ished a great deal in the way of increasing the number of Baha'is,
nor the number of Spiritual Assemblies.

The beloved Guardian sincerely hopes you will make it a point of major
study and consideration on the part of your Assembly, so that the entire
Community may lend itself to the accomplishment of this great goal during
the coming year. Foundations must be laid for many more Assemblies. The
friends must disperse from the large centres of population. Our teaching
work must become so sanctified and penetrating that many, many souls will
be confirmed. The friends should go forward on this great task in a very
determined manner in order to establish as many new Assemblies during the
coming year as are possible.

In letters which have come to the beloved Guardian, he has noted the
friends feel there is no need to establish new Assemblies until 1963.

The Ten Year Crusade ends in 1963; but as many of the goals should be won
as quickly as is possible. It should certainly be clear to all of the
friends that we cannot hold off on winning the various goals of our tasks
until the last year of the Crusade. They should be won just as quickly as
possible. Furthermore, there are many tasks of the Crusade which the
Guardian is not launching until preliminary goals have been won. For
instance, it would be impossible to establish National Assemblies in all
of the areas proposed until there are more Baha'is, more Groups and more
Assemblies in those countries.

On the home front, further tasks are dependent upon the winning of
victories now. The Guardian hopes the keynote of the teaching work on the
home front during the current year will be the dispersion of the friends
on an unprecedented scale, and the winning of as many Assemblies as is
possible....

LETTER OF 20 APRIL 1955

20 April 1955

Dear Ugo:

I have your favor of April 10th, telling of your visit with the German
Architect, Prof. Dr. Bartning, and his explanation to you of the elements
to be incorporated in the new Temple for Germany.

The Beloved Guardian explains that there is no requirement for one window
to be oriented toward the East. In fact, he feels this should not be done;
otherwise it will take on a practice of the Moslems with regard to their
prayer niche, etc. I am sending a copy of this note to the German NSA, so
they will understand.

The Guardian has also indicated that there is nothing in the teaching
requiring one dome for the building,