March 23. On this date in 1955, Charlotte Linfoot wrote "We have had so many letters asking for clarification of the statement in David Hofman's book about the relationship of the Hands of the Cause and the appointment of the Guardian's successor. The Guardian cabled us that the statement is incorrect in the book. He will be guided to make the right selection and in this matter will be infallible, and we must accept that or our whole understanding of the Will and Testament is in error."

 

March 23. On this date in 1955, Charlotte Linfoot wrote "We have had so many letters asking for clarification of the statement in David Hofman's book about the relationship of the Hands of the Cause and the appointment of the Guardian's successor. The Guardian cabled us that the statement is incorrect in the book. He will be guided to make the right selection and in this matter will be infallible, and we must accept that or our whole understanding of the Will and Testament is in error."

This is a note from a letter dated March 23, 1955 by Charlotte Linfoot to Anna Stevenson, attached to the pilgrim notes of Valera Allen, citing a cable from Shoghi Effendi that he would be infallible in his choice of successor. From copy by Anna Stevenson.

"We have had so many letters asking for clarification of the statement in David Hofman's book about the relationship of the Hands of the Cause and the appointment of the Guardian's successor. The Guardian cabled us that the statement is incorrect in the book. He will be guided to make the right selection and in this matter will be infallible, and we must accept that or our whole understanding of the Will and Testamentis in error."

Charlotte Linfoot was born in 1895, and from 1953 until her death in 1976, she served as a member and assistant secretary of the National Spiritual Assembly of the United States. She also simultaneously served on the editorial committees of Bahá’í News and the Bahá’í World.