FTC; dealings with Labor Department and Wirtz; tax surcharge; balance of payments; formation of DOT; assessment of Secretary Trowbridge and C.R. Smith; relationship of Trowbridge and Smith with LBJ; regulatory agencies; furor over final invitation to Clark Clifford’s luncheon for the President; personal political philosophy; LBJ’s theory of giving the same assignment to more than one person; Congressional relations; young men on LBJ’s staff; LBJ’s rapport with his staff; demanding boss; telephonitis; the Johnson treatment; books written about LBJ’s Presidency; friction between the Kennedys and LBJ; press relations and criticisms; cause of LBJ’s unpopularity; LBJ’s interest in polls
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