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Oral history transcript, Livingston Biddle, interview 1 (I), 3/20/1989, by Louann Temple (Item)
  • at that time and giving the President a lot of advice on many subjects was Abe Fortas. Abe Fortas was the closest adviser to President Johnson who was also concerned 1 LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org More on LBJ Library oral histories
  • LBJ's interest in arts legislation in 1964; Biddle meeting with Abe Fortas regarding proposed arts legislation; Claiborne Pell; proposing legislation that later started the National Endowment for the Arts and National Endowment for the Humanities