presley31
12-06-2008, 06:37 AM
New memos from the President Nixon Archives include mentions of Elvis and fellow entertainer, Sammy Davis Jr.
The Nixon campaign also packed files with the names of celebrities whose support was assured or assumed. Campaign aides were especially interested in using Sammy Davis Jr. as an envoy to the black community.
Campaign workers talked to Davis about supporting Nixon in January 1972.
"The entertainer's reaction was that he has not chosen sides and is 'hanging loose,'" said a memo sent that month by campaign staffer Paul Jones to the re-election committee. "He indicated wanting to see 'what is in it' – which was spelled out to mean something 'for the people' – not for himself."
In another memo from mid-1972, a young political aide named Pat Buchanan wrote that he had heard "that Elvis might be persuaded to pop some loot for us."
"He got to see the President and would love to be named to some anti-drug commission, and may be ready to contribute," Buchanan added.
source: http://www.elvisinfonet.com/
The Nixon campaign also packed files with the names of celebrities whose support was assured or assumed. Campaign aides were especially interested in using Sammy Davis Jr. as an envoy to the black community.
Campaign workers talked to Davis about supporting Nixon in January 1972.
"The entertainer's reaction was that he has not chosen sides and is 'hanging loose,'" said a memo sent that month by campaign staffer Paul Jones to the re-election committee. "He indicated wanting to see 'what is in it' – which was spelled out to mean something 'for the people' – not for himself."
In another memo from mid-1972, a young political aide named Pat Buchanan wrote that he had heard "that Elvis might be persuaded to pop some loot for us."
"He got to see the President and would love to be named to some anti-drug commission, and may be ready to contribute," Buchanan added.
source: http://www.elvisinfonet.com/