ontinents; to lend its aid for the acquisition of land in anticipation of
the erection of four Temples, two in Europe, one in Africa and one in
Central America; to lend an impetus to the progress of the Faith in its
homeland through raising to three hundred the number of local spiritual
assemblies and to one hundred the number of incorporated assemblies, as
well as through the founding of a Baha'i Publishing Trust and the
proclamation of the Faith through the press and radio; to enroll in the
ranks of the followers of Baha'u'llah members of the Indian, of the Basque
and Gypsy races; to assume responsibility for the translation and
publication of Baha'i literature in twenty languages, ten in the Americas
and ten in Europe; and to contribute to the consolidation of the Faith in
eight of the European goal countries through the establishment of local
incorporations, as well as through the quadrupling of the number of local
assemblies and the trebling of the number of local Baha'i centers in each
one of them.

While this colossal task, which in its magnitude and potentialities
transcends any previous collective enterprise launched in the course of
American Baha'i history, is being energetically carried out, it should be
constantly borne in mind--and this applies to all communities without
exception participating in this World Crusade--that the twofold task of
extension and consolidation must be supplemented by continuous and
strenuous efforts to increase speedily not only the number of the avowed
followers of the Faith in both the virgin and opened territories and
islands included within the scope of the Ten Year Plan, but also to swell
the ranks of its active supporters who will consecrate their time,
resources and energy to the effectual spread of its teachings and the
multiplication and consolidation of its administrative institutions.

The movement of pioneers, the opening of virgin territories, the
initiation of Houses of Worship and of administrative headquarters, the
incorporation of local and national elective bodies, the multiplication of
assemblies, groups and isolated centers, the increase in the number of
races represented in the world Baha'i fellowship, the translation,
publication and dissemination of Baha'i literature, the consolidation of
administrative agencies and the creation of auxiliary bodies designed to
support them, however valuable, essential and meritorious, will in the
long run amount to little and