LCMS Convention Proceedings St. Louis, Missouri — 1965, Page 236

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236 UNPUBLISHED REPORTS AND OVERTURES

all others as they carry on the important offices im-
posed upon them.
LuTHERAN CHURCH OF THE GooD SHEPHERD
Tulsa, Okla.

Henry Davusert, President
[8-15 Un]
To Have Pete Seeger Removed
from the 1965 Convention Program
of the International Walther League

Wuereas, The appearance of Mr. Pete Seeger on the
international Walther League convention program has
caused considerable anxiety and unrest within the
church; and

Wuereas, We are not the authorized powers to de-
termine the guilt or innocence of the man in question;
and

Wuereas, The fact that Mr. Seeger is a controversial
figure will reflect unfavorably upon the image of the
church; and

Wuereas, Dr. Oliver Harms advised the Synod’s
Board for Young People’s Work against Mr. Seeger’s
appearing on the program; and

Wuereas, In spite of Dr. Harms’ advice, the Synod’s
Board for Young People’s Work has resolved to sup-
port the Walther League in scheduling Mr. Seeger on
the program; and

Wuereas, The Synod’s Handbook (Section .7.73 b)
makes the Board for Young People’s Work the respon-
sible department in the supervision of such matters;
therefore be it

Resolved, That The Lutheran Church — Missouri
Synod, in convention assembled at Detroit, Mich., June
16 to 26, 1965, instruct the Board for Young People’s
Work to take immediate action to have Mr. Seeger
removed from the international Walther League con-
vention program.

THe Boarp or Directors
Iowa District West

D. E. Wetss, Secretary
[8-16 Un]

To Dismiss Rev. Alfred P. Klausler
from Duties as Editor of “Arena” Magazine
and Associate Director of the Walther League

Wuereas, A Christian magazine should be unbiased
in politics, Rev. Klausler has repeatedly used Arena
to foist his personal political beliefs upon the youth of
our Synod (Arena, Nov. 1963, p. 13; Aug. 1964, p.3; and
other articles); and

Wuereas, Most of the quotes in the magazine favor
the entrance of our Synod in the ecumenical move-
ment (Arena, May 1964, pp. 20, 21; June 1964, p. 3); and

Wuereas, Rev. Klausler has allowed false doctrine
to enter Arena (Jan—Feb. 1965, article “A Lutheran
Looks at the Jews,” quote: “There is an unbiblical pre-

sumption in believing that Jews are ‘lost’ because they
are not Christian”); therefore be it

Resolved, That Rev. Alfred P. Klausler be removed
from his position as editor of Arena magazine and as
associate director of the Walther League and that he
be admonished, in accordance with synodical rules, for
permitting these articles to be published and for failing
to perform his duties properly.

First LUTHERAN CHURCH

San Fernando, Calif.

Raupy IL. Dick, President
Guenn M. Roske, Sr. Elder
Maurice G. FaraGHER, Secretary

[8-17 Un}

To Instruct Board for Young People’s Work
to Exercise Closer Supervision of Programs
. . . Conventions, etc.

Dear Brethren:

Wuereas, The only hope for the world today and in
the future, as it has been in the past, lies in a changeless
Christ for a changing world; and

Wuereas, It is especially important in these troublous
times that all programs prepared for the youth of our
church be Bible-based and Christ-centered; and

Wuereas, The international Walther League has per-
mitted an article to be published in its youth magazine,
Arena, that espouses doctrine contrary to the clear
teachings of Scripture — see January—February issue
of Arena in the article “A Lutheran Looks at the Jews”;
and

Wuereas, The Walther League has permitted articles
to be printed in Arena that use vulgar and offensive lan-
guage, not becoming a child of God; and

Wuereas, The international Walther League per-
mitted to be published in the October 1964 issue of the
Workers Quarterly a parody on the Lord’s Prayer that
is cheap and vulgar, thus desecrating the prayer our
Savior taught us; and

Wuereas, The international Walther League in 1965
convention to be held at Squaw Valley, Calif., has in-
volved the youth of our church —a majority of whom
are still minors —in a basic civil rights theme instead
of a basic Christ-centered theme; and

Wuereas, In its international convention to be held
as Squaw Valley, Calif., the international Walther
League has employed for its program someone whose
character and integrity have been under question, e. g.,
Pete Seeger as the “Prodder and Musical Commentator”
of the convention; therefore be it

Resolved, That we request the Synod to instruct the
board for its youth work in the Synod to exercise closer
supervision of programs, publications, emphasis, con-
ventions, etc., to the end that the Cross of Christ be
always held up to our youth as the only hope for salva-
tion, and that all programs, publications, emphases and

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