The President today announced that he will nominate Charles J. Chamberlain, of Illinois, to be a member of the Railroad Retirement Board. He would replace Neil P. Spelts, resigned.
Chamberlain was born August 7, 1921. From 1938 to 1956, he worked for the Chicago and North Western Railroad as a signalman and signal maintainer. Since 1941 he has held various posts in the Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen, beginning as recording secretary for Local 108. Since 1970 he has been president of the union.
Since 1970 Chamberlain bas been chairman of the Railway Labor Executives' Association. He is a member of the Railroad Safety Research Board and the Railroad Industry Labor-Management Committee.
Jimmy Carter, Railroad Retirement Board Nomination of Charles J. Chamberlain To Be a Member. Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/242368