In 1960 , he helped persuade his friend John F. Kennedy to take Lyndon Johnson on his ticket as the vice presidential candidate , personally talking with both men multiple times during the 1960 Democratic National Convention in Los Angeles , California . During the 1960 campaign , he wrote the drafts for several speeches that Johnson gave . After Kennedy and Johnson were elected in November , he successfully lobbied for the appointment of Douglas Dillon as Secretary of the Treasury , and had multiple discussions with Kennedy about other appointments . In the several years after the inaugural , he continued to write occasional drafts of speeches , primarily for Johnson , but also for the President and for Robert F. Kennedy
1960 Democratic National Convention
1960 Democratic National Convention
Phil Graham