"Books? "

"Yes!" I half-shouted. "The place where books by Indian spiritual leaders will be!"

"I know nothing about them," he said.

About twenty hours passed before I could reach Mr. Luthra by telephone. Always a gentleman, he apologized profusely and reassured me the section would be built.

Then, on April 4th, Adi's long-awaited cable arrived: CHOPRA ASSURES MESSAGE WILL SHORTLY BE SENT TO MONTREAL STOP ACCOMMODATE ALL PUBLICATIONS IN EXPOSITION. Kitty and Jane wrote to a few Baba followers individually and Kitty wrote to group heads in New York, Schenectady and Miami quoting Adi as follows: "You, Kitty, can ask for contributions from those who can afford and who happily wish to contribute toward printing and shipping Universal Messages in two languages, English and French." The Montreal printer went ahead.

On April 27th I wrote to Elikit and Jane: "Officials estimate that one billion people will watch celebrities open Expo tonight. They are using satellites, of course, while 32 TV cameras will be spotted over the site all summer to watch heads of 71 states visit, etc. If Baba wanted a world stage on which to manifest, this one would be hard to beat. Expo really opens tomorrow when Baba's French and English Messages will be there. The batch the Winterfeldts kindly relayed April 5th reached here only April 26th (through no fault of theirs) and is being cleared through customs today. It will be delivered to Expo after midnight tonight. The French batch, stuffed with the new booklists, will be delivered after midnight tonight, too. So we made it. Baba's in business at the Fair."

On May 22nd I wrote to Adi: "Mr. Luthra chose to have the Universal Messages placed at the Information Desk rather than with the books. This is really a coup-de-grace for every person who enters the Pavilion files past it. Luthra told me this afternoon that the public is picking up the Universal Message here at the rate of 10,000 per week. I phoned Kitty this information to ask for another shipment immediately where-upon she suggested I cable you this information which I just did. Were afraid our supplies of Messages will be exhausted long before the Fair is over but will have to give it some thought. But with more funds, we could meet the demand easily . . . So far ... Baba's Universal Message is the only free pamphlet I have seen offered in the India Pavilion. This fact plus the superb location give the appearance of an endorsement of Baba on the part of the India government. What more could they do than that? It's beyond my wildest dream ..."