# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1947_S612
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612 FINANCIAL MATTERS

receive from Support Funds without formalities, and as long as
she remains a widow, the amount lacking: of $300, provided that
the contributions to the Pension Fund were remitted by her hus-
band and in behalf of his salary-paying organization from the
time when he became eligible for membership. Each minor
orphan’s annuity shall be 50 per cent of the widow’s annuity.

3. A worker in good standing in the Pension System who is
compelled to retire on account of total and presumably permanent
disability before the age of sixty-five (such disability to be certi-
fied and approved according to Paragraph III, Section A. 2: of the
Pension Plan), provided such disability makes it impossible for
him to follow other gainful occupation, shall receive (in addition
to his accumulation annuity from the Pension Fund) from Sup-
port Funds without formalities the amount lacking of $600.

4. Addition to Paragraph IV, Section B of Pension Plan: In-
sert after the words “may discontinue the payments under Para-
graph II, Section A,” the words “provided he has no gainful
occupation.”

Insert after the words “until he is called back into service”
the words “If gainfully employed, such worker shall pay eight per

cent of his income to the Pension Fund in order to remain eligible
for the Pension benefits.” ,

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Committee 12 reported:

Resolved, That workers who had retired after reaching the
age of 65, such retirement having taken place before Synod’s
Pension Plan had been adopted, are to receive from Support Funds
upon written request an old-age benefit of $720 and their widows
an old-age benefit of $360 for life.

Wuereas, The Pension Plan of Synod is a contributory reserve
retirement plan and not a disability insurance; therefore be it

Resolved, That we reject paragraph 3 of Memorial 806, page 477.

Resolved, That we recommend adoption of paragraph 4 of
Memorial 806 with the amendment to read as follows: “provided
he has no income.” Furthermore, that we recommend para-
graph 4b be amended to read as follows: “If his income warrants
it, such worker shall pay eight per cent of his income to the Pen-
sion Fund in order to remain eligible for the Pension benefits.”

ACTION

Synod adopted this report with its resolutions. This also dis-
posed of Unprinted Memorial 52.