3 years and $5 million, which would equate to nearly $40 million by today's standards. After the onset of the Korean War, Congress and the president no longer had time to fight lobbying efforts against the measure, resulting in the legislation failing to pass. End of the firm In the late 1950s, Whitaker and Baxter had a falling out with then-client Governor Goodwin Knight. While Knight had hired the duo for several of his earlier campaigns, he did not bring them back on for his run for the Senate in 1958. Because of this and Whitaker's failing health, the company began to fade from the political scene. Later in 1958, Whitaker and Baxter sold their company to Clem Whitaker Jr., who would later redirect the focus of their business operations into corporate public relations. The duo formed Whitaker and Baxter International, a smaller public relations consulting firm, which they would run from a San Francisco hotel room. In 1961, Whitaker died of emphysema. Baxter continued running Whitaker and Baxter International after her husband's death. In 2001, she died in Sacramento at the age of 96. Notable clients According to the inventory of Whitaker and Baxter Campaigns, Inc., the duo provided public relations, advertising, and/or other consulting work for these electoral campaigns: George Hatfield for Lieutenant Governor Fred Stewart for Board of Equalization George Hatfield for Governor Walter Scott Franklin for Lieutenant Governor Wendell Willkie-Charles McNary (Presidential Campaign) William Menzel for State Senate Earl Warren for Governor George Reilly for Mayor of San Francisco Justus Craemer for U.S. Senate Dewey-Bricker Taskforce (Presidential Campaign) Earl Lee Kelly for Governor Hartley Peart for U.S. Senate Goodwin Knight for Lieutenant Governor Elmer Robinson for Mayor of San Francisco Re-elect Elmer Robinson for Mayor of San Francisco Goodwin Knight for Governor Governor Goodwin Knight for U.S. Senate (Primary) A. Ronald Button for State Treasurer Richard M. Nixon for President Thomas O'Connor for City Attorney George Christopher for Lieutenant Governor Judge Tom Coakley for Attorney General Ben Dillingham for U.S. Senate Harold Dobbs for Mayor of San Francisco Shirley Temple Black for Congress In addition, Whitaker and Baxter records show that the worked on 45 unique local ballot options. Strategy Inner workings of Campaigns, Inc. Generally, Whitaker and Baxter worked on political and policy questions, though they also aided firms with corporate public relations, such as improving the image of cottonseed oil or imitation ice cream.