# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1926_S237
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Ev. Luth. Synod of Missouri, Ohio, and Other States. 1926. 223

tions of pastors, teachers, and professors. The ever- increasing de-
mand for support necessitates a larger fund. — Received.

5. As the number of women employed by synodical congregations
as teachers in parochial schools is growing and as the Board of
Support will eventually be approached for support by these woman
teachers, your Committee respectfully requests that Synod answer in
‘the affirmative the question contained in the following resolution of
the Board of Support Conference: —

“Resolved, That the Board of Support Conference ask Synod
whether in exceptional cases, when female teachers have been in-
capacitated after years of faithful service and have no other means
of Support, they may be considered in the same class with pastors’
and teachers’ widows.”

In this connection your Committee furthermore recommends that
female workers in foreign fields who are in the service of our Board
shall be entitled to support from the Support Treasury, unless they
be otherwise provided for. — Adopted.

Full-Time Secretary for Board of Support,

‘The English District submits the following petitions to the con-
vention of the Synod of Missouri, Ohio, and Other States and
requests adoption of the same.

Wuereas, The work of the General Board of Support, respec-
tively its secretary, has grown to enormous proportions, including the
consideration of no less than 490 claims allowed in 1923, for example,
or more than one claim a day; and

Wuereas, No less than $198,000 was disbursed by this Board
during the year 1923; and

Wuereas, No less than 1,100 persons were dependent upon the
services of the General Board of Support in 1922; and

Wuereas, The work of the General Board of Support, respec-
tively its secretary, increases from year to year, making greater de-
mands upon his time and energy; and

Wuereas, Congregational duties are certain to interfere with the
secretary’s services to the Board of Support, or vice versa; and

Wuereas, Nevertheless, prompt service is essential to. prompt
relief; and |

Wuereas, The L. L. L. Fund is altogether inadequate, and, as it
appears, will be inadequate for years to come, to meet the demands
made upon the Board of Support, making it necessary to receive
formidable sums annually for this worthy cause; and

Wuereas, Ample provisions to care for our Veterans of the Cross
and their families is a positive duty of Synod; and

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