Telephone conversation # 13130, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 6/21/1968, 3:48PM

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Title:

Telephone conversation # 13130, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 6/21/1968, 3:48PM

Duration: (min: sec):

10:21

Reference No.:

13130

Description:

LBJ IS APPARENTLY READING PRESS STORY ON SUPREME COURT; HOMER THORNBERRY AND CHARGES OF CRONYISM IF HE IS APPOINTED TO COURT; RELEASE OF EARL WARREN'S RESIGNATION LETTER; HUGO BLACK'S REACTION TO WARREN'S RESIGNATION; OTHER POSSIBLE APPOINTEES

Contributor:

Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973; Fortas, Abe, 1910-1982

Collection:

Recordings and Transcripts of Telephone Conversations and Meetings

Collection Description:

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Series:

White House Telephone Recordings and Transcripts

Speaker 1:

LBJ

Who Placed the Call?:

Speaker 1

Speaker 2:

ABE FORTAS

Location of Speaker 1:

Mansion, White House, Washington, DC

Subject:

Appointments and nominations; Civil rights; Judiciary; Press relations; Texas politics

Archivist's General Note:

"CONTINUED"; "TALK ABOUT SUPREME COURT VACANCIES" PRECEDES SHORTHAND NOTES ON SLIP ACCOMPANYING DICTABELT; "JUNE 21, 1968 B.5" WRITTEN ON DICTABELT; VERY POOR SOUND QUALITY; BOTH LBJ AND FORTAS ARE INAUDIBLE AT TIMES; CONTINUES FROM 3 PREVIOUS RECORDINGS

Rights:

Possibly copyright restricted, see copyright note in Collection Description

Specific Item Type:

Telephone conversation

Type:

Audio

Format:

Dictation belt

Identifier:

tel-13130

Date:

1968-06-21

Location(s):

Washington, DC

Time Period:

Presidential (Nov. 22, 1963-Jan. 20, 1969)