# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1950_S1227
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738 FINANCIAL MATTERS

26. “The accounting of Synod’s Trust Funds is done in the
Treasurer's office, and the Trust Funds are properly reflected in the
Treasurer S reports. The Auditor of Synod checks the records and
securities regularly, and he has made the customary reports to you.”

“Ricwarp H. WattkeE, Chairman”

Tue Boarp or Directors oF Synop
M. F. KRETzMann, Secretary

ACTION

Concerning this report, Committee 11 brought in th ;
- resolution, which was adopted: ght in the following

Resolution 16

Your Committee has studied the report of the Board of Direc.
tors and makes the following recommendation:

Wuereas, The complex and often very difficult work of the
Board of Directors and the Board of Trustees has been carried
out most faithfully by the members of these two Boards; and

Wuereas, These services are given without financial
tion of amy Patna ancial remunera-

Wuereas, The pastors serving on the Board must frequently
be absent from their parishes; therefore be it

Resolved, That we commend the members of the Board of
Directors and the Board of Trustees for their faithful and efficient
services and that we gratefully acknowledge the co-operation of the
congregations involved in permitting their pastors to serve on
these boards.

Your Committee further recommends that we gratefully ac-
knowledge the co-operation of the Central and Western Districts
in permitting Pastors W. C. Birkner and J. E. Herrmann to work
on a part-time basis with the Stewardship Committee of Synod.

Budget Matters — Stewardship Department
(Memorial 801, Par. 4) ;
ACTION .
Action on this matter was taken by the adoption of Resolu-
tion 1 of Committee 13 regarding Memorials 527, 528, 529, and 533
in Section V of the Proceedings. Since this matter required a

change in the Handbook, Synod adopted the f : .
of Committee 6: e following resolution
Resolution 47

.  Wuereas, Certain adjustments in the Handbook relative to
the Department of Stewardship, Missionary Education, and Pro-

nore

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gtion which this convention adopted, as recommended by Synod’s
d of Directors (Memorial 801) must be made; be it therefore
Resolved, That Paragraph 2.95 of the Handbook, titled “Director
Publicity and Missionary Education,” be deleted; be it further-

+#: Resolved, That a new paragraph, identified as 2.95, be’ inserted:
-““: Department of Stewardship, Missionary Education,
:; and Promotion .
“The Board of Directors shall appoint such secretaries as it
deems necessary to operate a Department of Stewardship,
.. Missionary Education, and Promotion. They shall perform such
* duties as are assigned to them by the Board of Directors, to
which Board they shall be responsible.”

Budget Allowance for Social Welfare
(Memorial 801, Par.8. Cf. Memorials 534, 535, and 816)

Nore.— Memorials 534 and 535 are printed in Section V of the
Proceedings. Memorial 816 was considered here. .

Executive Secretary of Social Welfare
(Memorial 816)

Wuereas, The President of Synod appointed a survey com-
mittee in accordance with instructions of Synod in 1947 to study
the advisability of engaging a full-time executive secretary of social
welfare; and

Wuereas, The findings of this committee resulted in the recom-
mendation that the office of full-time executive secretary be estab-
lished; and

Wuereas, The President and Board of Directors of Synod
endorse these findings; and

Wuereas, This office has not been established because the
Fiscal Conference was unable to see its way clear to appropriate
the necessary funds; and

Wuereas, The need for this office has become increasingly
urgent; therefore be it ;

Resolved, That funds shall be made available by the Fiscal
Conference for the establishment of this office of executive secre-
tary early in the next triennium.

: THe AssociaTeD LUTHERAN CHARITIES
WIrrsin THE SyNopICAL CONFERENCE
H. F. Winn, President
A. H. Brrncewatt, Secretary

Note. — Unprinted Memorial 19, submitted by the Western Region
of the Associated Lutheran Charities, advocated that the Fiscal Confer-
ence be instructed to provide the necessary funds for this office.