policy that should govern the
conduct of the Star of the West, the character and the range of the Baha'i
Bibliography to be inserted in the next edition of the Baha'i Year Book,
the present position of Baha'u'llah's House in Ba_gh_dad, the hopes and
desires I cherish for the successful conclusion of the Plan of Unified
Action, and the consequences and possibilities involved in the decision of
Egypt's religious Tribunal regarding the Muslim Baha'is in that land.

The splendid record of the action taken by the national and local
representatives of the Baha'is of the United States and Canada, embodied
in the compilation of newspaper cuttings which you have recently sent me,
will be forwarded to the National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of
Persia. I will request them to pass it on from hand to hand, that the rank
and file of the sufferers in that distracted country may obtain the
strength and solace which the perusal of such a noble record of service is
bound to produce.

Regarding the publicity campaign, recently launched, with your consent and
under your general supervision, by a group of devoted friends, I desire to
express my earnest hope that it may be richly blessed by our Beloved and
yield abundant fruit. I am gratified to learn that those who have
conceived such a comprehensive plan and have generously supported it by
every means in their power have refrained from any action that would
involve the imposing of a fresh burden upon those who have incurred the
financial obligations connected with the Budget Plan. I earnestly hope
that those who have undertaken to finance this project with such
spontaneous generosity have already fulfilled their sacred obligations in
connection with the Plan, and will not allow any pledges they have made
for publicity to interfere with their regular contributions to the
National Fund, the paramount importance of which has already been
emphasized.

The Spirit of Enterprise

It is the duty and privilege of the National and Local Assemblies if they
find that the pressing requirements of their local and national budgets
have been adequately met, to encourage individuals and groups to initiate
and conduct, with their knowledge and consent, any undertaking that would
serve to enhance the work which they have set themselves to achieve. Not
content with appeals addressed to each and every believer to offer any
constructive suggestions or plan that would remedy an existing grieva