# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1935_S155
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Ev. Luth. Synod of Missouri, Ohio, and Other States. 1935. 148

Report of Treasurer of Lutheran Immigrant Society.
February 1, 1934, to January 31, 1935, ;
. RECEIPTS. DISBURSEMENTS.

February 1. Balance ..... $ 514.20 Atlantic District ........ $1,800.00
Interest ...........00005 1,983.71 Salaries ..............00. “16.25
Guest-rooms ..........00% 155.75 -Ellis Island fee .......... 37.50
German Society ......... 360.00 Transatlantic Conf. fee ... 50.00
From Petty Cash ........ 18.02 Ticket on Gdynia Line ... 49.26
Telephone refund ........ 5.55 . Concordia Pub. House .... 37.50
Refund of advance to mis- Telephone .............., 84.28
sionaries and clergy per- Water tax ..........000, 39.00
Mit woe eee ee cee eee 26.00 Safe-deposit box ......... 11.00
‘Commissions on tickets ... 48.00 Fuel, light, and gas .......; 350.31
Money transfers ......... 493.82 Laundry............... +. . , 36.00
Repairs ........... 000 eee : 13.95
Printing .........-...00 3.50
House supplies .......... 3.69
Tax on checks ........... 1.32
Insurance premium ...... 11.05

Advance to missionaries
and clergy permit ..... 26.00
Money transfers ......... 503.62

January 31, 1935. Balance 630.83

$3,605.05 $3,605.05
H. Wauters, J'reasurer.
Committee 9 reported: —
Touching upon the Immigrant and Seamen’s Missions, detailed
reports of the activities are given, showing that a large amount of
work was done. Your Committee recommends that Synod favorably

acknowledge this fact.
Action of Synod.

Synod adopted this recommendation.

Jewish Mission in New York.

Missionary Nathaniel Friedmann made the following report for
1934; —

1. 94 lectures were delivered in Jewish homes on Sundays.

2. 1,027 interviews on the Christian religion were held in Jewish
homes on week-days.

38. 1,898 house-to-house calls were made.

4. 50 Jews interviewed the missionary privately at his home.

5. 1,987 copies of Sche-erith Isroel, 191 copies of Dr. Martin Lu-
ther’s Small Catechism, 461 portions of the New Testament in Yid-
dish and in English, 85 copies of the pamphlet The Messiah of the
Old Testament and 28 copies of the pamphlet A Challenge to Every
Jew were distributed gratis.

6. 59 New Testaments in Yiddish and in Hebrew were lent to
Jews on deposit of the purchase price of the book.

7. 49 New Testaments were sold to Jews at cost price-