# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1935_S169
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156 Proceedings of Thirty-Sixth Regular Convention,

need of such a conference and being assured of passes, paid the ex-
pense of the conference. Your Board feels that they should be per-
mitted to meet again in 1936.

Your Board herewith memorializes Synod to expand the present
space devoted in the Lutheraner and the Lutheran Witness to mis-
sions, so that the mission-work of the Church, in particular the
mission to the deaf and blind, can be presented more comprehensively,
the material pertinent to our missions to be prepared by the present
editor of the Deaf Lutheran, who shall be given the status of con-
tributing editor.

We have a vacancy in our mission to-day at Spokane, Wash.,
which cannot be filled under the present budget.

Respectfully submitted by your
Boarp or Missions ro Dear anp Burp.

H. A. Gamper, Chairman. E. H. Bertram.
E. F. Wirts, Secretary. J.P. Miner.
G. F. Kruse, Treasurer.

Committee 11 reported: —

Your Committee on Missions to the Blind and Deaf, known as
Committee 11, has carefully studied Overture 307 on page 118 of the
printed overtures to this Synod and begs leave to submit the following
recommendations: —

First, concerning the placing of a missionary in Western Canada:

Wuergas, Your Committee finds that an unusual opportunity
presents itself to serve a large number of deaf in the two western
Canadian Districts of our Synod; and

Wuereas, In the territory between Winnipeg, Man., and Calgary,
Alta., two schools for the deaf (in Winnipeg and Saskatoon) are
located, whose officials welcome and encourage our missionary in his
work in the schools, a large percentage of whose total enrolment of
265 represents legitimate missionary prospects for our Church; and

Wuenrzas, In this territory there are a number of sizable groups
of deat adults who are anxiously awaiting the services of a mis-
sionary of our Church; and

Wuereas, Delay on the part of our Synod would mean imminent
and great danger that the representatives of another Lutheran synod
would take up the work, particularly in the most promising place,
Saskatoon; and

Wuereas, We find that this field cannot be served in any other
way; therefore your Committee

Recommends, That Synod through its Board of Missions for the