# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1938_S302
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802 Financial Matters

the payment of the apportionment is reliable in the form of an
unconditional pledge.

If the reply to our question is negative, we respectfully plead
that the Hon. Synod instruct its Fiscal Conference to accept an
honest District pledge of an annual contribution, paid monthly, in
lieu of an arbitrary apportionment. Or what other advice would
. the Hon. Synod offer besides the encouragement that the Southern
f California District become more fruitful also financially?

May God’s richest blessings rest upon the convention!
Respectfully submitted,
Boarp or DirEcTORS
FIscaL CONFERENCE of the Southern California

Finance CoMMITTEE District
Apvisory CoMMITTEE

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Wa ter F. Trorcer, Vice-President
F. J. Scumnerer, Director Committee
G. H. SmuKat, President

G. H. Smukat, Chairman

f Committee 14 reported:

7 One question involved in this overture is this. A District is
b subsidized by Synod; it receives, let us say, $10,000. Though the
District receives a subsidy from Synod, it is expected to contribute
something to Synod’s treasury; the amount is determined by the
Fiscal Conference. Now, if a District which receives as a subsidy
$10,000 is asked by the Fiscal Conference to contribute to Synod’s
budget the sum of $10,000, would it not be just as well for the
District to become independent? This would mean that the Dis- —
trict does not get any subsidy from Synod and does not contribute
toward Synod.

aye

Your Committee is of the opinion that Synod advise sub-
sidized Districts by adopting the following resolution:

Resolved, That a subsidized District, as a rule, ought not to
seek to become independent until it can do both, a) conduct its
work without a subsidy and b) still continue to contribute its
proportionate share to Synod.

Another question involved in this memorial is this: Is it wise
to increase the annual budget for the Southern California District
since this District considers the amount apportioned to it by the
Fiscal Conference as a sacred obligation and sends its contribution
each month in full; or ought an honest pledge by the Southern
California District to be accepted by the Fiscal Conference instead
of an apportionment?