# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1950_S568
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PUBLICATION MATTERS 569
[711]

Reduce the Number of Synodical Publications
and Simplify the Choice and Appointment of Editors

Wuereas, The number of regular and special publications
emanating from various boards and offices of Synod is both con-
fusing and expensive; and

Wnereas, The need for communication from Synod, its agen-
cies, its Districts, and its member congregations is undeniable;
be it therefore

Resolved, That the President be given authority to combine
the various publications which are regularly and sporadically being
issued into one publication for all called workers, at synodical
expense, one publication designated as the official information
vehicle for the members of Synod and the congregations at large
(the Lutheran Witness and its counterpart the Lutheraner), and
one publication designed for the training and use of the lay workers
and leaders in the congregations, and one publication containing
professional studies to be made available on a subscription basis;
and be it

Resolved, That the editor of each be appointed by the President
of Synod and be responsible to him.

York-Sewarp REGIONAL CONFERENCE
Soutuern NesrasKa District

-B. Hot, Secretary

[712]
Full-Time Editor of “Lutheran Witness”

The undersigned petition The honorable Lutheran Church —
Missouri Synod as follows:

First, that Synod engage a full-time editor in chief for the
Lutheran Witness. ,

Secondly, that the editor in chief be given a staff of associate
editors nécessary to cover the various phases of synodical work.
These associate editors, together with the editor in chief, shall
form the editorial committee. It is understood that these associates
are not to be salaried men. :

Thirdly, that the President and the Vice-Presidents of Synod,
together with the presidents of Concordia Seminary of St. Louis,
Mo., and of Concordia Seminary of Springfield, Ill, and the presi-
dents of Concordia Teachers College of River Forest, Il., and of
Concordia Teachers College of Seward, Nebr., ‘shall appoint
(respectively dismiss) the editor in chief and his associates after