# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1950_S1118
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542 ; CONSTITUTIONAL MATTERS

shall be the responsibility of the Faculty of Concordia Seminary
St. Louis. ,
Concordia Publishing House shall pay all expenses of the edi.
tors and editorial boards of Synod’s official organs.
These By-laws, if adopted, automatically repeal By-Laws 6.163
and 11.23 h. L. Meyer

Full-Time Editor of “Lutheran Witness”
(Memorial 712)

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 necessary 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
consulting with Synod’s mission secretaries and after accepting for
consideration suggestions from Synod at large.

Fourthly, that the editorial committee be empowered to appoint
the necessary staff of correspondents in the field.

Fifthly, in reference to the doctrinal contents, the Lutheran
Witness shall be under the censorium of a committee of four theo-
logical professors, two elected by the faculty of Concordia Semi-
nary of St. Louis, Mo., and two elected by Concordia Seminary of
Springfield, Ill.

Sixthly, that the status of the Lutheraner remain unchanged.

The above overture is a revision of Memorial 710 presented
(but not accepted) at the Saginaw Convention in 1944 by the

faculty of Concordia Theological Seminary of St. Louis, Mo.,

through Dr. Louis Sieck, its president.

Signed: Conrap J. ENcELpER, Detroit, Mich.
F. Kotcx, Highland Park, Mich.

H. F. Henstcx, Dearborn, Mich.
Cameron A. McKenzug, Detroit, Mich.
Ewacp L. Sterz, Dearborn, Mich.

Eve. Frrepricu, Garden City, Mich.