# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1938_S331
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

Miscellaneous Matters 331

1. That Synod again place an annual appropriation of $2,500 at
the disposal of Synod’s Press Committee for the next triennium.

2. That Synod ask its officials, commissions, and committees to
consider the Press Committee the appointed medium through which
news items of interest to the general public are to be released and
that Synod urge its members to make a more liberal use of the
functions and facilities of this committee.

3. Wuereas, There have been numerous and insistent sugges-
tions that the doctrines, principles, and practises of our Church be
presented to the general public by means of publications with
national circulation; and
Wuereas, This cannot be done without ample funds; therefore
be it ,

Resolved, That Synod recommend to the Fiscal Conference an
allowance of twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) for this purpose
during the next triennium.

Action of Synod: The report. and Resolutions 1 and 2 were
adopted, but Resolution 3 was rejected.

Report of Radio Station KFUO

(Meniorial 801, as amended)

The year 1937 marked the tenth anniversary of the dedication
of our present radio plant. It has served our purpose admirably,
but we are beginning to outgrow it. A small waiting-room has
been pressed into service as a studio. The personnel of the
Radio Committee has remained the same with the exception of
three men. In their place the Board of Control of the Seminary
chose Messrs. W. Drees, W. Schroeter, and J.C. Wegener.

Equipment. — Since the last Delegate Synod we have in-
stalled a high-voltage-rectifier, a volume-limiter-amplifier, and
monitoring equipment. We also purchased modern microphones,
which in turn necessitated additional sound-proofing work in
our studios.

KFUO-KSD Controversy.—In our last report to Delegate
Synod we stated that we had applied with the Federal Communi-
cations Commission for the 640 frequency, but that the Commis-
sion had not yet rendered its decision. After 142 years the
Commission denied our application. On Sept. 3 and 4, 1936, KSD
petitioned the Commission to blot out KFUO so that KSD might
have full time on the 550-kilocycle frequency, which we had been
sharing with them since 1924, using 500 watts power during the
evening and 1,000 watts during the day. KFUO made a very good
showing at that hearing. Approximately ten days before the hear-