# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1944_S855
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

270 PUBLICATION MATTERS

past two years, although we must report with regret that in some
isolated cases pastors and teachers are still in arrears. In general’
~\the policy adopted by Synod in 1935 has been followed. a

During the past few years we have made an effort to bring
our materials to the attention of other religious groups. The pub-
lishing houses of other church bodies are becoming more and more
interested in some of the materials we publish. This portion of our
business is developing quite satisfactorily.

We acknowledge with gratitude the co-operation of all boards aS
connected with Concordia Publishing House, the Literature Board, :- °%3
Faculty and Board of Concordia Seminary, Board for Young
People’s Literature, Board of Christian Education, and many others.
And we cannot conclude our report without acknowledgirig the
loyal support and co-operation of all pastors, teachers, and mem-
bers of Synod, for it is due to their loyalty that Concordia Pub-
lishing House has grown and flourished during the past seventy-

five years. Rup. H.C. Meyer, Secretary

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Report of the General Literature Board

The present personnel of the General Literature Board in-
cludes: Pastor Alfred Doerffler, chairman; Pastor Wm. H. Eifert,
secretary; Pastors W.E. Hohenstein and Otto Nieting, and Mr. H.
F. Bade. Pastor Nieting was appointed by the President of Synod
in September, 1943, to fill the vacancy created by the demise of
Pastor J.G. F. Kleinhans, who had served Synod as a member of »
the General Literature Board for many years. Dr. E. Seuel and
Mr. O. A. Dorn of Concordia Publishing House serve in an advisory -
capacity. In carrying out the work assigned to the General Litera-
ture Board by Synod, your Board, during the past triennium, met |
in monthly sessions, which were spent in thorough discussion and
careful consideration of the numerous items on the docket. . The
very nature of the Board’s work necessitates that much of it must
be done by the individual members between the monthly meetings.
The Literature Board is fully aware of the difficulty of striking
a proper balance between the loftiest ideals of literary standards <
on the one hand and the practical limitations imposed by hard -
facts (production costs, sales Possibilities, etc.) on the other; it also
realizes that its recommendations and resolutions may not always.
be in accord with the opinions and judgments of others; however, -.
your Board has endeavored at all times to decide every issue before
it solely on the basis of what was believed to be for the best in-
terest of Synod as a whole.

The Synodical Handbook directs the General Literature Board