Business: White House Encounter

A try at building support

A procession of limousines crammed the White House driveway last Friday, as 50 of the most powerful leaders of U.S. business accepted an invitation for an off-the-record exchange of views with ranking Administration officials. Among them were the chiefs of Exxon, General Electric, Du Pont, Merrill Lynch, National Steel, B.F. Goodrich and Boeing. The Administration was engaged in one of the most ambitious public relations campaigns to be aimed at the business community since Lyndon Johnson's day. The goals: to build support for Carter's tax package and to...

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