Evening star., 1954-10-12
United Luiherans
Act Today on Record
|si4 Million Budget
BY Cospor Nonnes
sisr sioff cerrsspondsnt

Dy Iospor Names
i Sisr sioff Correspondent
/ TORONTO. Canada. oct. IL.
IA record budget Of more than
| $l4 million for the two years
1867 will be acted on today
/ BY delegates to the 18th bien-
nial convention OF the United
Lutheran Church in America.
This represents an increase
of more than So million over
the sum voted by the 1852 con-
vention for 1854 and 1855.
The $14.179.253 budget would
allocate $6.950.661 to the church's
needs for 1856 and $7.22s.5s2
for 1857.
The largest appropriation for
each year would 60 to the Board
Of American Missions, $2.4 mil
lion. Next will come the Board
Of Foreign Missions. with ST.
735,000 in 1856 and $l,780.500
for 1857.
/ Other Allegations.
Other major appropriations
would 60 to the Board of PEN
sions. $658,280 each year; the
National Lutheran Council,
1881 1857 in 1856 and $396, ,675 in
1857, and the Board Of Educa-
ton. $253.279 each year.
Except for minor changes, the
budget is expected to be ap-
proved as submitted.
An executive board committee
report today revealed that the
moving picture, Martin Luther"
has been seen by more than 10
million people and has crossed
more than $3.5 million from its
release in 1853 until June, 1854. \
According to the statement, all
costs for producing the Aim Of
Martin Luther's life have been
met and proceeds coming in now
viii be profit. It is currently be-
ing shown in 1900 theaters in
Germany.
A resolution calling on Con-
gress to repeal legislation affect
ing the selection Of the chaplain
for the United States Military
Academy, so all denominations
might be considered, was ap-
proved by the convention.
Cites Other Cases.
DR.. Clarence E. Krumholz of
New York, secretary of the de-
nominations Committee on Army
and Navy Work, told the dele
gates that in the interest of
fair treatment of all denomina-
tions" the chaplain at West
Point should be taken, from the
Chaplains' Corps "as at any
Army post and as is the case at
Annapolis and as is proposed for
the new Air Force Academy"
DR.. Krumholz said the West
Point chaplain is now a civilian
and in every case comes from |
"one denomination (EpiscopaD :"
The Rev. Luther Gearhart of
Washington, chaplain of the
Potomac River Naval Command,
told the convention there is an
urgent need for Lutheran chap
lains in the Air Force. There
are now 280 United Lutheran |
church chaplains in the active
and reserve ranks of the armed |
forces.
A warning against permitting
Holy Communion to be given
without proper safeguards was
issued yesterday by the special
commission to study the state
ment on corporate communion. |
Four Dangers Listed.
The commission declared there
are four general dangers United
Lutherans should avoid with re-
spect to Holy Communion:
/. That communion may be
given without the true doctrine
of the sacrament, or with a false
doctrine.
2. That it may be given to
persons who should not receive it.
3. That it may be used for
wrong purposes.
4. That it may be given in q
wrong way.
The delegates also voted to re-
consider their action of last FRI
day refusing to grant additional
powers to the denominations
Executive Board during the in
terim between the biennial con-
ventions. The vote to recon-
slider was 366 to 204.
Lack of Powers Cited.
During the debate Charles K.
Woltz of Charlottesville, Va, Sec
retary of the Commission on
Organizational Structure. told
the boards and agencies the
Executive Board is like "the
council Of a local congregation
without power over the Sunday
school or the choir"
DR.. j. j. Scherer Of Richmond,
Va, warned that O strong Exec
utive Board might try to in
terfere with the internal affairs
of synods and congregations and
take away everything for which
We have set up our boards"
AS presently constituted, the
denomination is a federation
of autonomous synods and of
boards, elected by. the conven-
tions that are also autonomous.
There is strong move to bring
more Capitalization into the ad-
miniStrative side Of the church.
which should be resolved either
for or against before the meeting
ends tomorrow. II
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