Biographical information; choice of LBJ as VP; LBJ as chairman of EEO Commission; operation of HEW; liaison with Presidential staff; first cabinet meeting; assessment of cabinet meetings; poverty bill/program; ESEA; LBJ's assistance in passing legislation; Senate vote on Medicare testifying on the hill; civil rights bill; duties as Secretary; expansion of Office of Aging; women in government; appointment by Secretary; birth control report; surgeon general's report on smoking; LBJ and the press; urban problems; relationship with LBJ; 1963-1965 legislation; appointment as Federal judge; effect of Vietnam on domestic policies; participation in 1964 campaign; changes in administrative procedure at HEW; difficulties encountered as first member of ethnic group to be appointed to Cabinet