write you concerning the important
matter of teaching the minorities of Canada.

He has spoken in some detail to Miss Harvey(56) concerning the subject,
and she can and will amplify this communication.

He feels it most important that active work be done in connection with the
French Canadians, Eskimos, and Indians. You are also now actively in touch
with the Poles and Ukrainians in your country.

In order to intensify this work, the Guardian feels you should establish a
Minorities Teaching Committee, with sub-committees to specialize in the
teaching of French Canadians, Eskimos, and Indians. As the work spreads,
you can add other sub-committees, such as one for Eastern Europe, or the
countries under active consideration. In other words, sub-committees might
be formed for regional areas of the globe, where their people form a
goodly number of inhabitants of Canada.

Thus you would now have a Minorities Committee, with sub-committees to
specialize in the teaching work of the Eskimos, another sub-committee for
the Indians, another for the French Canadians, and another one for the
Poles and Ukrainians.

With loving Baha'i greetings, I am,
Faithfully yours,
LEROY IOAS.

Letter of March 30, 1957

Haifa, Israel,
March 30, 1957.

National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of Canada.

The beloved Guardian has instructed me to answer certain matters raised in
your recent correspondence with him.

He is delighted to see that substantial progress is being made in Samoa.
It is too early for him to say under whose administrative jurisdiction the
Samoan Baha'is will come in the future. It will probably be Australia, but
at the present time, these things have not been definitely settled.

DEFINITION OF COVENANT-BREAKING

People who have withdrawn from the Cause because they no longer feel that
they can support its Teachings and Institutions sincerely, are not
Covenant-breakers--they are non-Baha'is and should just be treated as such.
Only those who ally themselves actively with known enemies of the Faith
who are Covenant-breakers, and who attack the Faith in the same spirit as
these people, can be considered, themselves, to be Covenant-breakers. As
you know, up to the present time, no one has been permitted to pronounce
anybody a Covenant-breaker but the Guardian himself.

With warm Baha'i greetings, and assuring you all of his prayers for the
success of your important work,

R. RABBANI.

Letter of Octo