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Letter of 25 March 19571 127 |
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Regarding the matters raised in your letter, as he wrote you
before, he does not feel in this stage in the development of the
Faith and the Institution of the Hands, that the Hands should
request to not be elected on National Bodies, or resign from them.
However, there is no reason why they cannot ask their fellow-members,
if they are elected, to leave them free of the heavier
administrative offices, so that they can do more in their function
as Hands. There is no reason why there should not be a frank
discussion of these problems before the National Assembly itself
votes for its Officers.
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The National Assembly is not obliged to follow the wish of the
Hands.
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It is also not the Body empowered to tell the Hands
what to do; they can make suggestions to them.
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As regards your highly meritorious desire to pioneer behind the
Iron Curtain, he does not feel that this would be advisable or in
the best interests of the Faith. You should continue your work
where you are in Germany, and do all you can, as a Hand and as
a member of the National Body, to see that some pioneers undertake
this important service.
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to Dr. Adelbert Mühlschlegel
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the Hands, however, can make suggestions to the N.S.A.
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