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Board Rooms, July 9, 1936
The regular meeting of the Foreign Mission Board was held on July
9, 1936, at the Board rooms with Mr, Montague presiding in the absence
of President Jenkins.
The meeting was opened with prayer by Mr. Matthews.
In the absence of Dr. Harris, Mr. R. S. Jones was asked to act
as secretary.
There were present Brethren Montague, Coleman, Matthews and
Slaughter, Mrs. Moore, Mrs. Atkinson and Miss Foster; also Miss Ford,
Assistant Executive Secretary, Mr. Buxton, Treasurer, Mr. Bowen, Edu¬
cational Secretary and Mr. Jones, Field Secretary.
Miss Ford reported that she took the matter up with Dr. Hight
C. Moore concerning the resolutions on Italy and Rumania. Dr. Moore
reported that these resolutions had been referred to Dr. Rufus W.
Weaver of the Foreign Relations Committee and that Dr. Weaver would
handle them with the representatives of the countries involved.
She also reported receipt of a letter from Dr. Everett Gill
stating that the tax question in Rumania had finally been adjusted in
favor of the Foreign Mission Board.
Miss Ford reported receipt of a letter from Dr. P. S. Evans
stating that they were engaging passage at their own expenses to return
to China July 17th and asking that their salaries for the rest of the
year be applied to the reduction of the debt on the Board.
There was a full discussion regarding the financial situation of
the Board as brought out in a statement by Mr. Jenkins, a second article
having been prepared by Mss Ford to answer some questions regarding
Mr. Jenkins' statement.
Miss Ford presented the following plan for returning to their
fields the missionaries now on furlough: That she be permitted to
arrange for the sailing of as many missionaries in August as could be
returned for about $6,000.00, plus any whose traveling expenses are
specially provided. Then in September another group for about the
same amount of money and in October a third group, providing, of course,
that the receipts justify the expenditure of these sums.
It was moved and carried that this schedule of sailing be approved
and that the missionaires be notified of the da+e of their sailing.
The treasurer's report was read and adopted as follows:
TREASURER'S
REPORT
Balance in Banks at June 1st, 1936
$ 89,932.28
RECEIPTS :
Income -From Securities
Miscellaneous Income
Endowment Securities
ook Department-Sales and Collections
iooperative Program
lesignated
,ottie Moon Christmas Offering
>ebt Aocount:
Designated $ 5,340.63
From Invested Funds 35.00
$ 26,928.05
12,217.62
5,375.63
1,221.95
363.77
50.63
350.00
348.50 46,856.15
Total to Account For
$ 136,788.43
