# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1953_S423
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PUBLICATION MATTERS 423

rtunity to take a deeper interest in the things they produce
Church. Some years ago Synod adopted a lay retirement
~which Concordia Publishing House employees also are
Several have already taken advantage of the program.
Publishing House employees are also provided with
-well-arranged hospitalization, sickness, and insurance

ye transfer of the synodical offices to the new Lutheran
in downtown St. Louis has provided 9,000 square feet of
jiial office space. Our rapidly expanding activity, however,
“larger and more modern office quarters necessary. Plans
under way to provide adequate facilities.
members of the Board of Directors of Concordia Pub-
House who have served during the past triennium are:
in, Mr. R. C. Obermann, vice-president of the Mercantile
‘Company, St. Louis; vice-chairman, Mr. Wm. A. Lahrmann,
dent of Universal Match Company, St. Louis; secretary,
Kenneth R. Hoffmann, pastor of Trinity Church, Hyatts-
; assistant secretary, Mr. Theodore Gassner, principal,
Lutheran School, St. Louis; Mr. Alfred T. Leimbach, vice-
it, Edison Brothers, Inc.; Mr. A. J. Meyer, president, A. J.
Realty Company, St. Louis: Mr. Harvey Kopp, president,
Clothiers, Inc., St. Louis. At the time of the Houston Con-
wp the terms of office of the following will expire: Mr. R. C.
: Mr. A. J. Meyer, and Mr. Alfred T. Leimbach.
g the early part of the closing triennium it became neces-
dimcrease prices on a large number of items because of
mary trend in the cost of labor and materials. How-
luring the latter part we refrained from making general
eases, in spite of the continuation of this trend, hoping
creased costs could be absorbed. But because of these
ts the net income was correspondingly reduced.
g the past triennium, Concordia Publishing House has
ely with all synodical committees and agencies, plan-
roducing materials according to their various needs.
scripts have been provided by the Centennial literature
‘for the completion of Dr. F. Pieper’s Dogmatik in Eng-
ris a series of three volumes, and plans are under way
oduction of an index in a fourth volume.
asis of prior convention resolutions, Concordia Pub-
is continuing to subsidize the editing and publication
fSposed Scholarly Commentary. The first volume of this
ed during the past year. Dr. Laetsch completed his
eremiah, which is now on the market. The manuscript