# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1947_S560
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

560 PUBLICATION MATTERS

from the Word of God and the Confessions of the Church, every
member of Synod perceiving such error shall bring it to the
attention of the responsible editors and insist upon the necessary
correction.”

Consult Saginaw Convention Proceedings, p. 214, four reso-
lutions at the bottom of the page.

ACTION
This recommendation was adopted by Synod, with the change
in paragraph h, second sentence: The Faculty, together with the
President and Vice-Presidents of Synod... .

Report of the Editors of the “Lutheran Witness”
(Unprinted Memorial 1)

Committee 8 brought in the following resolution:

Wuereas, The editorial staff of the Lutheran Witness is ac-
countable to the Faculty of Concordia Seminary, St. Louis; there-
fore be it ,

Resolved, That the unprinted memorial of the editorial staff
pertaining to certain views with respect to the enlargement and
frequency of appearance of the Lutheran Witness and the appoint-
ment of a co-editor, as suggested to this convention by the Mission
Board, be referred to the Faculty of Concordia Seminary, St. Louis,
the President and the Vice-Presidents, and Concordia Publishing

House, with power to act.
: ACTION

Synod adopted this resolution,

Report of the General Literature Board
(Memorial 702)

The General Literature Board of Synod is composed of the
following members: Pastor Alfred Doerffler, chairman; Pastor
William H. Eifert, secretary; Pastors W. E. Hohenstein and Otto
Nieting; and Mr. William A. Kramer. The latter was appointed
to succeed the elderly Mr. Herman F. Bade, who had served as
a member of this Board for many years.

The General Literature Board was created by Synod at the
suggestion of the Board of Directors of Concordia Publishing
House to serve Concordia Publishing House and its manager in an
advisory capacity in matters concerning the literary excellence
of manuscripts submitted for publication and their potential value
to the Church. The Synodical Handbook instructs the Literature
Board “to study the needs of the Lutheran Church, particularly the
Missouri Synod, with a view of determining what kind of literature