# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1941_S208
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208 Reports and Action on Various Mission-Fields

Concerning Mission Expansion Committee 2 recommended:

That the moneys appropriated for the 55 mission-stations
opened in the present year under the Expansion Fund be placed as
a regular item in the annual mission budget in order that this work
may be continued.

Action of Synod: This recommendation was adopted.

Concerning Spanish Literature Committee 2 brought in the
following resolutions:

Wuereas, The translation of the Spanish hymnal and the
Spanish catechism has become a reality through the faithful co-
operation of our Spanish workers in the North and South American
fields; therefore be it

Resolved, To express our thanks and gratitude to these brethren
for preparing these manuscripts; and be it further

Resolved, To encourage the Spanish-speaking brethren to con-
tinue their efforts to prepare additional Christian Spanish literature,
so sorely needed; and be it further

Resolved, To give the Board of Home Missions authority to
place the cost of this Spanish literature within reach of our Spanish
fellow-Christians; and be it finally

Resolved, That the Board of Home Missions be authorized to in-
clude a reasonable amount for Spanish literature in its annual sub-
sidy request.

Action of Synod: These resolutions were adopted.

Report of the Army and Navy Commission
(Memorial 406)

Since the last convention of Synod the work of the Army and
Navy Commission continued quietly and effectively. The Com-
mission could dispose of its business by meeting about twice a year.
Then came the passage of the Selective Service Act last summer,
after which the President of Synod asked this Commission to serve
in the interest of the trainees from our Church. Since last August
the Commission has found it necessary to meet about every six
weeks. Realizing that all this work could not be attended to by
the members of the Commission, Dr. Behnken asked Pastor E. W.
Weber, institutional missionary at Fort Wayne, to serve as execu-
tive secretary of the Commission. The Fort Wayne Lutheran Mis-
sionary Association kindly consented to give Pastor Weber a year’s
leave of absence so that he might serve the Church at large in this
emergency. He entered upon his duties on November 15, 1940. An
office headquarters has been set up in Chicago. Here the staff
workers do their work,