Flowers for the Women Wearing Veils - Volume I — Page 480
! ! 480 offices, they should then correspond with the Jama'ats known to them. For those Jama'ats unknown to them , they should obtain [ the relevant information] from the office of Sadr Anjuman Ahmadiyya. Thereafter , they should correspond with the male secretaries there, acquire information about the women in the area, and attempt to establish a Lajna there. On the one hand , I urge each woman to leave here with the intention of most certainly establishing a L ajna Ima’illah once she arrives home. O n the other hand, I am drawing the National Lajna ’s attention to their responsibility to finally decide to establish Lajna Ima’illah in every city, town, and village of India within the year. [Indeed], not only within India, but it should strive to establish Lajnaat outside of India as well. I am bringing this to the attention of both [groups], for at times the locals procrastinate and at times, the headquarters delay. Therefore, I have drawn the attention of both [groups] to this , so that if National shows indolence , the locals can draw their attention towards this matter in order to motivate them. I f the locals procrastinate, the headquarters should attempt to reform them. Until then, the National Lajna is at fault , and it is their mistake that they have not yet organized their own administration. I mportant tasks cannot be executed without staff. I have indicated to the women of the Lajna several times that they should appoint permanent staff to work in the office full - time. After all, women are teaching in schools and they are doctors, so why can we not find industrious women to permanently work for our administration? It is my belief that we can find such women who will work as clerks or secretaries for an appropriate salary and can correspond with Lajnaat outside [of Q adian]. At present , this work has been assigned to such women , who are at times available to do the job and at other times , are not. Th us, they are un able to complete the work to the required standard. F rom the very beginning , I had also advised the Khuddam [the men’s auxiliary from fifteen to forty years of age] to hire permanent workers for their office and not worry about having to pay these workers some nominal salary , because un less you maintain workers on a permanent basis you will never be able to achieve success. Accordingly, th e Khuddam appointed such workers and for the most