He fully agrees with the Bombay Assembly that they are in need of an
English-speaking Secretary, in view of the increasingly large volume of
correspondence they receive in English. But he feels that this emergency
does not afford sufficient justification to any believer or Assembly to
make the slightest departure from the recognized and duly established
principles governing the election of the members of any Assembly, whether
local or national. If the Bombay Assembly feels it necessary to have a
Secretary for the English correspondence they can appoint an Assistant
Secretary from outside the Assembly. It is only the body of Baha'i
electors who can bring about any change in the membership of the Assembly,
and this during the Ridvan feast which for all administrative purposes is
the beginning of the Baha'i Year.