Informant, May 1942
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“Blameless in the day of our Lord.”—1 Cor. 1:8
MAY, 1942
BROOKLYN, N. Y.
Aiding Refugees” Campaign Begins!
Distribute All Foreign-Language Literature ■
Order More if Needed .a.m ~T^r.Tunei bTmffi?
Pioneer Mail I
All pioneer publishers, whether I
Nothing like the “Aiding Refugees” campaign has ever before been arranged. Free distribution of millions of pieces of literature is phenomenal. Never before have we had the privilege to participate in such a campaign ; but now we have. Undoubtedly we shall cover a wider
shelves after June
should be
11 re".
Brethren concentrate
marked
in New
Report on the Watchtoiver Campaign
There is every evidence that The
I special or general, should send in1
ALL subscriptions, orders, and other ! Th1.i)(.k V.Y is on the inerease and
French: for that is where most of
these people Brethren
reside.
in New
Pennsylvania,
I REE WTERA- mail addressed to “im.NEER DESK . | thilt ,lpllovah is with his people. v t t d.n.1.1 < Vin envel,,I7 ful;nisTh;'’ ,be \ Never in the history of the Lord’s England should Society are preferred. If tins is I ,p has tJ bppn camp!lign ularly on the.done much unnecessary work udl ukp 1hp PU1.1.pnt WnM,fo,rer Cam-be eliminated in the^ office and the, At the timp tbis material is
result will be more efficient handling - -
throughout.
General pioneer publishers who are also company servants should send in company subscriptions, orders, and other mail, in the usual
Jersey. New
Illinois, and
field than ever before, because of ; Wisconsin have the majority of the
the great many language groups we are bound to serve. These people have connections around the world. No one can tell what the ultimate result of this campaign will be, but. being the Lord's arrangement, it
Germans, and should be prepared to serve them.
Brethren in Massachusetts, New
have
------- — . ------- ., manner. However, if the envelope Pennsylvania, and Illinois [ contains matters pertaining only to a large Greek population to pioneer publishers, we request that
shall prosper. Everyone therefore take advantage privilege with enthusiasm the “refugees” during May.
should of this and aid
There must be people of goodwill among all of these groups. Now as never before they realize their need for The Theocracy. Conditions in the earth are breaking down their self-confidence and reliance upon human organizations; consequently they are in a more receptive mood and in a better condition to listen to the Kingdom provisions than at any time in the past. We should “sow beside all waters” and “comfort all that mourn”. This can be accomplished only by
aiding them to obtain a of the Lord's purposes.
knowledge
serve. Those in California, Washing- it be addressed to “Pioneer Desk”.
ton, and Oregon have the Japanese population.
The Lithuanians are mostly in Illinois, New York, and Massachusetts. Brethren there should seek them out and serve them.
The Polish people are mostly in Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Michigan, and Wisconsin.
Of course, orders for any addi-
More “Children”
Studies Necessary
Make Special Report
The education of the people in the tional foreign-lan”ua”e literature'truth of God's Word ls the I,ul’Pose tionai roreign ian„ua„e literature. Watch Tower Bible
are not restricted to the above
states; any companies or pioneers who can distribute more of the above languages should order. This foreign-language stock is shipped free, for quick distribution, and the
publishers may
accept whatever
& Tract Society, Inc., was organized and exists. This is why Jehovah's servants are on the earth. Our big work is to aid the “other sheep”.
The actual proof shows that the most effective way to study Cod's
Order More
We still have a good French, German, Greek,
supply of Japanese,
Lithuanian, Polish, Slovak, and Ukrainian literature on hand. Don't be afraid to order as much more of these as you can use in your territory. This literature must go out. The campaign will even be extended into the month of June in those sections where it is impossible for the publishers to reach all the foreign-speaking people during May. We must get this information to the people. Don't keep it on your
. .. Word and to arrive at the trulli
contributions are ottered. The com-,. ... .. , , , ,
, , ,, , .iis with the help of the hooks
pany publishers should turn these in 1
to the company servant for remitting to the Society. Pioneers may retain all contributions received for
free literature and use such to help meet their expenses.
See that all foreign-speaking peo-
published by the Society. They provide a systematic course of study and assist the people of good-will in clearly seeing and appreciating the key facts on the Bible. The book Children is the latest and tin-
, . , doubtedly the most effective in this
pie in your territory are properly i respect
served. Take the names of those E P0IU . should develop with whom you leave literature, and I iore children stadies iDlniediate]v. arrange to call back upon them I whprp (h Ip havP rpppivpd tIie
with the records in their respective languages. Arrange for book studies if possible. Be patient and kind to j the people of good-will and help | them learn the truth.
Society’s Phonograph Records May Soon Go Out of Production
Order What You Need
Several manufacturers of phonograph records have refused to make any more records for us. saying that they cannot get the material. Reports have also been sent out from Washington to the effect that phonograph-record production is being reduced 30 percent. The Society has stocked a good supply of records over a period of months, foreseeing that something like this might occur. Just two weeks ago our present manufacturer refused to accept any further orders. It appears, therefore, that records will be very difficult to obtain. We admonish the brethren to be very careful with the
records they have, so as to make them last as long as possible, and also to order such supplies as jou may need within the next few months. We will ship what we have. After the present supply of records is gone, then the best we can do is to
book Children and have been assisted to understand the Study Course when delivered to them, they are ready for a book study without any further preliminaries and a book study should be started with them right away. Where the people have not kept up with the Study Course or read the book to any great extent, their interest may have to be revived | with the recordings “Children of
The King", "Comfort All That Mourn," and "Integrity”. Put on one or more series as required, but get into a Children study as soon as possible. Willi the new G4-page "Children" Study Questions booklet, anyone who can read and write and
use those records that we have on is fully devoted to the Lord is quali-
hand in our witness work.
We hope next three graphs for Phonograph
to produce within the months all the phono-which we have parts, production is also being
placed on the prohibited list of nonessentials during the war period. Take good care of the equipment you have and use it to the glory of the Lord.
tied to conduct a study of Children among people of good-will. Those who honestly try to do so. even though they never conducted a study before, can. if they do it in the
strength of the Lord; and supply their needs.
Each company and each pioneer publisher will show
He will
general on their
May report the number of different
prepared for printing ST,510 new subscriptions have been received and entered, while much mail is yet unopened. Those who participated in the previous campaign will recall that the subscriptions came in very slowly and in order to reach our quota it was necessary to extend the campaign another month, May 1941. May 1942. however, is the time for aiding the "refugees", and that will be the principal work in those sections of the country where people speak foreign languages. The distribution of this foreign literature is important.
Although it is not necessary this year to extend the Watchtower Campaign in order to reach our quota, there are some sections of the country where it should be carried on. The reasons: Many rural areas have been inaccessible due to bad weather and impassable roads: many of the brethren have no foreign-speaking people in their territories, or so few that they would not have enough to do in foreign-literature distribution; during the campaign many back-calls
have not been be made and presented.
May should Clean up all
made which should the special offer be
be a busy month, back-calls. Place as
many more new subscriptions as possible. Get everything in good order for the June campaign. Distribute FOREIGN-LANGUAGE LITERA-
Pubs.
Av. Hrs.
Av. B-C
Comp'y Pubs. 60,094 Sept. ’41 20.3 June ’40 4.6 Oct. ’40
Pioneers 5,151 Jan. ’42 127.2 Jan. ’42 36.9 Jan. ’42
COMPANY PUBLISHER! done your share toward a call all-time peak? October long time ago. So was
Have you new back-1940 was a
June
Change
Comp'y Pio.
it in May 19421!
Pubs.
55,970
5,163
Mar.
H ns.
14.6
123.0
B-C
3.9
33.2
Mar.
Hrs.
14.7
113.3
1940.
1941 Av. B-C
3.0
22.5
book studies they conducted during the last week in May and the total attendance at these meetings during that week, counting only people of good-will, and not the publishers. The special publisher pioneers will make their usual reports for the month of May. These reports on the number of book studies and attendance should not at any time include the publishers who attend or conduct the meeting.
“Willing Volunteers,” Prepare for June!
5,000,000 Booklets Our Goal
Every Publisher Should Participate
Jehovah, in loving-kindness, is again arranging for another great witness to lie given to his name and kingdom during tlie month of June. The “Willing Volunteers” Testimony I’eriod offers all the servants of Jehovah the opportunity to show themselves willing in this day of Jehovah’s power. For the month of June provision is made io place thousands of the book Children and millions of booklets in the hands of these people that are starving and in need of something comforting and substantial. This necessary food the Lord has placed in the hands of the companies and pioneers for distribution, and a determined effort should be made during this Testimony Period to see that all people in their respective territories be afforded the opportunity to feed upon the truth.
The offer for the “Willing Volunteers” Testimony Period is the book Children and seven booklets, on a contribution of 35c, each combination including the booklet Hope. If the party has already obtained Children, then any other bound book published by the Society may be substituted. If they do not wish to contribute 35c, then offer them the seven-booklet combination of 4 self-covered and 3 colored-cover booklets on a contribution of 10c.
publisher, whether pioneer or company publisher, should set himself a weekly quota and strive to meet that quota. The weekly activities of the company during this Testimony Period should be reported to the company by the company servant each week at the service meeting, and the weak points of the company as a whole should be brought to the attention of all: and then each individual should adjust his activi-
days of January, 1941, an excellent witness was given to the people of this country with a booklet offer of 7 booklets, on a 10c contribution. During December, 1940, 50.000 publishers placed in tlie hands of the people well in excess of 5 million booklets. During the 12-day extension of this Testimony Period over into January. 1941, more than 21 million booklets were placed, thus adding up to a grand total of over 7, million booklets for the 43 days of the Testimony Period. This included also the placements of the 3,500 pioneers enrolled at that time.
ties accordingly. Organize evening i Certainly the I,ord blessed that Tes-work and start the new publishers . timony Period richly, and now, with with a group. We should have a I over GO.OOO publishers, to compare with that 50,noli, and with over
new peak of publishers during June.
The company servant should, upon receipt of this Informant, check over the company stock of books and booklets on hand and ascertain whether or not there is a supply of 7 books and 70 booklets per publisher; that is, 30 colored-cover and 40 self-covered booklets for each publisher. Pioneers likewise should take inventory of their stock and ascertain whether or not they have sufficient literature on hand to meet their quota. If either the company or the pioneers do not have sufficient literature, then as soon as possible order what is needed.
5,000 pioneers, to compare with the 3,500 at that time, we can confidently look forward to the greatest witness yet given and the greatest placement of literature in a single month, all to the aid and comfort of thousands of ‘mourning’ “sheep” and to the praise and honor of the Most High God, Jehovah.
Don’t Forget Magazines
Use of Wrapper
For the purpose of displaying the booklets, the Society has prepared an attractive wrapper to be used to bind the booklets together in one package. A brief statement of comforting facts appears on the wrapper. This will enable the people to see at a glance what you have. These wrappers are being consigned to the companies, with this Informant, on the basis of 8 wrappers for each company publisher; and the general and the special pioneer publishers will receive 90 wrappers each. The wrapper should be used over and over, when possible, as only one consignment will be made. The wrappers can be so pasted as to fit loosely over the combination of booklets, and then when the booklets are presented to the obtainer the wrapper can be slipped off without any difficulty and be used again in the same manner. It is suggested that whenever possible a group of the brethren get together sometime when it won't interfere with the witness work and paste up a supply of these wrappers so the publishers may obtain them ready to use when they get their literature.
After the doorstep setup has been accomplished, present tlie book Children and the combination of booklets, emphasizing to the people the importance of reading and studying
Company Credits
During June the company publishers will obtain the colored-cover booklets from the company with which they are associated, at the rate of lie each, these to be placed during the month of June. The company will be credited 2c for each colored-cover booklet so placed, if such request is noted at the bottom of the June company report card. If the company wishes credit on account, the company servant should carefully place the number of col-
OBED-COVER BOOKLETS ONLY
Aid in Locating ‘Other Sheep’
In view of the fact that the magazine activity was not mentioned in the outline of the “new work” which appeared in the November, 1941, Informant, many of the brethren have concluded that it is no longer proper to engage in route and street magazine witnessing. This is an entirely erroneous conclusion. Our present commission from the Lord is that of hunting, I fishing, and sowing beside all wa-
in Ilie; ters. One of the best instruments
lower left-hand corner of the re- that the Lord has provided for this port card, and the company account work is the Watchtower magazine, will be credited at the rate of 2c for J and many real “sheep” have been each colored-cover booklet placed. If; found both on the street and in the company wishes the privilege of; route work. It is true that at presbearing this expense themselves, it I ent we are to push the placing of will not be necessary to make any 1 the book Children, following it up notation on the bottom of the card. J with the Study Course, back-calls,
The total of booklets placed should be noted as usual in the regular column provided for that purpose on the company report card. Pio-
neers will not
receive credit on
their account for booklets placed.
Back-Calls
The back-call
and Studies servant
book studies and model studies, and aiding the people generally to see the issue and take their stand on the Lord's side. However, there are times, such as Saturday afternoon and evening, when back-calls and studies in the homes cannot lie made
Attention, All Pioneers, Company Servants, and Stockkeepers !
Freight rates are increasing. It is imperative that all branches of The Theocracy co-operate more closely in the matter of ordering literature and supplies. You would receive your orders promptlj. and we would have less mail to handle and invoice, if more 100-pound shipments could be made.
A 100-pound shipment would average about 145 clothbound books weighing 7/10 of a pound each, or 21 cartons of booklets weighing about 8 pounds per 100 booklets. Standard eartons hold on books, except Children, of which they hold 50; and this size of carton holds 460 colored-cover booklets, 500 selfcovered 64-page booklets, or 1,000 32-page self-covered booklets.
Pioneers and companies should not send in more than one or two orders a month, and should make those 100-pound orders if at all possible. Isolated pioneers or those small companies where there are no pioneers should send in only one order a month, regardless of size, except in an emergency. If a pioneer or company persists in sending three or more orders a month and of less than 100 pounds, we shall have to hold the orders and combine them, so that shipping expenses may be kept down. This will mean a delay to you and extra work here, which can be avoided with a little planning and care. A company and pioneers in the same town or territory should send in their individual orders in one envelope, and made out to be shipped to one address, preferably that of the company servant. All pioneers combining their orders should give one shipping address (that of the pioneer to whom the shipment is to be sent), and include them in one envelope. Pioneer orders going to different shipping points should not be put in the same envelope.
We should not receive many orders marked “RUSH”. But if an emergency should arise as a result of circumstances beyond your control. then it will be all right to send in a “Rush” order. Do not mark as a “Rusli” order every order you send in: do so only when absolutely necessary. Always try to anticipate your needs far enough in advance to send your order to Brooklyn and allow it to be routed in the most economical way. Today shipments are being delayed by “war priorities”.
effectively, and this time should be should , seized upon to engage in the maga-
check over the back-call file and zine activity, both street and route
have in order for the June Testimony Period all the names of interested people in the territory, and issue these names to the publishers who hold the respective territories, to be called on during the “Willing Volunteers” Testimony Period.
the the the ed.
book Children in order to learn truth and teach their children
truth as the The record
Eord lias comninnd-
"Vahie of Knowl-
edge” or any record may lie
other
appropriate
7-booklet combination
used. Drop to the
when they
Bear party study witli
in mind that each interested is a prospect for a Children and that the back-call work
work. It would be well, say on Saturday afternoon, to go over a portion of jour individual territory assignment calling only upon those people you have seen show Interest and endeavor to show them the necessity of being a regular Watch-totter subscriber through the mail.
the book-and-booklet
stlmulate their interest arouse them to their need ing a Children book study
offer to and to of bavin their
In some cases the people will too poor to subscribe for a year even six months, and in this ease excellent opportunity is afforded start a route. Make it a habit
be or an to to
regularly appear in your territory home cannot be overstressed. Every with The Watchtower in the manner person who is a regular subscriber ' outlined above, and then, when you
Save Cartons and Rope
In taking care of the eartons for shipping back to tlie Society, save only the good ones. Remove only the paper tape strips. Do not tear off the cloth tape strip. Break cartons down neatly, and keep them for shipping in 100-pound lots either to a depot or to 117 Adams Street, Brooklyn.
The rope used for tying cartons is also becoming scarce, and we suggest that when you receive the cartons tlie knot be unlied and the rope rolled into a ball. This should be collected, and then, from time to time, sent in to the Society for re-use.
are unable to take the book.
The month’s booklet quota for the company publishers will lie 10 combinations of 7 booklets. The genera! and the special pioneer publishers will set their quota at 300 combinations of 7 booklets each. 5,000,000 booklets should be distributed in
for The Watchtower, and those who have gone over
were subscribers but have let their subscription expire in the recent past, should be called on with the offer. Remember, the important thing is the organizing of Children studies.
During the “Courage” Testimony 1’eriod. wliicli look in tlie month
our
street week
the United States in June! Each , ol December, 1940, and the first 12
territory corner
• a good portion of go to some busy ■ i nd engage in the
magazine work. Then the next start where you left off in
your territory and go over more of it and finish up your activity with an hour or so on the street. This will give yon an excellent opportunity to make yourself better
known in your territory, and will help to break down the 'barrier' that exists between the people and you. Because of these facts, all of tlie brethren should take advantage of these times to go out in the magazine work, and any other time, throughout the week, that they do nol have back-calls or studies to look after.