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The Transportation Department; a comprehensive auto safety plan including all related issues; Ralph Nader; automobile manufacturers' response to legislative action; passing the Auto Safety bill; the history of studying highway and auto safety; 1966…

Jack Valenti; Senator Thomas Dodd and the Mite Company; the staff's responsibility to behave honorably; Lloyd Cutler and automobile companies; anti-trust laws; getting podiatry included in Medicare; the staff's relationship with constituents and the…

The Sequoia; LBJ's assessment of Nixon; LBJ's comments on Martin Luther King; working on a tax surcharge speech on the Sequoia; staff members wanting access to the Sequoia for personal use; Camp David; visiting the Ranch; LBJ's office at the Ranch;…

White House staff deciding what to do after LBJ's presidency; LBJ asking Levinson to move to Texas rather than work for Gulf and Western; LBJ's expectation of long-term loyalty; final Cabinet meeting; Levinson's decision to move to New York; where…

The Truth in Packaging bill; need for a means of easily comparing products; package sizes and shapes; Esther Peterson; the soap and detergent lobby; Herb Hollomon; compromising to pass the Truth in Packaging bill; the Revenue Act of 1968; a ten…

LBJ staff members' involvement in political activities; Department of Transportation legislation and Chairman Chet Holifield; compiling a list of LBJ's domestic accomplishments for speeches and a possible 1968 campaign; March 31, 1968 speech; White…

How Levinson went to work for the LBJ administration; Joe Califano; the drafting of legislation by LBJ staff; LBJ's involvement in domestic programs; domestic staff members; making plans for the future in government; Matthew Nimetz; how staff members…