ent and
imperishable contribution made by them, singly and collectively, to the
rise and establishment of the institutions of their beloved Faith at its
World Center; through the assistance given by their distinguished
representatives serving in the Holy Land, in hastening the erection of the
Baha'i International Archives, through the purchase of the site of the
Mother Temple of the Holy Land, the enlargement of the scope of Baha'i
international endowments on the slopes of Mt. Carmel and in the Plain of
Akka, the embellishment of the sacred precincts of the two holiest Shrines
of the Baha'i world; the formation of the Israel Branches of four national
spiritual assemblies, the preparation and completion of the designs of the
first Ma_sh_riqu'l-A_dh_kars to be erected in the Asiatic, the African and
Australian continents, and the setting in motion, through the
instrumentality of various departments of the Israeli government, of a
long-drawn-out process, culminating in the expropriation by the state of
the entire property, owned and controlled by the remnants of the breakers
of Baha'u'llah's Covenant, immediately surrounding His resting-place and
the Mansion of Bahji, the evacuation of this property by this ignoble
band, and the final and definite purification, after the lapse of no less
than six decades, of the Outer Sanctuary of the Most Holy Shrine of the
Baha'i world, of the defilement, which had caused so much sorrow and
anxiety to the heart of 'Abdu'l-Baha--these are among the enduring
achievements which four brief years of unremitting devotion to the
interests of the Ten-Year Plan have brought about, and which will
eternally redound to the glory of the champion-builders of Baha'u'llah's
embryonic World Order, holding aloft so valiantly the banner of His Faith
in the great republic of the West.

THE HOME FRONT--BASE FOR EXPANSION OF FUTURE OPERATIONS

Though much has been achieved in the space of less than five years, though
the objectives of the Ten-Year Plan, in most of its essential aspects, may
be said to have been triumphantly attained long before the time appointed
for its termination, through a striking display, and a remarkable
combination, of American Baha'i initiative, resourcefulness, generosity,
fidelity and perseverance, the Plan, prosecuted hitherto so vigorously by
the rank and file of this community, may be said to be still suffering in
some of its vital aspects, from certain deficiencies, w