National Railroad Passenger Corporation Nomination of Charles Luna To Be a Member of the Board of Directors.

The President today announced that he will nominate Charles Luna, of Dallas, Tex., for reappointment as a member of the Board of Directors of the National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) for a term expiring in 1984.

Luna, 73, has been a member of this Board since 1970. He was previously president and chairman of the board of the United Transportation Union and was elected president emeritus of that union on his retirement in 1972.

He began work as a switchman in the Dallas area. in 1928 when he joined the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen. He served as president of that union from 1962 until 1969, when it merged with three other unions into the United Transportation Union, of which he was the first president.