Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I muri i te pakanga, i mahi a Ikard hei kaiwhakawa mo te Kooti Rohe Whakawa Tuatoru o Wichita Falls. I tohua ia hei tumuaki o te Komihana mo nga Kaimahi Veterans o Texas i te 1948. I te Noema o te tau 1948 ka tohua e te Kawana Beauford Jester a Ikard hei kaiwhakawa mo te Kooti Rohe Whakawa Tuatoru. I muri mai ka pootihia ia i te tau 1950, ka mahi tae noa ki te Mahuru 8, 1951. He karere ia ki ngā Huihuinga ā-Motu o te Rōpū Manapori i
1956, 1960, me te tau 1968. Ko ia te tumuaki o te Texas State Democratic Convention i te tau 1960.