# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1938_S261
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Financial Matters 261

6. Resolved, That the proposed appendix be dropped from the
Catechism and that it be published in pamphlet or booklet form, to
be furnished together with the Catechism whenever desired.

7. Resolved, That the regular Synodical Catechism shall contain
no illustrations.

8. Resolved, That in the publication of the Elementary Cate-
chism the Catechism Committee proceed according to its own
recommendations, given in its report in Reports and Memorials,
page 205.

Action of Synod: These resolutions were adopted.

The request of Memorial 607 to have the Augsburg Confession
appended to the Catechism was taken care of in connection with the
report of the General Literature Board, where it was resolved to
have Concordia Publishing House place the Augsburg Confession
on the market in a penny edition.

VIII. FINANCIAL MATTERS

Report of the Board of Directors
(Memorial 701)

With due recognition and appreciation of the guiding and
blessing of God during the past three years your Board of Direc-
tors herewith begs leave to submit its triennial report covering the
period from June, 1935, to June, 1938. During this time twenty-
two meetings were held, some extending over two days or more.
The minutes of all these meetings are kept on file by the Secretary,
while copies are sent to all members of the Board as well as to
the Vice-Presidents of Synod.

Organization. —- The following officers and committees were
elected by the Board: Chairman, President J. W. Behnken; Secre-
tary, Rev.M.F.Kretzmann; Treasurer and Legacy Officer, Dr. E.
Seuel; Committee on Colleges, Mr. W. Schlueter, chairman,
Mr. Henry W. Horst, and Pastor P. Schulz; Committee on Finances:
President J. W. Behnken, Dr. E. Seuel, and Mr. A. H. Ahlbrand.
The following Synodical Finance Committee was appointed: Pas-
tor P. Schulz, President J. Schinnerer, President J. C. Meyer,
and Mr. A. H. Ahlbrand. Because of the financial side of mission-
ary work which presents problems for the Board of Directors to
handle, it was decided that our former Committee on Missions be
continued, with Pastor Schulz as chairman, who as such also
censored the publications of the Publicity Department. An In-