William M. Roth was a shipping executive, special ambassador for trade, member of the ACLU executive committee, and Regent for the University of California. In 1966 he was targetted (along with Clark Kerr and Elinor Haas Heller) by a fellow Regent, Edwin Pauley, for his alleged 'left-wing' views. President Johnson appointed him United States Trade Representative from 1967-1969. Clark Kerr (May 17, 1911 – December 1, 2003) was the first Chancellor of the University of California, Berkeley (1952–1958) and the 12th President of the University of California (1958–1967). ... Edwin Wendell Pauley Sr. ... The Office of the United States Trade Representative, or USTR, is an arm of the executive branch of the United States government. ...

Among other activities, Roth worked as special representative for trade on US-European trade talks (named the Kennedy Round negotiations). See photo of Roth at a 1967 U.S. Chamber of Commerce conference alongside US Secretary of Commerce Aleanser B. Trowbridge; Secretary of Agriculture Orville Freeman, and Under Secretary of Labor James J. Reynolds. The Kennedy round was the sixth session of GATT trade negotiations held in 1964-1967 in Geneva, Switzerland. ... The office of the U.S. Secretary of Commerce in the mid-20th century. ... The United States Secretary of Agriculture is the head of the United States Department of Agriculture concerned with land and food as well as agriculture and rural development. ... Orville Lothrop Freeman (May 9, 1918–February 20, 2003) was an American Democratic politician who served as the 29th Governor of Minnesota from January 5, 1955 to January 2, 1961 and as the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture from 1961 to 1969 under Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B...

William M. Roth, Commerce Secretary Trowbridge, Agricuulture Secretary Freeman, and Labor Under-Secretary Reynolds, 1967.