The chipped ceramic tiles, around both Shrines at Bahji and Mount Carmel, were collected & hauled by their trucks from the demolished Arab homes.

Mr Ioas was truly a gem and an incredible administrator. He used to frequent my brother Shukrullah's store in Akka, for recruiting master builders and mason master, as well as to commission him and my other brother Hasan to haul the Marble pieces Shipped from Italy to the sea port of Haifa, for the Shrine of the Bab, which they transported to the site on Mount Carmel in their own trucks. Mr Ioas frequented my brother's business for many work project, either to seek advice on procuring workers or to procure materials from what places, and often be as the go in between as Mr Ioas spoke no Hebrew or Arabic; As Shukrullah and Hasan, both born at Akka, knew and were known as staunch Baha'is, by many of its citizens and those of the surrounding areas. A few examples are; the brothers hauled the pebbles that pave the path from the Collins gate north to the entrance of the Shrine of Bahaullah. Such pebbles were collected from the seashores of lake Tiberius. The chipped ceramic tiles, around both Shrines at Bahji and Mount Carmel, were collected & hauled by their trucks from the demolished Arab homes [in Yafo mainly], Fill dirt of different colors- yellow and Red clay,fro different areas of the Gardens and especially in the gardens south east of the Old Pilgrimage House on Mount Carmel near the Shrine of the Bab; Another was hauling the hand cut stones from the Quarries of the Druz Villages of Yarka, Jules and Yanoh; the white hand cut stone which is the outer facade of most of the holy sites and buildings. Of course some of these things were done before Mr Ioas'es tenure, right after 1948, when Israel was established. I have written in my book a detailed account of Mr Ioas's relationship to my family in general, and to working with Shukrullah in particular.

With great appreciation

Hossein Ashchi

http://bahai-covenant.blogspot.com/2010/05/leroy-ioas-champion-charters.html