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Telephone conversation # 13135, sound recording, LBJ and JAMES EASTLAND, 6/23/1968, 9:09AM (Item)
  • JUDICIAL APPOINTMENT FOR ALEXANDER LAWRENCE; APPOINTMENT OF ABE FORTAS AS CHIEF JUSTICE OF SUPREME COURT; FORTAS' RECENT SPEECH ON CIVIL DISSENT; LBJ READS LIST OF CANDIDATES TO SUCCEED FORTAS, SUGGESTS REAPPOINTING TOM CLARK AND DISMISSING RAMSEY
Telephone conversation # 11377, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 1/20/1967, 12:55PM (Item)
  • LBJ READS PRESS REPORT OF BOBBY BAKER'S TESTIMONY AT HIS TRIAL; LBJ'S MEMORY OF EVENTS; LBJ ASKS ADVICE ON RESPONDING TO PRESS, DISCUSSES BOB KERR'S POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS; QUESTION OF LBJ TESTIFYING AT TRIAL; IRS DECISION NOT TO PROSECUTE BAKER
Telephone conversation # 10657, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 8/29/1966, 9:30AM (Item)
  • FEHMER READS RESPONSE TO ACCOUNT IN WILLIAM MANCHESTER'S BOOK THAT LBJ TOOK OATH OF OFFICE ON KENNEDY BIBLE, OTHERS REVISE IT; MOYERS SUGGESTS CHRISTIAN DEFER PRESS QUESTIONS; RICHARD GOODWIN'S ACCOUNT OF KENNEDYS' CONCERNS ABOUT BOOK; LOOK MAGAZINE