# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1938_S337
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

Miscellaneous Matters 3837

Districts of the Ev. Lutheran Synod of Missouri, Ohio, and Other
States assembled in convention at the Municipal Auditorium in
St. Louis, Missouri, June 15—24, 1938, and representing over three
thousand (3,000) congregations and over one million (1,000,000)
baptized members,

a) Express our appreciation to the Honorable Federal Com-
munications Commission for the consideration it has given KFUO
in the past;

b) Respectfully petition the Commission to provide properly
for this station also in the future.

Action of Synod: These six resolutions were adopted, with the
declaration that the appropriations made are to be referred to the
Fiscal Conference for favorable action.

Report of the Bureau of Information
Regarding Secret Orders
(Memorial 508)

Consisting of the undersigned, this Bureau has served since
1929 for the purpose of furnishing our churches with information

necessary clerical help. More than 1,000 ministers applied for in-
formation during the triennium.

The files now contain definite information on 143 lodges, and
there is correspondence on hand, also printed literature, regarding
80 others.

Our labors during the past triennium have confirmed our ob-
servations that some secret societies have modified their ritual and
their admission requirements to a greater or lesser extent, thus
creating new problems in the dealings with members of such or-

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