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  • Date > 1969-03-19 (remove)

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Oral history transcript, W. DeVier Pierson, interview 1 (I), 3/19/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)
  • , such as in Commerce, or any of the regulatory commissions? P: No, I think that was the stormiest session that I ever had with a Cabinet officer. I guess the most whimsical thing was the Abe Fortas thing, where I had prepared the legislation that provided Secret
  • candidates; Fortas confirmation hearings; LBJ and RFK Commission on Vietnam; speech writing; legal work for President; Trans-Pacific Route Case
Oral history transcript, McGeorge Bundy, interview 3 (III), 3/19/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)
  • Bundy -- III -- 7 President's desire, stimulated by Justice [Abe] Fortas, to see if we could reach out toward the more reasonable rebels. Fortas was very close to [Juan] Bosch and thought that such a bargain could be made. The President was willing