, must,
through a supreme effort on the part of pioneers, visiting teachers and
Regional Committees, be steadfastly maintained. Simultaneously a no less
determined effort should be exerted to enable the admittedly large number
of groups scattered throughout the Americas to attain Assembly status. No
less urgent is the obligation to proclaim the verities enshrined in the
Faith of Baha'u'llah by every means which individuals, Assemblies and
committees can devise, through the press and radio, through an
unprecedented dissemination of literature, through its systematic
translation into Spanish and Portuguese and above all through active
association with leaders of public thought as well as direct contact with
the masses of the people. Through such means as these, and through such
means only can the members of the American Baha'i Community, who have so
audaciously and successfully launched the first stage of the Divine Plan,
be enabled to pave the way and usher in, soon after the cessation of
hostilities, the succeeding stage in the evolution of their world mission.
My prayers and loving thoughts surround them continually in their devoted
labors.

December 24, 1944

THE ADMISSION OF PERSIANS

I desire to reiterate the warning that no Persian, student or otherwise,
must be admitted into the community under any circumstances unless
provided with full credentials. Exception and compromise would be
detrimental to the vital interests of the Faith at the present juncture.
The utmost caution and vigilance is imperative.

January 20, 1945

STAUNCH PIONEER

Deeply grieve passing of indefatigable, staunch pioneer (i.e., Miss Mary
Lesch) of the Faith in the Day of the Covenant. The record of her services
imperishable, her reward great in the Abha Kingdom.

Cablegram, March 27, 1945

THE ONE MESSAGE THAT CAN EXTRICATE HUMANITY

The Divine Plan conceived by 'Abdu'l-Baha for the American Baha'i
community, in the midst of one of the darkest periods in human history and
with which the destinies of the followers of Baha'u'llah in the North
American continent must for generations to come remain inextricably
interwoven, has, during the concluding years of the first Baha'i Century,
triumphantly emerged from the first stage of its evolution. Its
initiation, officially and on a vast scale, had, for well nigh twenty
years, been held in abeyance, while the processes of a slowly emerging
administrative Order