# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1944_S372
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872 ‘ Miscellaneous Matters

3) To allocate to existing agencies, boards, or commissions
the problems belonging to their respective sphere of
work and to suggest to them plans and methods for their |
solution. vo

4) To create in our Church a consciousness of these prob-
lems and the responsibilities which devolve upon us in
them. ;

5) To serve as a clearing house for suggestions and infor-
mation to the Church on questions arising out of war.”
and postwar problems, os

The Council has at all times been, keenly conscious that it is,
as its name implies, an advisory council, not an executive or
legislative body. In its two years of activity there was at all
times perfect harmony between our Committee and other synod-
ical, District, and congregational committees with which it
worked.

The Council is composed of three sections:

a) An Executive Committee,*
b) A Committee at Large,
c) Advisory Members.

_ Executive Committee:
Dr. J. W. Behnken, ex Officio;
Dr. L. J. Sieck, chairman; ;
Rev. L. Meyer, executive director;
Prof. R. Caemmerer;
Rev. A. Doerffler;
Prof. P. E. Kretzmann, Ph..D.; ‘
Mr. E. G. Steger (deceased );
Rev. F. C. Streufert, D. D.
Committee at Large:
: Rev. E. T. Bernthal, Detroit, Mich.;
Mr. Henry Buck, Kansas City, Mo,; .
Rev. O. R. Harms, Houston, Tex.;
. Mr. A. E. Horst, Philadelphia, Pa.;
Rev. F. Menzel, San Francisco, Calif.; .
Rev. R, Ressmeyer, Baltimore, Md,.;
Rev. F. J. Seltz, St. Paul, Minn.;
Mr. Henry Vetter, Hinsdale, Il. (deceased).