After the election the old 767 Board of Trustees (Harvey Brooks, Benny Carter, Marl Young) recommended that the Local 767 membership vote at a special election on the merger proposal approved on Dec. 15, 1952 by Local 47.

The day before the Local 767 election we gave an affair for the amalgamation and were honored by the presence of such entertainers as June Christy and Nat King Cole.

This Local 767 special election was held on the first Monday in January 1953. The 767 membership approved the merger proposal by more than a two-thirds margin. The next day, the new Board of Trustees (Harvey Brooks, Buddy Collette, and Marl Young) met to elect a Chairperson. I was elected Chairperson by the vote of Buddy Collette (no coin flip this time).

On Jan. 23, 1953, Local 47 President John teGroen and I, representing Local 767 as the Chairperson of the Board of Trustees, appeared before President James Petrillo and the AFM International Executive Board (IEB) for the purpose of consummating the merger of Locals 767 and 47. During this meeting the question arose as to whether the 767 proposal met all the legal requirements of a merger. 

At this point, Assistant to President Petrillo, Rex Ricardi, stated that it was the position of the Federation that the proposal did meet all the legal requirements of a merger. The IEB then took the following action: "President teGroen of Local 47, and Marl Young, representing Local 767, Los Angeles, California, appear and discuss the proposed amalgamation of the two locals. The matter is left in the hands of the President."