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LCMS Convention Proceedings St. Louis, Missouri — 1935, Page 167

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Ev. Luth. Synod of Missouri, Ohio, and Other States. 1935, 167

5. In view of the fact that the normal salaries paid to our mis-
sionaries are a little below the mean of that paid by other missionary
societies we recommend that the salaries of our missionaries be
restored to their former level as soon as possible. ,

6. We recommend that a former resolution of Synod providing
a special course of training for missionaries, male and female, before
departing for the Orient be carried out as soon as possible.

7. We recommend most urgently that Medical Missionary Dr. N.
Leckband be sent into the field this year. We take pleasure in inform-
ing Synod that a number of ladies’ aids of the Central District,
particularly of Fort Wayne, have pledged $1,000 annually for three
years for his maintenance.

8. Your Committee is glad to report that the recommendation
adopted by a former convention to the effect that, if possible, former
missionaries of proper qualifications be elected to membership on the
Board of Foreign Missions has been carried out.

9. In view of the fact that sums of money have been appropriated
frequently for land and buildings in the foreign field, but were never
made available, we recommend that at least $15,000 a year, more if
possible, be granted for this purpose.

10. We recommend that Synod gratefully acknowledge the
generous offer of Mr. Lutz of London, England, to send his son,
a graduate of our St. Louis Seminary, and a daughter, a deaconess,
into the foreign field, promising to defray their traveling expenses
as well as their maintenance for a period of three years, and that
Pastor Oesch be requested to convey the thanks of Synod to Mr. Lutz
and family for this truly magnanimous action.

11. We recommend that the wish of the Board with reference to
Mr. A. Carino, a theological student from the Philippine Islands,
namely, that the matter concerning his disposition be placed in the
hands of the designated officials (t.e., Mission Board), be granted.

12. We recommend that Synod carry on mission-work in India
and China at the level of 1932 and that the Board of Directors be
instructed to make necessary funds available for replacements, which
require the addition of eight men, as requested by the Board, four
for India and four for China.

13. We recommend that Synod acknowledge the faithful and
painstaking work of the Board of Foreign Missions as well as that
of its Director of Foreign Missions, Dr. Frederick Brand, who has
now rounded out fifteen years of service ‘in’this responsible position.

14. We direct the attention of Synod to the fact that in October
of last year forty years had elapsed since mission-work in India was
begun and recommend that Synod authorize the Board of Foreign
Missions to issue a publication commemorating this event. : .