; and October 6th and 13th, have all been
received, as well as their enclosures, and he has instructed me to answer
you on his behalf....

He received a letter direct from the World Congress of Faiths, and wrote
them offering full Baha'i co-operation, and informing them he was ready to
appoint a Baha'i representative to attend any conference they may hold.

The discovery of the Master's letter to Andrew Carnegie is very
interesting, in spite of the very poor translation of this Tablet, and he
will be very pleased to receive a photostat of the original, or at least a
faithful copy of the text in Persian.

He would be pleased to continue receiving the reports of the Assembly
Development Committee.

Regarding the question you asked him: he feels that in the case of a
believer who will be 21 years old on April 22nd, there is no objection, at
this time, when the work of the Cause is so urgent and the workers so few,
in permitting him to vote on April 21st.

The conduct of ... is an excellent example of why he, (and 'Abdu'l-Baha
before him), feels it so necessary to be very strict about the admission
of Orientals into the communities of the Western world. The British
people, being shrewd by nature and having had considerable experience with
Orientals and peoples of all races, are far less vulnerable to the
insidious influence of the insincere than are the more naive and less
experienced Americans. People such as this young man, Baha'i in name
whenever it suits their convenience to be so, caring really nothing about
the Faith at heart, and ready to abandon it at a moment's notice if the
pleasures to be gained outweigh the humiliation of ostracism, are a real
menace to the Cause, especially to the faith of young and untried
believers. It is to protect the Cause against such individuals that the
Guardian is at present so strict about not permitting Persians to visit
America at this time.

In regard to your question about qualifications of delegates and assembly
members: the qualifications which he outlined are really applicable to
anyone we elect to a Baha'i office, whatever its nature. But those are
only an indication, they do not mean people who don't fulfil them cannot
be elected to office. We must aim as high as we can. He does not feel the
friends should attach so much importance to limitations--such as people
perhaps not being able to attend assembly or convention meetings, because
if they do, then the fundamental co