iterature
in the following ten languages, to be undertaken by the National Spiritual
Assembly of the Baha'is of the United States of America: Aguaruna, Arawak,
Blackfoot, Cherokee, Iroquois, Lengua, Mataco, Maya, Mexican and Yahgan.
Sixth, the consolidation of Greenland, Mackenzie and Newfoundland,
allocated to the National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of Canada; of
Alaska, the Hawaiian Islands and Puerto Rico allocated to the National
Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of the United States of America; of
Bermuda, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala,
Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Martinique, Mexico, Nicaragua and Panama
allocated to the National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of Central
America; and of Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador,
Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela, allocated to the National Spiritual
Assembly of the Baha'is of South America. Seventh, the incorporation of
the twenty-one above-mentioned national spiritual assemblies. Eighth, the
establishment by these same national spiritual assemblies of national
Baha'i endowments. Ninth, the establishment of a national Haziratu'l-Quds
in the capital city of each of the aforementioned republics, as well as
one in Anchorage, Alaska. Tenth, the formation of two national Baha'i
publishing trusts, one in Wilmette, Illinois, and the other in Rio de
Janeiro, Brazil. Eleventh, the formation of an Israel branch of the
National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of Canada, authorized to hold,
on behalf of its parent institution, property dedicated to the holy
shrines at the World Center of the Faith in the state of Israel. Twelfth,
the appointment during Ridvan 1954, by the Hands of the Cause in the
United States and Canada, of an Auxiliary Board of nine members who will,
in conjunction with the four national spiritual assemblies participating
in the American campaign, assist, through periodic and systematic visits
to Baha'i centers, in the efficient and prompt execution of the plans
formulated for the prosecution of the teaching campaign in the American
continent.

PORTRAIT OF BAHA'U'LLAH SENT

Mindful of the magnificent services rendered during over half a century by
the chief executors of 'Abdu'l-Baha's Divine Plan, within a territory that
posterity will regard as the cradle of the embryonic World Order of
Baha'u'llah and the stronghold of its nascent institutions, and confident
that this vast and historic assembla