# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1944_S963
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

380 MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS

The following tabulation shows the amounts allocated from’
the War-time Missions and Conservation Fund to the various
Districts for 1944, -

Wartime Missions and Conservation Fund
Grants for 1944 to date (March 15, 1944)

Atlantic and British Columbia $ 3,000.00
Atlantic 2,000.00
California and Nevada wae eeeeee eee teeteteceeee 7,000.00
Central 1,850.00
Easten _. ---- 1,100.00 ,
English _._. - 9,000.00
Kansas ww --- 2,800.00
Northern Nebraska ___ ceveeeteceeeceee 1,980.00
Oregon and Washington --- 11,800.00
Southeastern _ 9,000.00
Southen -- 1,500.00
Southern California _ --- 10,000.00
South Wisconsin __. -- 1,200.00
Texas -- 10,000.00
Western _. -- 2,420.00
South Nebraska 0 * 1,200.00
Total $74,850.00 ;
Disbursed in F, ebruary $3,383.18

Only $100,000 was allocated to our Council for 1944 and
our budget allotment has been almost used up now already.

The mode of procedure is as follows: The Mission Board
of the Southeastern District Tecognizes a wartime mission Op- .
portunity in Charleston, S. C., which has grown from 90,000 -
to 200,000. Manpower is lacking and additional facilities for
worship are needed: an

The District Mission Board is not in a position to finance

this project and approaches the Emergency Planning Council
for help.

a) It presents a budget request for $3,500 for additional
missionaries,

b) $6,000 to expand its physical facilities,

The Emergency Planning Council carefully scrutinizes the

request, compares its importance with that of many other re- -

Missions and Conservation Fund the amount of $3,500 to the _
Southeastern District. A further recommendation is made to the