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Not long ago, Sinclair said of his life: "I don't know whether anyone will care to examine my heart, but if they do, they will find two words there—'social justice.' For that is what I have believed in and fought for." He fought that fight well and effectively. Last year, in recognition of his pioneering role in advocating consumer-protection legislation, Lyndon Johnson invited him back to the White House for the first time since his lunch with Teddy Roosevelt. Fittingly, the occasion was the signing of the Wholesome Meat Act, which filled the few remaining loopholes in the law Sinclair had inspired in 1906.