# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1947_S658
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

658 MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS

League was appointed to study the feasibility of such work. Sub-
sequent investigations showed two avenues of approach most
suitable: to purchase time on existing transmitters, or erecting an
international long and short wave transmitter at some appropriate
point in Europe. Further investigations also showed that, should
broadcasts be feasible, it would be best to employ at first European
speakers and to promote the development of subsequent broad-
casts in such a way as to become indigenous at the earliest moment,

On February 27, 1946, Dr. E. R. Bertermann of the Lutheran
Hour submitted findings regarding European radio broadcasts to
the Emergency Planning Council. These findings revealed that
broadcasts, both live and translated transcriptions, were possible for
a half hour on a fifty-two time basis in Spain, Portugal, Italy, and
Greece. The total outlay for such broadcasts would be $122,179.76,

With a grant of $125,000 from the Emergency Planning Council,
further negotiations by the combined efforts of four boards resulted
in broadcasts from Luxemburg, Monte Carlo, and Normandy.
Broadcasts from these three stations in Europe are, however, not
the end of this radio venture, since all indications point to an even
greater outlet of stations in the near future.

Films and Slides

In November of 1946, a shipment of Bible story slides was
sent to Europe. They arrived in time for Christmas, and several
of our chaplains serving overseas used them to good advantage.
Many saw portrayed for the first time in their lives the story of
the Savior. There are also in preparation ten “Voice on Film”
Bible story movies in various foreign languages. Running time for
these movies will be about thirty minutes. Twenty minutes are
employed to tell the story proper, ten minutes for a prolog or
epilog in the form of a sermonet prepared by Dr. John H. C. Fritz.
These talkies are to be used in the Evangelization program and
especially also to help bring Christ to the many disillusioned youths
of Europe.

Medicines and Vitamins

Shipments of medicines have been included in the budget of
the Emergency Planning Council. Because of the nature of these
materials, they have been sent largely in bulk. The latest ship-
ment has been a $10,000 item of penicillin for Germany. Previous
to this, however, ointments, bandages, crutches, medicine kits,
artificial limbs, cod-liver oil, insulin, and many kinds of medica-
ments have been sent. It has not always been easy to purchase
these items. For that reason our relief in this respect has been
somewhat thin and has been relegated to only such cases where
utmost necessity was apparent. About $40,000 has been spent for
vitamin tablets,