BAHA'I NEWS NO. 192 FEBRUARY, 1947 YEAR 103 BAHA'I ERA

Four More Pioneers Leave for Europe "Deeply Touched" The European Teaching Commit­ der Mrs. Anne Lynch is proving of tee is happy to report the imminent great benefit and value to the overall Thrilled by generous response . departure for Europe of the following European teaching work. of believers to Temple . Fund . pioneers: Miss Madeline Humbert Pioneers already in the field in Deeply touched. Hail striking of the New York community, to Brus­ Europe send us very encouraging evidence of the magnificent sels, Belgium, January 29; Mrs. reports concerning their work. Mrs. spirit, unshakeable solidarity Alice Dudley of the San Francisco Corbit in Oslo, Norway, writes that and unflinching resolve of community, to Stockholm, Sweden, her fireside groups are proceeding February 19; . Mr. and Mrs. Ugo satisfactorily and she is especially American Baha'i community. Giachery of the New York commun­ happy that such a large percentage Deepest loving gratitude. ity, to Rome, Italy, February 9. Miss of those attending are young people. (signed) SHOGHI Honor Kempton was requested by the In accordance with the Guardian's Guardian to remain one month in Eng­ directions, this committee is now in land to assist with the British teach­ the process of preparing to send itin­ ing campaign before taking up her erant teachers to Europe to assist Ten Groups Reach Assembly post in Luxembourg. This Miss Kemp­ our pioneers. One of the first to go Status ton has done and she will be at her in this capacity will be Mrs. Marion post in Luxembourg on February 1. In a cable sent June 12, 1946, the Little of the New Orleans communi­ 'The committee feels sure that all the Guardian pleaded for the speedy con­ ty. Mrs. Little is eminently qualified believers will join them in their pray­ vers~on of thirty groups to Assem­ by reason of much teaching experi­ ers for the success and confirmation bly status and added, "Devoutly hop­ ence, together with an ability to of the arduous task these dedicated ing, fervently praying number As­ speak French fluently, to undertake pioneers are undertaking. semblies functioning North America this important mission. Others reach seventy-five ere expiry second Frequent letters are being received equally well qualified will follow her year second stage Divine Plan." That i'rom Mrs. Graeffe reporting on the in the near future. means that thirty groups should be <:onsolidation of the work of the Ge­ If any of the believers have fam­ ready for Assembly status as soon neva office of the European Teach­ ily, friends or acquaintances resid­ as possible and forty by April 21st, ing Committee. The close coopera­ ing in any of the goal countries who !948. tion between the E.T.C. office and they think would be good Baha'i con­ the International Baha'i Bureau un- Of this number, ten groups are Continued on vaae 2 assured of Assembly status by April, 1947, owing to the diligent work of Panama Conference to Open Regional Teaching Committees and Word has arrived that delegates Buenos Aires conference from the the Extension Teaching Committees from Guatemala, Mexico, El Salva­ south, and Mrs. Gayle Woolson, who of various Assemblies. Thirty-eight dor, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa comes from a trip to Caracas, Vene­ groups hold promise, and on these Rica, Colon and the Dominican Re­ zuela, where she will return after the concentrated attention of the Na­ public are now arriving in the City the conference and after a visit to tional Teaching Committee is being <>f Panama for the first official con­ Miss Lotus Peterson of Duluth, focused. ference of the northern Latin Ameri­ Minn., who has just arrived in Mara­ These groups, each having six or can countries, that are to elect the caibo, Venezuela. more members are: West Haven, second National Spiritual Assembly Miss Peterson's arrival is one of Conn.; Buffalo, New York; Mont­ of Latin America in April, 1951. It those small and great miracles of clair, Bergenfield, Englewood, Jer­ is hoped that delegates from the Baha'u'llah, which are constantly sey City, and Red Bank, New Jersey; other islands of the West Indies will seen and experienced by the be­ Columbia and North Augusta, South arrive when the conference opens lievers who have had courage to give Carolina; Knoxville, Tennessee; San on January 19th. Charles Mason up their all and to hurl themselves. Antonio, Texas; Toledo, Findlay, Remey is the distinguished visitor upon His mercy and guidance in full Granger Township, Hinckley Town­ from North · America to the. service to Him. Lotus arrived in Chi­ ship, Urbana, and Lakewood,. Ohio; Conference. cago recently en route to take her Kalamazoo and Dearborn Township, The traveling pioneers are repre­ boat at New Orleans for Maracaibo. Michigan; Champaign, Park Ridge, sented by Mrs. Marcia Steward, who She found unexpectedly that there Limestone Township, and Winnetka, is doing a· special project in the Cen­ are a thousand and one red tape de­ Illinois; Green Bay, Shorewood, and tral Americas; Artemus Lamb, who tails which usually impede the ob- Somers Township (Kenosha), Wis- is bringing the inspiration of the Continued on vaae 4 Continued on vaae 2 2 FEBRUARY, 1947

Ten Groups Reach Assembly Status Notice to Assemblies Ccmtinued from page 1 To Reach the Goal The Regional Teaching Commit­ consin; Glenfield, North Dakota; 175 functioning LSA's "ere ex­ tees, through the National Teaching North Albuquerque, New Mexico; In­ piry second year second Committee, have been requested to glewood, El Monte Township, Arca­ stage Divine Plan." render assistance to the smaller dia, Monrovia Township, Monrovia, 135 LSA's now established communities in their efforts to in­ Pasadena Township, Southgate, and North America. crease their numbers and preserve San Mateo, California; Monroe, and 40 LSA's to be established by their Assembly status. Assemblies of Kirkland, Washington. 1948. the smaller Baha'i communities are 38 Groups hold promise of free to request this assistance. Seventeen Settlers Urgently LSA status. In order to enable traveling be­ Needed 10 Groups now assured of LSA lievers to make contact with the status April. Baha'is of cities visited, the local Nine Assemblies need reinforce­ Assemblies are advised to register ment by April 21st or they will re­ 9 LSA's in need of reinforce­ ment by April. their permanent address, their vert to group status. In order to pre­ meeting place and their schedule of vent this seventeen settlers are 17 Settlers needed to maintain present LSA's. meetings with the local Chamber of needed. If you are free to move to Commerce. A telephone listing using one of these goal cities, please write the name "Baha'i"· is also very im­ to Mrs. Sarah S. Walrath, secretary portant if it can be arranged. of the National Teaching Committee, photograph; by posters at the Pub­ 4639 Beacon Street, Chicago. lic Library, International House, Three More Pioneers Leave The first objective mentioned in Berkeley Women's City Club, etc; for Europe the Guardian's outline of the Second and by· the sending of printed post­ Continued from page 1 Seven Year Plan to the 1946 Conven­ cards to contacts and friends. The tacts, please send · their names and tion was "consolidation of victories book exhibit, the youth ushers, and addresses to our chairman, Miss Ed­ already won throughout the Amer­ the attractive surroundings, as well na True, 418 Forest Ave., Wilmette, icas, involving multiplication of Ba­ as the 30 Baha'is who came from Ill., so that she can forward them to ha'i centers, bolder proclamation of ;nearby cities, contributed to the the pioneers in the respective the Faith to the masses." In order to success of the meeting. Almost every countries. hold on to the victories won under one of the 75 non-Baha'i attending the first Seven Year Plan, these sev­ signed the guest book and took litera­ enteen settlers must be found. ture. Later these individuals re­ Baha'i News ceived the invitation and program Baha'i News is published by the for the succeeding meeting. National Spiritual Assembly of the Berkeley Holds Successful Baha'is of the United States and Can­ Public Meetings The meeting of October 16 was ada as the official news-letter of the held in the spacious lounge of the Baha'i Community. The first issue aP­ The Berkeley Baha'is have held a College Women's Club. This pro­ peared in December, 1924. series of three public meetings in gram featured a beautiful short con­ On April 10, 1925, the Guardian order to present to the thinking peo­ cert by Walter Olitzki, Baha'i artist wrote: "The News Letter which you ple of the town and the University have lately initiated fulfills a very of the Metropolitan and the San vital function. . . . I would urge you the broad scope of the Baha'i Faith. Francisco Opera Companies, ac­ to enlarge its scope . . . that in The first two meetings were . held companied by Fritz Berens, and out­ time it may devote a special section three weeks apart with excellent standing talks by .Sally Sanor on to every phase of your activities, ad­ audiences and great interest. ministrative, devotional, humanitar­ "The Cause of Strife" and by ian, financial, educational and other­ On September 23 the Patio Room Arthur L. Dahl, Jr. on "The Baha'i wise. of the Women's City Club was packed Contribution to World Peace." At­ "It should become a great factor to overflowing with 125 people. tractive invitation-programs were in promoting understanding, provid­ Marilyn Zahl played selections from ing information on Baha'i activity, mailed to the "key list" of Univer­ both local and foreign, in stimulating Chopin. Exceptionally fine talks sity and town people, as well as to interest, in combating evil influences, were given by Marzieh Gail on interested contacts. Of the 175 peo­ and in upholding and safeguarding the "Headlines Tomorrow" and by ple who attended, 125 , were non­ institutions of the Cause." Leroy Joas on "The Basis of World Baha'is, including school super­ Baha'i News is edited for the Na­ Order." The meeting was publicized visors, teachers, past presidents of tional Spiritual Assembly by its by a good newspaper article with a Baha'i News Editorial Committee: the College Women's Club, the editor Garreta Busey, chairman, John Ash­ who handles the Baha'i publicity for ton, Alice Simmons Cox, Marzieh Gail, Doris Holley, Annamarie Kunz Hon­ Baha'i Addresses The Berkeley Daily Gazette, gradu­ ate and undergraduate students, etc. nold, Eleanor Sweney Hutchens, Ma­ National Office: bel Hyde Paine, Margaret Swengel. 536 Sheridan Road, Wilmette, The response from every quarter Editorial office: Miss Garetta Busey, Illinois. continues to be most enthusiastic. 503 West Elm Street, Urbana, Illinois. Treasurer's Office: 110 Linden Avenue, Wilmette, The report of the third meeting, a Please report changes of address youth program held on November to which Baha'i News is to be sent Illinois. and other matters pertaining to its dis­ Baha'i Publishing Committee: 24, National Youth Day, at Interna­ tribution to the Baha'i National Office, 110 Linden Avenue, Wilmette, tional House, states that more than Illinois. 536 Sheridan Road, Wilmette, Illinois. fifty young people attended. BAHA'I NEWS 3

in each one. ·Her headquarters is in First Contacts With Japanese Baha'is Vera Cruz. Her mother and father, As soon as Michael Jamir, in the British, and New Zealand soldiers Mr. and Mrs. Frank Baker, plan to medical personnel of the U.S. Army, and nationals and makes use of fre­ visit Mexico City in February. reached Japan in November, 1945, quent opportunities to spread the From Cuba, the Dominican Re­ he began writing to friends in the Baha'i principles. His wish now is public, Haiti, and Venezuela come U.S. for addresses of Japanese to go to a larger city where he can reports of the showers of inspiration, Baha'is. Following up these ad­ make his living and teach the Faith. new knowledge, and light dissemi­ dresses he eventually met two Jap­ "During the two days and night nated by Mason Remey and Emeric anese Baha'is and had correspond­ that I visited Mr. Fujita," writes Mr. and Rosemary Sala on their teaehing ence or news from three others. The Jamir, " I found him, at 61, youthful irip through the West Indies and first meeting was with Mr. H. S. and vibrant in his work and en­ Venezuel~. Emeric and Rosemary Fujita. Mr. Fujita became a Baha'i thusiastic in the Baha'i Faith." ... have now returned . northward through Mrs. Corinne True when he He brought out his address book . . . through the islands, and Mr. Remy came to this country as a student in and we went over the names of his will come northward after the Pan­ ' 1905. Later he had the great experi­ American Baha'i friends to see ama Conference through the Central ence of meeting 'Abdu'l-Baha when · what I could tell him about them Americas and Mexico, visiting the He came to this country in 1912. In and he wishes me to express his lov­ various Baha'i communities en route. 1917 he accepted the invitation of ing greetings to them." From Panama Marcia Steward will 'Abdu'l-Baha to go to Haifa. There From Yanai Mr. Jamir travelled return to her project in San Jose, he served 'Abdu'l-Baha and Shoghi to Kyoto to meet Mr. Torii, another Costa Rica, for the present, and Ar­ Effendi until, in 1936, on the advice Japanese Baha'i. Mr. Torii has been temus Lamb will visit Cali Mogotes, of the Guardian, he left for his a Baha'i since 1916 and received Columbia; Quito and Guayaquil, Ec­ native land. two tablets from 'Abdu'l-Baha. He is uador, and Lima, Peru, on his way In May, 1946, Mr. Jamir visited blind and teaches in the Kyoto back to his region, which includes Mr. Fujita at Yanai, where he found school for the blind. He invited Mr. Chile, Argentina, Paraguay, and him working as interpreter at the Jamir to speak to the children of Uruguay. railroad station. Here he comes his class on the Baha'i principles. in contact with many American, Flora Hottes will leave Montevideo, Continued on page 4 Uruguay, early in February, visiting Buenos Aires; Asuncion, Paraguay; La Paz and Sucre, Bolivia; Lima and other points, on a trip back to the Increasing Growth in Latin America United States for rest and change Forty-nine new memberships have Splendid news has come from after five years of constant service in been received from Latin America Elena Marsella in Ciudad Trujillo. Bolivia and Uruguay. in the past six weeks. All six members of her study class Word has just come from Medellin, signed up en masse as Baha'is, there Columbia, of ·the formation of a new being two adults and four declared Assembly, eight believers having youths. This gives Ciudad Trujillo been confirmed during the visit of fourteen adult members and four Gayle Woolson in December. They' youths. Elena plans to accompany have been studying for some time by Dr. Malcolm King to Santiago, Dom­ correspondence and with the assist­ inican Republic, to start a regional ance of the orie original Baha'i, Sr. project there. Dr. King will then go Francisco Orrego Restrepo. More to visit the friends in Kingston, Ja­ • are continuing to study. Six news­ maica, and help them to work out an papers and the radio station col­ extension project, before returning laborated in the series of outstanding to Haiti. meetings held there. Jean Silver reports a class of eight­ The group in Sucre, Bolivia, now een studying in the new Baha'i Cen­ has six members. Col. Arturo Cuel­ ter in Cienfuegos, Cuba. lar, Yvonne de Cuellar, and Gwenne The Baha'i Community newly Sholtis are working there and ex­ formed in Rio de Janeiro in April of pect to have a second Assembly for this year, has sent in its 18th regis­ Bolivia before April. It is a univer­ tration card. Great plans are under sity town, and many of the Baha'i way for expansion of teaching in students come from· the university. Brazil, where Leonora Armstrong Gwenne Sholtis has just returned to first carried the Cause some 20 years La Paz after a needed visit to the ago. Fifteen members are reported lowlands, where she helped Eve in Bahia and a group of five in the Nicklin with the new regional project new goal city of Sao Paulo. in Callao, Peru. She reports that the Reports from Louise Baker show Lima Community is growing wonder­ that she is carrying a teaching cir­ H. s. Fujita, Japanese Ba.ha'i who once served 'Abdu'l-Baha. in Haifa, fully and is most active and happy cuit of four towns and cities in Mex­ working on his brother's farm in under Eve's wise guidance. ico, teaching newly organized groups Yanai, .Japan. 4 FEBRUARY, 1947

Japanese Baha'is The Temple Teaches the World Cantinued from page 3 Attention G.I. Students Almost four thousand people Mr. Torii acted as very able in­ The " G. I. Bill of Rights" visited the Baha'i House of Worship terpreter and the children listened allows an ex-service man to in October and November of this eagerly. Mr. and Mrs. Torii spoke take his training in a foreign year. 2932 came in October and 1036 warmly of Miss Alexander, who had university. If you are con­ in November. Although this record often been a guest in their home. is lower, by 549, than that of the Mr. Jamir had warm and enthus­ templating taking advantage of this or would consider it, same time last year, the difference iastic letters from Mr. Tanaka and you could contribute to the is in part accounted for by the fact Mr. Inouye, both devoted Baha'is, that week-day guiding was discon­ Mr. Inouye would like to go to Tokyo European Teaching Campaign by selecting a university in tinued November 9th this year, in­ to spread the Teachings, but mili­ stead of going on until Thanksgiving, tary restrictions prevent this. He is Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Holland, Belgium, Luxem­ as it did in 1945. Week-day guiding doing his utmost to teach in Sap­ is discontinued each year when the poro,· Hokaido. He remembers Miss bourg, Switzerland, Spain, Por­ tugal, or' Italy. Will anyone in­ weather becomes so cold that the Root and her " gentle and full-of- guides' health is endangered. terested in doing this get in love grace." During October this year, visitors touch with the chairman of the Mr. Tanaka, a Baha'i of Honshu, came from thirty-eight states the European Teaching Commit­ called on Mr. Jamir and, finding District of Columbia, and man; for­ him away, wrote him a lette~. ~e tee, Miss Edna True, 418 For­ eign countries. Seventeen groups has ten children; so Mr. Jamir m­ est Avenue, Wilmette, Illinois? came from the Canadian Provinces cluded "The Baha'i Child's ABC" of Ontario, Saskatchewan, New with the literature he sent him. of radio station KTAR, local outlet Brunswick, and Manitoba. Three Mrs. Yuri Furukawa, another Jap­ for NBC, and with the Arizona Re­ visitors came from Sweden· two anese Baha'i, is now in Manchuria. public and Arizona Times, two major from Turkey, Denmark, Franc~ , and Phoenix newspapers. At the office England; one each from Cuba, the Panama Conference Philippines, the Netherlands, Aus­ Cantinued from page 1 of the Times the young men were tralia, Palestine, India, Peru, Chile, taining of permission to enter an­ interviewed by Associate Editor Brazil, Mexico, and the Virgin other country in any guise other Mrs. Anna Roosevelt Boettiger and Islands. than as a tourist with a 60 day per­ Managing Editor Dave Brinegar In November the people came mit. She sat down and prayed with with the gratifying result that the from thirty-one states and the Dis­ all her heart. Within an hour she was following day Mr. Brinegar's column trict of Columbia, and nine groups on her way with all that she re­ "The Times in Arizona" was en­ came from the Canadian Provinces quired. The key . tliat unlocked the tirely devoted to an account of the of Ontario, Saskatchewan, British door was, of course, her complete Persian visitors and their intense Columbia, and Alberta. Four groups readiness to serve fully, plus the interest in spreading the Baha'i came from England, two from prayer, plus the need of a Baha_'i Faith, "as having as its basic belief Sweden and Brazil, one from Den­ in that city where regional work is the proposition that revelations of mark, and one from Chile. now to begin. God are progressive and not final. . . . " During this two-months period, the following organizations were guided Persian Visitors Break through the Temple: Home Bureau into News Lake County, Illinois, 36; Aust~ Firuz Kazamzadah, Amin Banani North End Women's Club Chicago and Shidan Fat'he Aazam, Persian 75; Cub Girl Scouts, Eva~ston 23 ~ Baha'is on vacation from the Cali­ Young People, Bethany Evang~lica i fornia universities in which they Church, Chicago, 32; Boy Scouts, are enrolled, were Phoenix visitors Chicago, 15; S. S. Children, Jewish for the Christmas holidays and gave Synagogue, Glencoe, 65 ; Chicago invaluable teaching assistance to Wo~en's Club, 14. that community and to extension Some of the remarks written in teaching work during their stay. the register were: Very educational; Firuz was speaker at three meetings, Amazingly beautiful; Unusually in­ one in Tucson, another in East teresting ; Magnificent; Very con­ Phoenix rural community, both of vincing; Unconvincing; Very inter­ which attracted a large number of esting, and will be helpful in living non-Baha'is, and in Phoenix at a for Jesus ; Something to be investi­ gathering for which special invita­ gated ; Enlightening and inspira­ tions had been issued to members tional; Unique. of a local inter-racial fellowship or­ From the wide variety of the or­ ganization. In additi0n to the meet­ ganizations that come to the Temple, ings, which included also a number from the numerous and widely dis­ of informal youth gatherings, inter­ tant states and countries represented by the visitors, and from the ·appre ­ esting contacts were arranged with . Baha' i group of Sucre, Bolivia , with the Dean of Phoenix Junior College, Gwenne Sholtis (standing third from ciative remarks that have been writ­ with a leading news commentator left). ten in the register, it is evident that BAHA'f NEWS 5

From the State Fair at Spring­ field, Illinois (see Baha'i News for November) the Regional Commit­ tee of that area reports further re­ sults. A member of the Senate asked Miss Easterbrook to come and speak of the Baha'i Peace Plan before that body, remarking: "Those boys ought to hear of this.'' A geometry teach­ er from Princeville said that his at­ tention had first been attracted to the Baha'i Temple by his pupils. He asked to be given further informa­ tion about the Faith.

Hunger Slows Teaching in Germany Letters from leading German Baha'is written in late November Baha'i booth at the Arizona State Fair, 1946. show that the low food rations were telling on their physical endurance Temple guiding is reaching the 'u'llah." Over ·the entrance to the to an alarming degree. It seemed masses and the leaders alike over booth in large letters were the words, then that the winter teaching cam­ the whole world. If contact were " The Baha'i World Faith." Litera­ paign could not be carried out. To made with these people by Baha'is ture and books illustrative of the quote from the letter of an ardent in their various localities, some of teachings were available to in­ worker for the Faith: "So many them would most surely be grateful. quirers. Especially noteworthy was dear friends, Edith Horn, Anna­ The Guides Committee would like to the interest of youth among the visit­ marie Schweizer, Hede Schubert, be notified by believers or Assem­ ors. On the two weekends at the Heidi Koller-Jaeger, Fred. Kohler, blies of those who have become in­ opening and close of the Fair the Paul Schreher, and Hermann Gross­ terested in studying the Faith after Baha'i youth were in charge of the mann are in such extremely bad making their first contact with it by booth. Interest in the display was condition of physical weakness" that i•isiting the Temple. demonstrated not alone by visitors, to travel and teach (the very hard­ but also by the Fair management, est kind of labor) seemed impos­ who expressed their enthusiasm for sible. "There seemed danger that State Fair Exhibits Attract the effectiveness of the exhibit and all we had won for the Faith in the Masses their cordial assurance that a de­ previous months of hard work, must The Baha'is of Phoenix, with the sirable space would be available to come to an end.'' Lists of German valued assistance of the Baha'is of the Baha'is at the State Fair next addresses are published elsewhere East Phoenix, were sponsors of an year. in this issue. exhibit at the Arizona State Fair held in Phoenix from November 8 to 17. It was estimated by the State Fair commission that the Fair at­ tracted some 200,000 visitors, of which it can be assured that a large number viewed the exhibit. Approxi­ mately 4,000 people stopped at the booth and 2,000 received pamphlet literature. Almost one hundred left their names to be informed of meet­ ings; many took questionnaire cards and already at an early date the response through this medium has been gratifying. The exhibit occupied a space lOxlO feet and featured in addition to the Temple model an automatic projector showing color slides of the Temple and world maps designating with colored flags the countries where the Faith is represented. Over these large maps appeared the cap­ tion, " 'The earth is but one country and mankind its citizens.' Baha- A youth meeting at the Hazirat'ul Quds, ',l'ihran, 1946. 6 FEBRUARY, 1947

cerning Baha'i marriage, which · "While There Is Yet Time" deepens our understanding and pre­ 0 ye that are lying as dead on the the tree of thy hope. At all times I vents formal crystallization of un­ couch of heedlessness! am near unto thee, but thou art ever authorized views. Ages have passed and your pre­ far from Me. Imperishable glory The question of how to conduct a cious lives are well-nigh ended, yet have I chosen for thee, yet boundless Baha'i marriage, and what Tablets not a single breath of purity hath shame thou hast chosen for thyself. are to be read, was referred to reached Our court of holiness from Vlhile there is yet time, return, and Shoghi Effendi last summer and his you. Though immersed in the ocean lose not thy chance. reply came under date of October of misbelief, yet with your lips ye * * * 5, 1946: profess the one true faith of God. Say: Glory be to Thee Who hast "Baha'i marriages should at pres­ Him whom I abhor ye have loved, caused all the holy Ones to confess ent not be pressed into any kind of a and of My foe. ye have made a their helplessness before the mani­ uniform mold. What is absolutely friend. Notwithstanding, ye walk on fold revelations of Thy might, and essential is what Baha'u'llah stipu­ my earth complacent and self­ every Prophet to acknowledge his lates in the Aqdas: the friends can satisfied, heedless that My earth is nothingness at the effulgence of Thy add to this selected writings if they weary of you and everything within abiding glory. I beseech Thee, by please-but the so-called 'Marriage it shunneth you. Were ye but to open Thy name that hath unlocked the Tablet' (revealed by 'Abdu'l-Baha) your eyes, ye would, in truth, prefer gates of Heaven and filled with ec­ is not a necessary part of every a myriad griefs unto this joy, and stasy the Concourse on high, to en­ Baha'i marriage. In 'The Baha'i would count death itself better than able me to serve Thee, in this Day, World' is a prayer for marriage in­ this life. and to strengthen me to observe that corporated in either the Arabic or * * ... which Thou didst prescribe in Thy Persian text: he suggests Marzieh 0 moving fo'rm of dust! Book. Thou kn9west, 0 my Lord Gail translate this, and it can be I desire communion with thee, but what is in me; but I know not what made available to the friends, so thou wouldst put no trust in Me. is in Thee. Thou art the All-Knowing, that they can use it if they wish to." The sword of thy rebellion hath felled the All-Informed. -BA.HA'u'LLAH What Baha'u'llah stipulates in the Aqdas is to be found on page 372 of "Baha'i World Faith" in the form of "Thrilled by Generous Response" a quotation made by 'Abdu'l-Baha: "The bridegroom must, before the Cables from the Guardian believers to Temple Fund. Deeply touched. Hail latest striking evidence bridesman and a few others, say From its December meeting the of the magnificent spirit, unshake­ 'Verily, we are content with the Will National Spiritual Assembly cabled able solidarity and unflinching re­ of God' and the bride must rejoin, Shoghi Effendi as follows: "Your solve of American Baha'i commu­ 'Verily, we are satisfied with the cabled message (i.e., on page 8, Jan­ nity. Deepest loving gratitude." Desire of God.' " uary Baha'i News) fires enthusiasm, (signed) Saoom The prayer for marriages referred strengthens resolution, expands to by the Guardian has been trans­ vision. We acclaim the fateful jour­ Baha'i Marriage lated by Mrs. Marzieh Gail from ney and remarkable achievements The National Spiritual A'Ssembly the Marriage Certificate used by of the Chairman of European Teach­ is delighted to be able to give the the Assemblies in Persia. The signa­ ing Committee, the establishment of friends the following material con- ture " 'Ayn-'Ayn" is a signature an office in Geneva, the noble initia­ tion of task by pioneers in the field, the mature, dedicated response of Southern delegates to the race unity conference, and the Baha'i article in Pathfinder Magazine with one mil­ lion readers. Seizing the decisive hour." The Guardian's reply, received December 19: "Delighted at achieve­ ment of Chairman of European Teaching Committee, response of Southern delegates to race confer­ ence, publication of article in Path­ finder Magazine. Praying still greater victories in all three contin­ ents." (signed) Saoom The final current message from Haifa is the cablegram received Jan­ uary 20 in reply to our cabled report to him of the total contributions which had come in up to January First Canadian Teaching Committee December 1946 6 for the special Temple fund: Standing: Siegfried Schopflocher, John A. Robarts, A. Victor D'avls, Rowland "Thrilled by generous response of Estall, Emeric Sala; Sitting: (Mrs.) Laura R. Davis, (Mrs.) Dorisi Richardson. BAHA'i NEWS 7 used by the Master for a certain of the blamer did not withhold from attracting ·perpetual grace; that period. Her translation follows. God. Praise ·be to God, the Lord of from the union of these two seas of the worlds! love a wave of tenderness may surge "He is God! 0 peerless Lord! In and cast the pearls of pure and "He Is the Bestower, Thine almighty wisdom Thou hast goodly issue on the shore of life. the Bounteous!" enjoined marriage upon the peo­ 'He hath let loose the two seas, that "Praise be to God, the Ancient, ples, that the generations of men they meet each other: Between them the Ever-Abiding, the Changeless, may succeed one another in this con­ is a barrier which they overpass the Eternal! He Who hath testified tingent world, and that ever, so long not. Which then of the bounties of in His Own Being that verily He is as the world shall last, they may your Lord will ye deny? From each the One, the Single, the Untram­ busy themselves at the Threshold He bringeth up greater and lesser meled, the Exalted. We bear wit­ of Thy oneness with servitude and · pearls:'2 ness that verily there is no God but worship, with salutation, adoration 0 Thou kind Lord! Make Thou Him; acknowledging His oneness, and praise. 'I have not created this marriage to bring forth coral confessing His singleness. He hath spirits and men, but that they should and pearls. Thou are verily the All­ ever dwelt in unapproachable worship Me.'1 Wherefore, wed Powerful, the Most Great, the Ever­ heights, in the summits of His lofti­ Thou in the heaven of Thy mercy Forgiving ! " (signed) 'Ayn-'Ayn ness, sanctified from the mention of these two birds of the nest of Thy lQur' an 51 :56. aught save Himself, free from the Jove, and make them the means of 2Qur'cin 55:9-22. description of aught but Him. "And when He desired to manifest National Spiritual Assembly grace and beneficence to men, and Beloved friends: of the full cost of this vital project to set the world in order, He re­ In this issue we publish the cable- has already been received. It as­ vealed observances and created gram which the Guardian sent after sures rapid prosecution of the task laws; among them He established learning the results of the effort when the design and specifications the law of marriage, made it as a made by the believers to offer spe- are approved. fortress for well-being and salva­ cial contributions during the period Under the schedule set up by the tion, and enjoined it upon us in that set aside for meditation and prayer, Temple Trustees, the studies and which was sent down out of the culminating in the Twenty-Fifth An- investigations initiated last spring heaven of sanctity in His Most Holy niversary of the Guardianship, Janu- are to be completed by the middle Book. He saith, great is His glory: ary 6. of March so that drawings and all 'Marry, 0 people, that from you The total so received by the Na- necessary data may be transmitted may appear he who will remember tional Treasurer was $65,000. Plac- to the Guardian in the hope that he Me amongst My servants; this is ing this amount in the Temple may advise us of his approval and one of My commandments unto you; Trustee construction fund produced choice before the Convention. c;bey it as an assistance to a total of $103,000 available for com- The intention and hope is that a yourselves.' pletion of the interior as of January final drawing, approved by the "And we greet and salute those 6, nearly four months before the end Guardian, can be exhibited at the of the Bayan who became the people of the first year of the new Seven Convention, allowing all the friends of Baha, those who expended their Year Plan to realize the beauty of the finished efforts for the upraising of this We may all feel an intense interior. Mr. Louis Bourgeois' orig­ luminous Faith, and whom the blame gratitude that ;.o large a portion inal conception is being somewhat ------simplified as the Guardian directed. The Trustees believe that actual work can begin this spring. A com­ pleted House of Worship will awaken wide interest in the Faith. Last month's Baha'i News pre­ sented to each Baha'i the text of Ruhiyyih Khanum's "Twenty-Five Years of the Guardianship." Noth­ ing could be more inspiring and in­ formative to the friends than her statement which in brief space sum­ marized the meanings and events of the Baha'i era since the Ascension of 'Abdu'l-Baha. For the older be­ lievers it creates a pattern and framework for their personal experi­ ences, activities and memories; for the new believers it offers a means of acquiring sound understanding Speakers at public meeting at Louhelen. Left to right: Mr. Eason (non-Baha'i, sec­ and maturity as members of the retary of the Urban League at Flint), Mr. Ellsworth Blackwell (Baha'i speaker) and Baha'i community. Mr. Arthur Patterson (Baha'i of Indianapolis, chairman). -NATIONAL SPIRITUAL ASSEMBLY 8 FEBRUARY, 1947

New Questionnaire Cards The Baha'i Questionnaire Commit­ tee's files carry many letters which we would like to share with all Ba­ ha'is, but as space will not permit, we will quote from just one received by the chairman: ''I received your questionnaire literature and I am sure you are making a very practical application of a very successful plan that has been used by Advertising Research and Industrial Manufac­ turing establishments in getting a cross section of information worth having that could not be had in any other way. I believe you are the first man who has applied this very prac­ tical plan to a Universal Religious Message. I can vision a great good to humanity by the information that will result to it. ... " During the first seven months of the use of the questionnaire cards, requests have come from all but Radio Script Writing Class at Greenacre, 1946. William and Marguerite Sears five states of the United States­ standing left. namely: Colorado, Louisiana, Ne­ vada, South Dakota and Wyoming. ing questions directly to the in­ Radio Script Writing We urge the friends and regional dividual in his office or home at Green Acre teaching committees in these states where he may read and check to start distributing them as they are them at leisure. A course in the writing of radio proving invaluable for teaching con­ scripts was given last summer at tacts. Signed cards have been re­ 3. It will impress the recipient of the Green Acre Baha'i School under ceived from a total of 366 different the broad scope of subjects the instruction of Marguerite Sears. cities, towns and villages as well as embraced by the Baha'i The class was in session for three from Alaska, Phillipine Islands, Ha­ Revelation. weeks, from August 13 to August 30. waii, Canada, Haiti, and South Amer­ 4. It bears an introductory per­ Eighteen students began the course ica. We wish we could list every sonal message direct from the and seven completed it. They were: city heard from. friend who signs it. Helen Campbell, Margaret Mills, Jetty Straub, Rita van Sombeek, Three cards, numbers 2, 3 a11d 5 are ' 5. It lends itself to use by any or Rene Welsh, Martha Kavelin, and now available for inter-changeable all believers who may volunteer Genevieve Coy.· use. They can be ordered in a com­ to address and mail these cards bination package containing 100 each during spare time. The following is quoted from Mrs. Sears' report on the course. "In addi­ for $3.00 postpaid. Also available now This new questionnaire service is a new folding questionnaire card tion to covering the fundamentals provides a golden opportunity for (F4) of unlimited possibilities for of radio writing, the class took an each and everyone of the "rank and spreading the Baha'i Message. It fea­ active part in the study of radio file" to do our part in helping to tures new, timely and challenging production. Each member of the complete the new Seven Year Plan. questions of interest to people in all class wrote a 5-minute continuity These New Folding Questionnaires walks of life, promising not only to script on the Baha'i Faith. One 15- (F4) are now ready for shipment to carry the Baha'i Message to thou­ minute script was written. The class Assemblies groups or individual be­ sands of selected individuals for the received practical experience in the lievers anywhere. They are priced writing of a script for actual broad­ first time but to locate and deter­ at $9.00 ·per thousand or $1.00 per mine the subject of greatest interest cast. The script was on the history hundred. Address your order to: to these potential Baha'is. of Green Acre, from the days of the Tm: NATIONAL COMMITI'EE early Indians, through Sarah Farm-· Outstanding features of this F4 new on Baha'i Questionnaires, er's early experiments in World folding questionnaire card are: Box 1, Oconomowoc, Wisconsin · Unity Conferences, on down through 1. It will comb any chosen locality the present Baha'i School, with or community for Baha?i seek­ glimpses of its hopes for the future .. ers. It is an excellent advance Slides ''The entire class took part in agent to a selected mailing list, SLIDES of the Temple, Haifa, the necessary research to uncover ac­ to be followed a few weeks later Schools, etc. may be purchased curate historical information. Then - with an announcement of a Pub­ through the Baha'i Sales Committee, various members of the class were· lic Meeting in their city. Mr. H. E. Walrath, 4639 Beacon St., assigned to write sections of the 2. It carries these thought-provok- Chicago. script. One student did an over-all BAHA'i NEWS 9

re-write of the program. When the Letters from the Guardian ing as it is rather difficult for busi­ 15-minute dramatic-type script was The Archives Committee earnestly nes's men and women to leave their ready for production, the class ar­ suggests for the benefit of future jobs and travel from one Island to ranged for broadcast time with Sta­ generations that all believers hav­ the other. Excellent newspaper arti­ tion WHEE, Portsmouth, N.H., at ing letters from the Guardian give cles preceded and followed the lec­ 6:30 p.m., Sunday, September 1st. very serious consideration to placing ture. This was the first of a series "Members of the class were cast them in the National Baha'i Archives of lectures under the directorship of Mrs. E. Sabin of Puunene. Mr. Mor­ in the various roles of the program. as soon as possible. Though it may They were assisted by nine other ris N. Freedman, chairman of the seem to some of the friends that the Honolulu Baha'i Assembly, intro­ students from the School. The class messages contained therein are per­ produced the program in its en­ duced Mrs. Valkenburg. The Hono­ sonal to a large extent, it may well lulu Advertiser quoted the speaker tirety. This included the writing, be evident in the future that the making the acting assignments, us­ as saying, along with other fine quo­ application of many of these mes­ tations, "Who can say there is any­ ing their own sound effects, etc., sages is more general than we now as well as arranging for the broad­ thing more important than world realize. Certainly the national ar­ unity, anything more importai:it than cast, the rehearsal times and notify­ chives with its specially constructed ing nearby Baha'i communities and turning darkness into light, blood­ vault is the safest place to preserve groups of the broadcast. The work thirstiness into kindness, torment these precious documents, so many of of the 1946 Green Acre Script Writ­ into bliss, hardship into ease, and which have been lost by fire, flood ing class is documented by· a trans­ enmity and hatred into fellowship or after the death of the recipients. scription. This can be made avail­ and love?" able through the National Radio A photostat may be obtained from Committee, to which the class has the committee for altout 15 or 18 News from "The Speck" cents a letter. forwarded its first adventure into Because Tasmania is the smallest this new Field." William Sears of the Australian states, mainlanders helped in the last two days of re­ Baha'i Lecture in Maui often speak of it as "The Speck." It hearsals and acted as Narrator in On November 27 the Maui Baha'i has a very live group of Baha'is in the final production. Community sponsored a lecture on Hobart, the capital city, and some "Foundations for World Unity" at in other parts of the island. They which Mrs. Mabel Van Valkenburg Public Meetings Schedule "plan as much as possible," writes spoke at the Baldwin High School Miss Gretta Lampril, secretary of Public Meetings in key cities for Auditorium. Nine hundred invitations the Hobart group, "for state wide this year will be held as follows : were sent out to Baha'is and non­ publicity." Excerpts from "Appreci­ Horace Holley will speak at Mon­ Baha'is on all the Islands. Eighty­ ations" have been inserted in four treal, February 5. Harlan Ober will three were present at the lecture. daily papers. "We are, as are all speak March 11 at Miami, March 16 This was considered a good show- Continued on page 12 at Birmingham, and March 22 at Nashville. Dorothy Baker will speak March 27 at Cleveland; Kenneth Christian March 29 at Pittsburgh. The San Francisco date has not yet been fixed. , In the key cities of last year, Pub­ lic Meetings are arranged for: New Orleans, January 28, with Philip Marangella as speaker; Portland, February 3, with Mark Tobey; Tor­ onto, February 3, with Willard Mc­ Kay; Atlanta, February 9, with Carl Scheffler; Chicago, March 4, Horace Holley; and Detroit, March 27, with a speaker not yet determined.

In Memoriam Death proffereth unto every confident believer the cup that is Life indeed. It bestoweth joy and is the bearer of gla.d­ ness. It conferreth the gift of everlasting Life. BAHA'u'LLAH Mrs. Inga Illescas, Clovis, Cali­ fornia, Nov. 1, 1946. Miss A. Winifred Richards, Jack­ sonville, Florida, Jan. 4, 1947. Public lecture, Maui, Hawaii. From left to right: Mrs. Daisy E. Sabin, chairman Mrs. Mary Dickerman, Kalama­ of the Maui Assembly; Mrs. Mabel Van Valkenburg, guest speaker from Honolulu; Mr. Morris N. Freedman, chairman of the meeting and chairman of the .Honolulu zoo, Michigan, December, 1946. Assembly. 10 FEBRUARY, 1947

Local Assemblies Sustaining tosa, White Fish Bay. Wyoming-Lara­ tion from a letter from Germany: mie. Financially The Seven Year 107 Assemblies contributed in Decem­ "The longlasting lack of sugar and Plan During December, 1946 ber. tats in our food ... produces every­ where very alarming and catastro­ Alaska-Anchorage. Arizona-E. Phoe­ 31 Assemblies did not contribute. nix; Phoenix. Arkansas-Little Rock. Cali­ 79 Groups contributed in December. phic effects." fornia-Alhambra ; Berkeley; Beverley 112 Individuals and isolated Baha'is con­ Names of declared Baha'is in Ger­ Hills; Burbank; Burlingame; Cloverdale tributed in December. many follow: Twp.; Glendale; Long Beach; Los Ange­ Note: This list does not include contribu­ les; Sacramento; San Francisco; San tions to the Special Fund Commemorat­ American Zone Diego. Canada-Vancouver; Hamilton; ing the 25th Anniversary of the Guard­ Distributing Centers ianship nor contributions reaching the Toronto; Charlottetown. Colorado-Colo­ Herr Paul Gollmer, Neckarstr. 127, rado Springs; Denver. Connecticut-Ham­ Treasurer's Office after December 31st. Stuttgart 0. Wurttemberg. Contributions are credited to the month den; New Haven. Florida-Jacksonville; Frl. Anna Ki:istlin, Wehrneckarstr. 1, Miami. Hawaii-Honolulu; Maui. Georgia in which received. Esslingen, Wurttemberg. -Atlanta; Augusta. Idaho-Boise. Illinois Marta Weiss, Kesselwasen 4, Esslingen. -Chicago; Danville; Elmhurst; Evans- International Relief Lists Esslingen ton; Maywood; Peoria; Springfield; Ur­ Recent reports from Germany and Herr Hugo Bender, Gollenstr. 67, Ess­ bana; Wilmette. Indiana-Fort Wayne; lingen - Krummenacker, Wurttemberg Indianapolis; South Bend. Iowa-Cedar Austria indicate that the health of (2 persons). Rapids. Kansas-;Topeka. Kentucky­ the Baha'is in these countries is be­ Fr. Marie Dittis, Bahnhofstr. 24, Ess- Louisville. Louisiana - New Orleans. ing seriously endangered by under­ lingen, Wurttemberg. Maryland-Baltimore; Bethesda; Chevy Frl. Hilde Fingerle, Hohen Kreuzweg 20. Chase. Massachusetts-Beverly; Boston; nourishment: American believers re­ siding abroad confirm this and stress Frl. Elsa Fischer, Zwingerstr. 2. Brookline; Springfield; Worchester. Michi­ Frl. Lotte Gerlein, Hohen Kreuzweg 24. gan-Ann Arbor; Detroit; Flint; Grand the necessity of greater aid by Herr Hermann Geiger, Friedrichstr. 8 a. Rapids; Lansing; Muskegon; Roseville. American believers. Among others Herr and Fr. Gustav Heckert, Bogenstr., Minnesota-Duluth; Minneapolis; St. Paul. Esslingen-Neckarhalde. Mississippi-Jackson. Missouri-Indepen­ Manutchir Zabih, a Persian study­ mg in Germany, and John Eichen­ Fr. Marie Kaufmann, Breitestr. 7, Ess­ dence. M1;mtana-Butte; Helena. Nebraska lingen. -Omaha. Nevada-Reno. New Hampshire auer write of the hunger and cold Fr!. Waltraut Kubler, Esslingen-Serach. -Portsmouth. New Jersey-Teaneck; facing the friends over there and Fr. Friedericka Kuperbusch, Fabrikstr. Newark. New Mexico-Albuquerque. New appeal to us to aid more generously 17, Esslingen York-Jamestown; New York; Roches­ as our "sacred duty." Frl. Marta Kurle, Schelztorstr. 10. ter; Yonkers. North Carolina-Greensboro. Fr. Helene Kurz, Neckarstr. 30. North Dakota-Fargo. Ohio-Cleveland; The quickest and most economical Dr. Willi Lenz, Blumenstr. 54. Columbus; Dayton; Lima. Oregon-Port­ way to send a food package abroad is Herr August Loffler, Fabrikstr. 17 (2 land. Pennsylvania; Philadelphia; Scran­ thru C.A.R.E, 50 Broad str., New persons). ton; West Chester. Rhode Island-Provi­ York 4. They guarantee delivery, a Herr Ernst Muller, Hohen Kreuzweg 20 dence. South Carolina-Greenville. South (4 persons). Dakota-Sioux Falls. Tennessee-Mem­ 29 lb. package of food for $10. The Klara and Willy Munk, Strohstr. 7. phis; Nashville. Texas-Houston. Utah­ person receiving a package signs a Hildegard Nesch, Keplerstr. 10, Oberess­ Salt Lake City. Vermont-Brattleboro. receipt which is returned to the lingen. Virginia-Alexandria; Arlington. Wash­ sender. Herr Herman Romniel, Keplerstr. 10, ington-Richmond Highlands. West Vir­ Oberesslingen (2 persons). ginia-Charleston. Wisconsin-Kenosha. Friends who themselves mail pack­ Johanna Raster, Olgastr. 5, Esslingen. Madison, Milwaukee, Racine, Wauwa- ages are asked to note this quota- Herr Hans Schafer, Starenweg 10, Ess­ lingen-Sirnau (2 persons) Frida Schneider, Olgastr. 8, Esslingen. Heidelberg Frl. Luise Bahm, Kirchstr. 2. Herr Otto Liede, Franz Knauffstr. 32 (2 persons). Fr. Carla Macco, Oberfeldstr. 4, Heidel­ berg-Wieblingen (2 persons). Frl. Ella Schartiger, Mittlere Aue 8, Heidelberg-Schlierbach. Herr Franz Seitz, Fischergasse 7, Heidelberg. Herr Fritz Strauss, Neckarspitze 16. Frl. Luise Wolf, Blumenstr. 51. Herr Carl Wust, Gr. Mantelgasse 13. Neckargemundjbei Heidelberg Dr. Hermann · Grossmann, Fr. Eberstr. 39 (5 persons) Heppenheim Herr August Ehlers, Bergstr. Klingental. (2 persons). Herr Gajus Schmidt, Bergstr. Essig­ ·kamm 17 (4 persons). Darmstadt Dr. Carl E. Clauss, Wittmannstr. 45. Fr. Marie Schenk, Darmstadt II Land Kolonie Trautheim. Wiesbaden Benita Hartmuth, Kochstrasse 2, Wies­ Display in the window of the Wright-Womble-Pitts Co. of ffigh Point, North Caro­ baden-Billbrich. lina which resulted in a request by the local newspaper for an interview with Mr. Herr Walter Kreuzfeld, Riehlstr. 12 III, B. it. Broadhurst, a Baha'i of that city, and the publication of an article on the Wiesbaden. Faith and a picture of the Temple. Continued on page 12 BAHA'i NEWS 11

Books Placed in The Committee can provide only Ninety Libraries World Order Magazine one kit per committee or As­ sembly, and hopes that the material Since its last report to the friends Increases Subscription will be kept for continuous reference. in Baha'i News, the Library Com­ Rate The kit has also been sent to the mittee has placed books in ninety li­ Due to increased printing larger groups where Assemblies are braries. It is anxious to have these costs, the business manager of to be established within two years. books actively circulated and asks World Order Magazine is the friends to check this library list obliged to increase the annual New Publications closely and refer interested inquirers subscription rate from $1.50 to in these various cities to these li­ $2.00 beginning April 1. The Baha'i Publishing Committee braries for further information. Until April 1, you can extend is pleased to report two new titles. One of our greatest drawbacks in your present subscription an­ The Renewal of Civilization, by Da­ trying to make library donations is other year at the lower rate of vid Hofman, a very interesting and that Baha'i literature and World Or­ $1.50--that is, extend your sub­ helpful introductory work which the der magazine cannot secure favor­ scription to April 1, 1947. This friends can enjoy for themselves and able listing in certain standard applies · to renewals or new also use in spreading the Faith. An reference works until public libraries subscriptions. edition has been imported from Eng­ include them in their reports of pub­ The new rate for single copies land. Per copy, $1.50. lications in frequent demand. Librar­ beginning April 1 will be 20c. The Transformation of Human So­ ians often refuse our literature ciety, A Baha'i Commentary on Cur­ because it is not listed in these ref­ ence, Rock Hill; Vermont: Derby; Wis­ rent World Trends, From Writings erence works consulted by them be­ consin: Stevens Point. of Shoghi Effendi. This is a IS-page fore acceptance of new books. It is The following libraries accepted pamphlet, letter head size, printed most necessary that our books are copies of "Baha'i Centenary, 1844- from typewritten copy by the plana­ used frequently and we should ap­ 1944" and "God Passes By": Nor­ graph method. It was compiled by preciate all efforts. in bringing our folk, Va.; Canton, 0.; Montgomery, the Public Relations Committee to literature to the attention of the pub­ Ala.; Tampa, Fla. file with the Baha'i reference mate­ lic to create a demand and interest Other public libraries given books rial in editorial offices, and to assist in it. were: Eliot, Me.; Western Springs, in making helpful contacts. Copies Ill.; Delmar, N.Y.; Petersburg, V~.; are made available through the Pub­ Books were placed in the Palmer lishing Committee to use for study and Valdez public libraries in Alaska Hudson, N.Y.; Ashland, Kty.; Deca­ tur, Ill.; Red Bank, N.J.; East Prov­ classes as well as local contacts and in ten Alaskan service libraries. work. Per copy, 25c. Niels Poulsen, Lt. Col., Command­ idence, R.I.; Portland, Me.; Knox­ ing Officer APO 986, wrote the fol­ ville, Tenn. lowing appreciative letter to the Middlesex University, Mass.; World Order committee: ''Your thoughtful con­ Howard University, Washington, February, 1946 D.C.; Rhode Island State College; tribution of a gift of a set of Baha'i World Peace Through World Reli­ books to this remote outpost is grate­ Colby College, Maine, accepted gion-Helen Bishop fully acknowledged. I am sure that books. these volumes will prove to be a A Fresh Stream of Wisdom-Garreta source of enlightenment, solace and A Kit of Contacts, Publicity Busey enjoyment to the men located here." and Advertising Material Chasing a Hobgoblin-Duart Bro\vn Prayer, Poem-L. Khai A first donation ("Baha'u'llah and The Public Relations Committee the New Era") has been made to has distributed a "Baha'i Public Arise and Teach-Hazel Mccurdy each of the following libraries: Relations Kit" to National Commit­ Song for a New Day, Poem-Silvia Connecticut: New London; Florida.: tees, Regional Teaching Committees Margolis Jacksonville; Idaho: Lewiston; Illinois: and local Assemblies as- an aid to Racial Unity, Editorial-Gertrude K. Sterling, Mattoon, Streator; Indiana: New their campaigns. Henning Albany, Whiting; Iowa: Fort Dodge, Newton, Boone, Keokuk; Kansas: Inde­ The kit marks the beginning of Baha'i Administration, Book Review pendence; Kentucky: Middlesboro; what will later become a handbook -Horace Holley Maine: Rockland, Bangor; Mass a­ on public relations activities of As­ Pioneer Journey-Ecuador-Virginia chusetts: Melrose, Hudson, Northamp­ ton, Greenfield, Haverhill, Newburyport, semblies and committees, dealing Orbison Swampscott; Michigan: Saulte Ste. with different aspecfs of contacts With Our Readers Marie, Monroe; Missouri: Cape Girar­ by distribution ·of literature, of local deau, Moberly; Nebraska: Grand Island, and national publicity, and of local Calendar Beatrice; New Hampshire: Derry; New · and national advertising. It con­ .Jersey: Plainfield, Hoboken, Hawthorne, Nineteen Day Feasts Union City; New York: Troy, Ossining, sists in this preliminary form of a February 7 Little Falls, Glen Falls, Ithaca, Middle­ statement of explanation, and a des­ March 2 town; North Caroline: Statesville; North cription of the material now avail­ akota: Beach, Park River; Ohio: Ash­ able in the way of press releases Nineteen Day Fast tabula, Martins Ferry, Middletown, March 2nd through 20th Mount Liberty; Pennsylvania: Union­ and advertisements. Samples of nine town, Clearfield, Windber, Monessen, different mailing pieces used by the Nawruz-March 21st Plymouth, Lebanon; Rhode Island: Wes­ Public Relations Committee and National Assembly meeting terly; South Carolina: Greenwood, Flor- available are also included. March 13, 14, 15 and 16 12 FEBRUARY, 1947

News from "The Speck" International Relief Lists Addresses for German believers in (Continued from page 9) Continued from page 10 Frankfort will be found in the Septem­ Herr Paul Schreher, Nerobergstr. 24, ber issue of Baha'i News. One additional Baha'is, possessed of a divine rest­ Wiesbaden. address is given here: Miss Ursula lessness to be continually · on the Kreidach/Odenwald Hartte, Oskarstr. 22, Grosshessen, Frank­ Herr Adolf Lorey, Am Ba~nhof (2 per­ furt a/Main, Germany. American Zone. wing, for we realize our glorious op­ sons). Addresses have been published in the portunities and our equally glorious Schollbrunn/Odenwald July and August issues, but please note Herr Eduard Bracht, Pfarrhaus (3 per­ that those addresses were corrected in responsibilities in propagating the sons). November and that further corrections Cause." Goppingen/Wurttemberg are given here. Herr Paul Hacker, Ulrichstr. 24. (2 per­ sons). Corrections Miss Lamprill conducted a teach­ Mr. Vuk Echtner does not work now ing campaign last summer in Bris­ Fr. Mathilde Bruckner, Am Kelterkopf. Geislingen for Bruckner and asks us not to address bane, Queensland. She made many Herr Georg Eckle, Geislingen/Steige, him there but at his home: Praha­ Nusle II, 739. Czechoslovakia. personal contacts with those she met Stuttgarterstr. 120 (2 persons). Herr Hans Kraiss, Geislingen/Steige, Herr Franz Pollinger, Bocklinstrasse 4 in trams, at cafes, at clubs and in Altenstadt Oelweg 22 (2 persons). Tur 15, Wien II, Austria. homes, had interviews with promi­ Ludwigsburg Herr Herman Kustner, Seestr. 13 (3 per­ nent citizens, and from all these con­ sons). tacts made up a mailing list for the Murnau/Obb. TABLE OF CONTENTS public meetings she conducted. As a Fr. Margarete Walcker, Kohlgruberstr. 75 c (2 persons). Words of Baha'u'llah-"While result of these contacts and meet­ Other Places there is Yet Time" ...... 6 1 ings a study group of nine was Herr Albert Kimmerle, Steinachstr. 10, Words of 'Abdu'l-Baha-"He Is formed. This campaign, she writes, · Neckarsulm, Wttbg. the Bestower, the Bounteous" . 7 1 Fr. Johanna v. Werthern, Wilhelmstr. "was a glorious adventure. Above Messages from the Guardian H. Giessen, Lahn. (2 persons). "Deeply Touched" ...... 1 3 all I feel humble and reverent before Herr Fritz Winter, Jiigerstr. 23/Schone Cables from the Guardian ..... 6 1 Viernheim, Hessen. ' Baha'i Marriage ...... 6 3 Him, the Founder of the Faith, Marie Knauss, Welzheimerstr., Stein­ Whose guidance and grace enabled ber·g/Kreis Waiblingen. National Spiritual Assembly me to overcome all difficulties and Anne Lindner, Romerstr. 58, Lampert­ Letter to the believers ...... 7 2 heim/Hessen. Local Assemblies Sustaining experience each day manifestations the Seven Year Plan ...... 10 1 English Zone of His supreme power.'' F·'rl. Anna Bostelmann, Uhlenhorsterweg Progress of the Seven Year Plan 22, Hamburg 21. (2 persons). Three More Pioneers for Eur- Herr Gunther Heyd, Glindweg 24, Ham­ ope ...... 1 1 burg 39. Panama Conference to Open 1 3 Directory Herr Oskar Schmitt, Scheideweg 14, Increasing Growth in Latin Assemblies America ...... 3 1 French Zone Ten Groups Reach Assembly Greenville, S. C., Mrs. Rachel Mother­ Herr Arno Knabe, Milhlbachstr 22 sill, Secretary, 639 N. Main Street. Status ...... 1 3 U eberlingen/Bodensee. (2 perso~s). ' Seventeen Settlers Urgently Wilmington, Del. , Miss M. Newman, Frl. Lydia Ana-Theurer, Leonhardstr. Needed ...... 2 1 Secretary, 2417 Market Street. 1, Pfullingen. To Reach the Goal ...... 2 2 Albuquerque, New Mexico, Mrs. Mary Dr. Hedwig Muller, Kaiserstr. 25, Pfull­ Attention G . I. Students ...... 4 2 ingen. (2 persons). Lou Ewing, Secretary, P.O. Box 1206 The Temple Teaches the World 4 3 Russian Zone Portland, Oregon, Mrs. Rachel Porter New Questionnaire Cards . . .. 8 1 Leipzig Public Meetings Schedule. . . . 9 1 • Foster, Secretary, 5544 N. Delaware, Frl. Maria Schreiber, Plaussigerstr, 6 II. Books Placed in Ninety Li- Portland, 11. (2 persons). braries ...... 11 1 Maui, Hawaii, Mrs. Daisy E. Sabin, Frl. Klara Sieg, Tielemannstr. 5 Hof. A Kit of Contacts, Publicity Acting-Secretary, P .O. Box 81, Fr. Hanni Marggraf, Brockhausstr. 36 and Advertising Material. ... 11 2 Puuene, Maui, T. H. ptr. 1, Leipzig W 31. ' News of Other Lands RostockjMecklbg. Hunger Slows Teaching in Ger- National Committees Herr Wilhelm Jenzen, Massmanstr. 31 , many ...... 5 3 Regional Teaching Commiitte for (3 persons). First Contacts with Japanese Brazil Berlin BaM'is ...... 3 1 News from "The Speck" 9 3 Mr. Edmund Miessler of Sao Paulo, Herr Ernst Diestelhorst, Am Vogelherd 6 b. Schulz, Berlin-Grunewald (2 per­ appointed. Local Communities sons). Berkeley Holds Public Meet- Mr. Aureo Cooper of Rio de Janiero, Dr. Dieterle, Goethestr. 81 v. IV l , ings ...... 2 1 appointed. Berlin-Cha rlottenburg. . Persian Visitors in the News . . 4 1 Herr Theo Lehne, Patkstr. 24, Dallgow­ State Fair Exhibits ...... 5 1 Doberitz b . Berlin (2 persons). Baha'i Lecture in Maui ...... 9 2 Enrollments by Assemblies Frl. Elsbeth Lodemann, Eisenacherstr. Radio Script Writing at Green Los Angeles 4. Columbus 5, Louisville 61 II. Berlin-Schoneberg. Acre ...... 8 3 1, Pasadena 2, 2 youth, New York 3, Herr Wilhelm Leidinger, Wusterrnarker­ str. 32 I 1, Berlin-Spandau. · Letters from the Guardian . . . . . 9 2 Indianapolis 1, 1 youth, Glendale 3, An­ Warnemunde International Relief Lists ...... 10 2 chorage 4, Detroit 1, Honolulu 1, At­ Fr. Charlotte Schwedler, Personenbahn­ World Order Subscription Rate .. 11 2 lanta 1, San Francisco 3, Teaneck 1 hof (2 persons) . World Order, February ...... 11 3 youth, Chicago 2, Alhambra 1, Portland Schwerin/Mecklbg. l, Cleveland 1, Seattle 1, Albuquerque 2, New Publications ...... 12 1 Fr. Martha Klingelhofer, Am Ziegelsee. Enrollments ...... 12 2 Kansas City 1, West Chester 1, Wilming­ Herr Karl Klitzing, Jungfernstieg 21, (2 ton 1, Fargo 1, Berkeley l, .Richmond persons). In Memoriam ...... 9 1 Highlands 2, Santa Barbara 1. · Auerbach b. Zwickau Calendar ...... 11 3 Regional Teaching areas 32. Frl. Else Becker, Ernst Thiilmannstr. 84. Directory ...... 12 1