# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1950_S1258
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FINANCIAL MATTERS T79

ibility in the business world are considerably higher than those
paid to the men whom we have put into responsible positions in
the work of the Church; therefore

-,. We earnestly petition The Lutheran Church — Missouri Synod,
‘fn meeting assembled at Milwaukee, Wis., June 21—30, 1950, to
‘order its Board of Directors and the Fiscal Conference to study
_ the problem of salaries paid to our professors and instructors at our
a seminaries and colleges with the purpose of granting substantial
¥ increases; and

ye

x. ' We furthermore earnestly petition Synod to request all mem-
% ber congregations to study the question of the salaries of pastors
and teachers with the purpose of granting substantial increases.

(Signed) Mitron CarPENTER
Member Pilgrim Lutheran Church
St. Louis, Mo.
Comptroller, City of St. Louis

(Signed) R. C. OsERMANN
Member Bethany Lutheran Church
St. Louis, Mo.
Vice-President, Mercantile-
Commerce Bank & Trust Co.

(Signed) Louis C. W. Hecur
Member Messiah Lutheran Church
St. Louis, Mo.

Chairman of the Board
St. Louis County National Bank

(Signed) Cartes S. Lorrmann
Member Messiah Lutheran Church
St. Louis, Mo.
Investment Broker

(Signed) Epwarp H. Scuminr
Member Luther Memorial Church
Richmond Heights, Mo.
Vice-President
St. Louis County National Bank

(Signed) D. Netson Bentrup
Member Bethel Lutheran Church
Clayton, Mo.
Supervisor of Cash Records
in Treasury Department
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co.

(Signed) Dr. THEO. A. BEHRENS
Member Pilgrim Lutheran Church
St. Louis, Mo.
Vice-President
St. Louis Dental Society

ACTION
Synod accepted the following recommendations of Com-

mittee 11:

Resolution 22

Your Committee recommends that the President of Synod
communicate the desire of this convention to all the congregations
of Synod that they give serious and careful study to the needs of
their pastors, teachers, and other parish workers with a view to
adjusting salaries in agreement with the present high cost of living.

Your Committee further recommends that the Board of
Directors be encouraged to continue to adjust the salaries of the
synodical employees not classified as teaching personnel.