St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1959-03-27
joint Council SIG
Reflect Robins &
Others To Office

Others To Office
When the Joint Council of Din
ing Car Employees Union Local
SIC held its Biennial Election OF
officers, Jerry Robins was reflect
ed to a third term without opposi-
ton
This is the rIrst election in recent
years that the Presidents office
has not had any opposition.
In a statement to this paper,
President Robins said: II am graf
flied that the members of Local
SIC saw fit to return me to office.
AS we stand on the brink of the
new tenure, 1 rededicate myself
and pledge that shall continue
to perform my duties with the
same interest and enthusiasm that
have shown for the past four
years I shall also continue to
cooperate with the people in the
community - and particularly
with those organizations who are
carrying the fight to secure full
equality for all Americans"
Other officers reelected to two
year term, who will in addition to
their other duties, serve on the
Locals Executive Board are: w. A.
Cartwright, Vice President; Rob-
ert NJ. Patterson, General Chair
man, Leonard H. Carter. Sec'y-
Treasurer; Richard d. Hall, Re-
cording Sec'y; Leon M. Smith,
Trustee, George Todd, Trustee;
Gordon w. Kirk was elected Trus-
tee, Raymond Williams, Walters
Rep. Great Northern Railway;
Carl H. Griffin, Porters' Rep.
Great Northern Railway; Ira AL
len, Walters Rep. Northern Pac-
ific Railway; Fred Fulbright, At
tendants' Rep. Northern Pacific
Railway; H. G. Mertz, Cooks Rep.
Northern Pacific Railway; Aaron
]. Dooley System Chairman 500
Line Railway and William Small
System Chairman Omaha Rail-
way.
Appointed Officers
William L. Collins, Inspector;
Corrie c. Clack, Inside Guard;
Francis N. Speese, Outside Guard;
Harry s. Brown, Chaplain and Rev.
erend Denzil A. Carly, Rector st.
Phillips Episcopal Church, Honor
airy Chaplain.
Committees
Political Action Committee:
Harry S. Brown, Chairman; r. S.
(Sid) Harris, Coordinator. Mem
bers: Clarence A. Anderson, Ed
gar Scott, w. A. Cartwright and
Robert NJ. Patterson.
Sick and Shut-in Committee:
Patton Robinson, Chairman. Mem
bers: Robert Alexander, Frank
Twitty, Paul L. Wood, Carl H.
Griffin, John C. Few, Charles l..
Brooks, Elmer Harris, Edward
Eastman, Aaron J. Dooley, Frank
Corners, Miles Newlin, c. w.
Glenn. Burie Carmichael, Palmer
Jackson, Commodore Oden, Mill
cent Burgess, Isadore Freeman,
Brazzie Addison, Lionel Allen, Oh
lie Gum Ollie Griffin and Pleasant
Breeder.
Entertainment Comm ittee:
james E. Allen, Chairman; Willis
Clark, Program Director; Richard
w a shington Sec'y. Members:
George Todd, Henry L. Roberts,
Tommie Braddock, Harry Hicks,
Gordon w. Kirk, Robert M. Pat
terson, James Freeman, Alfred
Parran, Carlos Moffatt, James
Todd, Ira Allen, Leonard H. Cart
er, A. Buckley, DeHewitt Camp
bell, John (Jake) Lynch, Ernest
Lynch, Carl Gooden, Al Thighman,
Torrance Pew, Robert Ray, John
Stanley Fred Dukes, James A.
Wallace, Harry Nay, Charles
Beasley, Winifred Graves, Jack
Cooper, Drexel Pugh, Joe T. Mon
roe, Herman Tate, Granville Has
kins, Jodie Simmons, Lewis Kip
per, Charles Bradley, Virgil Had
ley, Willie Rice, James McConico,
A. D. Clardy, Fleetwood Smith,
Noah Lindsay, Jr., and Conrad
(Gene) Reed.
Bylaws Committee: Paul L.
Wood, Chairman. Members: James
L. Taylor, Robert Jones, w. A.
Cartwright Carl H. Griffin, Robert
NJ. Patterson, James H. Coleman,
Ralph Gardner and Charles Hill.
Budget Committee: Leonard H.
Carter, Chairman. Members: Rich
ard D. Hall, Morris Gibbs Jr., H. G.
Mertz, Albert Benjamin, Alfred
(Cncquot) Williams and Gordon
w. Kirk.
Human Rights Committee: Rob-
ert M. Patterson, Chairman. Mem
bers: To be chosen later.
Installation of officers will be
held at the Locals headquarters.
327 North Fisk Street, st. Paul,
Minnesota, on April 8, commencing
at 2:30 pm.