# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1950_S1303
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

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MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS 825

Proposed Program for the Future

Among the future plans of the department are:
A. Development of a parish program of public relations which

may be adapted for use by each congregation of Synod.

Development of a news service for a regular flow of news
throughout the nation’s channels of communication.
Establishment of a division of radio and television relations
to promote greater availability and use of this medium for
spread of the Gospel (in co-operation with the Board of
Home Missions and the Radio Committee).

. Development of closer liaison with the motion picture in-

dustry (in co-operation with the Visual Education Depart-
ment of Synod and Concordia Publishing House).

. Building of understanding and removal of existing misun-

derstandings about purpose and program of Synod through
1. Publication of a reference book for public sale and cir-
culation to the American public;

2. Personal contacts with various groups in the country;

3. Support of activities consistent with the principles and
program of Synod;

4. Placing of material suitable for publication in the nation’s
newspapers and magazines.

Request for Action

The Board for Public Relations asks consideration of Synod
for the following resolution:

Resolved,

1.

That the Board for Public Relations be augmented from
seven to nine members in such a way that two members
(one a clergyman or teacher and the other a layman) would
in the future specifically represent the interests of radio .
and television; and

. That the activities formerly assigned to Synod’s Radio Com-

mittee and to the Department of Public Relations in radio
be co-ordinated in a division of radio and television within
the Department of Public Relations.

THe Rev. Apotr F. Meyer, Chairman

Dr. AvBert G. Huectt, Secretary

Nore.—In this connection, Committee 13 considered also the fol-
lowing

memorial, as well as Unprinted Memorials 34 and 73.