Oral history transcript, Gerald W. Siegel, interview 2 (II), 6/9/1969, by T.H. Baker
Title:
Oral history transcript, Gerald W. Siegel, interview 2 (II), 6/9/1969, by T.H. Baker
Number of Pages:
33
Description:
Rejoining LBJ’s staff to help on the civil rights measure; building LBJ’s reputation in the Senate so he could make a presidential bid; JFK in the senatorial years; LBJ’s delay in campaigning for the nomination in 1960; how LBJ came to be VP nominee; Phil Graham; relationship between Robert Kennedy and LBJ; leaving the LBJ staff in 1960; going to work for Mr. Graham at the Washington Post; interaction with LBJ in VP years; LBJ and the press; press involvement in government work; turning down LBJ’s job offers; Siegel’s relationship with numerous staff members, including Walter Jenkins, George Reedy, Don Cook, Abe Fortas, Harry McPherson, Bill Moyers, Pauline Moore and Bobby Baker; what it’s like to work for LBJ; evaluation of LBJ as man and politician.
