# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1950_S1261
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

782 FINANCIAL MATTERS

tions made by it be subject to the approval of the Fiscal Con.
ference; therefore be it

Resolved, That every appropriation made by this convention
be subject to the same clause, namely, “Subject to the Approval
of the Fiscal Conference” whether or not the clause is embodied
in the respective resolution. :

ACTION
Synod adopted this resolution.

Final Recommendation

This Committee (No.11) recommends that the President of
Synod use his prerogative to order this Committee on Finance
to meet in advance of the convention of Synod because the volume
of work necessitates that the members of the Committee miss
a considerable number of sessions.

ACTION
Synod adopted this recommendation.

Publication of Salaries
(Memorial 817)

It is suggested that the following proposal be discussed and
voted upon at the 1950 convention of our Synod:

That the salaries our professors at our various institutions and
other Synod officials receive be published in the Lutheran Witness
annually. (The salaries paid them should be no secret and
especially so when Synod’s budget is stressed so greatly and the
members who support it are asked for higher needed budgets.
If it is shown specifically where Synod’s money goes and why it
is specifically needed here and there, it will help considerably

in reaching the necessary goal.) A.¥ReD Oprrz, Pratt, Kans.

ACTION
Upon recommendation of Committee 14, Synod resolved:

Resolution 5

Wuereas, The basic scale of salaries paid the professors at our
institutions was set by Synod at the Centennial Convention and
is a matter of record; and

Wueneas, The salaries paid to Synod’s officials are determined
from time to time by the Board of Directors; and

Wuereas, In view of the chronically prevalent low salary scale
such publication might prove embarrassing both to the Church and
its servants; therefore be it

Resolved, That this overture be declined.