks, P. 0. Box 905, Zip code 92026 Colorado Boulder: Mrs. Natalie Skynear, pro-tem, 1818 Arapahoe St., Zip code 80302 Colorado Springs: Mrs. Gladys Roberts, 915 N. Hancock Ave., Zip code 80903 Connecticut Stamford: Mrs. Christine Frazzetta, 230 Belltown Rd. Florida Hollywood: Mrs. Rosalyn Lichtblau, pro-tem, 810 South 26 Court Kansas Topeka: Mrs. Fern Howard, pro-tem, 3130 Munson Ave., Zip code 66604 Maryland ’ Montgomery County: Mrs. Riva Morales-Macedo. 9401 Thomhill Rd., Silver Spring Massachusetts Boston: Miss Christine McKay, 1175 Boylston St., Apt. 25, Zip code 02215 New Mexico Santa Fe: Mrs. Lynn Claus, 1715 Avenida Cristobal Colon, Zip code 87502 Western New York Sylrsazcliése: Mrs. Mary Dumbleton, 723'Euclid Ave., Zip code North Carolina Greensboro: Mr. F. Kimball Kinney, 1104 Magnolia Ave., Apt. 1, Zip code 27401 Ohio Toledo: Dr. William Hatcher, 2432 Robinwood, Zip code 43620 Tennessee

Memphis: Indicate (") as an incorporated Assembly Utah

Salt Lake City: Mr. Lynn E. Barker, pro-tem, 1077 S. 7th East

Virginia

Augusta County: Mrs. Flora Brooks. Box 316. Verona Eastern Washington

Walla Walla: Mrs. Emmalu Mccandless, 978 Hobson St. Western Washington

Pier-ce Co. Third Comm. Dist: Mr. William T. Spell, 11606

Pawnee Dr., S.W., Zip code 98499 COMMITTEES

Committee on Education

Dr. Dwight Allen, Chairman

Mr. Fred Littman, Secretary, 13172 Sussex Pl., Santa Ana, Calif.

Bahá’í Marriages

Huntsville, Alabama: Miss Rita Ann Wilson to David Earl Ogron on August 18, 1965

Tucson, Arizona: Miss Rita P. Irwin to David D. Melillo on July 11, 1965

NOVEMIEI 1965

Berkeley, Calif.: Mrs. Maryellen Simpson to John Armstead Dean on July 25, 1965

Los Angeles, Calif.: Miss Marjorie J. Moore to Arthur Lance Miller on July 11, 1965

Los Angeles, Calif.: Mrs. Linda F. Roberts to Duane L. Dye on August 14, 1965

Los Angeles, Callf.: Miss Minoo Kaviany to Ardishir Roshan on August 21, 1965

Pasadena, Calif.: Mrs. Carolyn J. LeBow to Wayne S. Nelson on August 9, 1965

Pasadena, Calif.: Miss Robin Beauchamp to Laurence Richard Cooper on August 19, 1965

Pasadena, Calif.: Miss Sonja Shafer to Jimmy Allen Everett on August 27, 1965

Sacramento, Calif.: Miss Sharon Wade to Carl C. Ewing on September 5, 1965

San Francisco, Calif.: Mrs. Teresa Bloodworth to Andrew Murney on August 1. 1965

San Francisco, Calif.: Mrs. Kathleen C. King to Thaddeus Swanegan, Jr. on September 7, 1965

Suburban Colorado Springs. Colo.: Mrs. Sonja Ann Ervin to

Louis L. Engel on September 12, 1965

Washington. D.c.: Miss Sharon Ostafln to Glenford E. Mitchell

on July 17, 1965

in Memoriam

Warren I. Asher St. Paul, Minnesota September 18, 1965

Mrs. Mildred Swlngle Bates

La Mesa, Calif.

July 25, 1965 Ralph A. Bates Gardner. Mass.

May 23, 1965 William Bowren Batavia. Illinois

August 12, 1965 Mrs. Alice Carpenter Flint, Michigan

August 26, 1965 Mrs. Phyllis Durroh Chicago, Illinois

August 12, 1965 Mrs. Ada F. Ferguson Oceanside, Calif.

August 27, 1965 Mrs. Ida Audrey Franzel Slinger, Wisconsin

September 1, 1965 Mrs. Mariam Haney Olney, Maryland _

September 1, 1965 Charles (Carl) H. S. King Glendora, Calif.

April 28, 1965 Mrs. Lulu Lux Ridgefleld, New Jersey

August 7, 1965 Harry W. MacDonald South Gate, Calif.

July 26, 1985

Request for Information re: John Bradbury

James Spencer Morgan San Francisco, Calif. September 5. 1965 Thomas O'Connor Detroit, Michigan July 18, 1965 Charles L. Pardo Cleveland. Ohio July 20, 1965 Mrs. Ella L. Rowland Santa Barbara, Calif July 23, 1965 Leo Joseph Schlichter Hot Springs, Arkansas August 25, 1965 Mrs. Maud E. Stiles Novato, Calif. July 28, 1965 Mrs. Dorothy Van Ausdel Los Angeles, Calif. July 1, 1965 Albert Edward Walters New York, N.Y. August 16, 1965 Mrs. Alice G. Wilder Lakewood, Colorado September 6, 1965 Mrs. Fannie Williams Florence. South Carolina April 24, 1965 Mrs. Ann Wohlstein Columbus, Ohio August 2, 1965 Mrs. Etta Woodlen Wilmington, Delaware June 25, 1965

Will any Assembly or individual Bahá’í who knows the whereabouts of Mr. John Bradbury, recently enrolled as a Bahá’í in Beverly Hills, California, please notify the National Spiritual Assembly. The friends are urged not to become involved in his financial and other problems.