# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1938_S30
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380 Committees and Their Work

Committee 11: Publications. 601—603. 614. 616. 617. 20: Memorial
on publishing a short, concise Church History (Northeastern Pennsy]l-
vania Conf.). This committee also considered several unprinted and
unregistered letters.

Committee 12: Hymn-book. 608—611. 615. 12: Postponement of
publication of hymn-book (Lake Erie Conf.). 13: Report of Committee
on Hymnology and Liturgics. 32: Memorial to proceed with publication
of new hymnal without delay (St. John’s Congregation, York, Pa.).
Unregistered correspondence was also considered.— Pastors: Wangerin
(Mich.), Messerli (Oreg.-Wash.), Brenner (Cent. Ill.), Sauer (N. IIl.),
Heyne (Minn.)._ Professors: P. E. Kretzmann, Haase. Teachers:
Buszin (N.Ill.), Pohland (S. Wis.). Laymen: Berkel (Engl.), Heckel
(Atl.), Schoknecht (N. Dak.-Mont.).

Committee 13: Catechism. 604—608. 35: Protest against the changing
of Luther’s Small Catechism (Baltimore Circuit Past. Conf.). Unregis-
tered correspondence was also considered. — Pastors: Roehrs (N. Wis.),
Sommer (Engl.), Klausing (Cent.), Rothe (West.), Gerdes (N.Nebr.).
Professors: Friedrich, Brommer. Teachers: Schaefer (N.Ill.), Grotrian
(Atl). Laymen: Studt (Iowa E.), Griewisch (East.), Peplow (Mich.),
Hillmer (Kans.), Knipp (Man.-Sask.).

Committee 14: Finances. 413. 504. 701A, 1, 2, 4, 6—11. 702. 703. 711.
715. 805. 19: Assisting Ev. Luth. Synod of Australia in New Guinea
Missions (Ev. Luth. Synod of Australia and correspondence with Dean
Fritz). 37: Appropriation for Lutheran Exhibit at World’s Fair (Atlantic
Dist. Committee). The financial report of Concordia Publishing House,
which was printed as a supplement to Memorial No.601, and part of
a memorial by Mr. Victor Richter were also considered by this com-
mittee. — Pastors: Weiss (Cent. Ill.), Stiegemeyer (Mich.), Geisler
(Iowa W.), Burhenn (East.), Schulz (S. Wis.), Fenske (Alta.-Br. Col.).
Professor: Schmitt. Teacher: Schmieding (S.Nebr.). Laymen: Schwier
(Cent.), Witte (Cal.-Nev.), Maier (Atl.), Rubin (Okla.), Rentner
(N. IIL), Hinze (N.IIL.), Wendt (West.), Berg (Ont.).

Committee 15: Support and Pensions. 701A, 3. 704—707. — Pastors:
Fretthold (East.), Bahr (Iowa W.), Brammer (Minn.), Bornemann
(N. Nebr.), Mundinger (Ont.). Professor: Schwermann. Teachers:
Persigehl (Cent. Ill.), Georg (lowa E.). Laymen: Rippe (Cent.),
Downing (Engl.), Stoll (So.), Kiunke (S. Dak.), Vetter (N. Ill.), Wermich
(Atl.), Eggerding (S.Ill.).

Committee 16: Intersynodical and Doctrinal Matters. 513. 514.
1: Criticism of Proceedings of the Iowa District West and other doc-
trinal matters (Rev. Theo. Hanssen). 3: Memorial “Concerning Truth,”
criticism of doctrinal statements that appeared in print during last years
(Rev. W. M. Oesch). 9: Baccalaureate Services (Northern Past. Conf. of
Towa Dist. East). 23: Exercising doctrinal control over widely read non-
official church-papers in Synod (North Central Conference of Northern
Nebraska District). 48: Resolution of Dubuque-Waterloo Conf. regarding
report of Committee on Lutheran Union. — Besides these there arrived
immediately before and during the convention a large number of addi-
tional memorials, letters, opinions, and petitions, some addressed to Com-
mittee 16, others to Synod. Among this unregistered material there
occurred the following: Opinion concerning Memorial 513 (Hanssen);
petition for investigation of matters associated with Memorial 410
(Hanssen); overture concerning Chinese term question (Hanssen);
request for correct interpretation of Hos. 2:16,17 (Hanssen); a communi-
cation concerning “synodical control” over “organizations in the Church”;
a communication directed against the suggestion of employing “the power
of Synod as a means of enforcing agreement by means of resolutions
and censorship.” These and many additional documents, letters, and.