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President's Daily Diary entry, 1/27/1965 (Item)
  • January 27 , 196 5 Wednesday White Hous e Jack Valenti Breakfast - alone Bill Moyers Jack Valenti Bill Moyers Jack Valenti George Reedy Abe Fortas In treaty Bill room w/ Secy McNamara, Moyers Secy Ball joined Bill Moyers Jack
President's Daily Diary entry, 1/4/1966 (Item)
  • (pl) ____ ._ Marvin Watson (Hon. Abe Fortas) (VERY OFF_THE RECORD)_ (1 pic by Oke) _ To the Cabinet Room w / Justice Abe Fortas and joined meeting with_ Ambassador Arthur Goldberg (Oke Secretary Dean Rusk To go over Amb. Goldberg's pix) Bill
Lady Bird Johnson's Daily Diary entry, 7/13/1967 (Item)
  • crowd at Reston, but decided to go anyway. 12:05 Left Jean-Louis's. 2. 12:12 Arrived at the White House 12:20 Lunch in the second floor dining room with Abe Fortas. 12:55 Left with Abe Fortas for Reston. 1:23 Arrived at Reston - picked up Mr. Simons
Telephone conversation # 1593, sound recording, LBJ and WALTER JENKINS, 1/27/1964, 8:55PM (Item)
  • ABE FORTAS
  • "RE WJ STATEMENT TO BE RELEASED-RE REYNOLDS TRANSCRIPT"; REEDY, FORTAS ARE MEETING WITH JENKINS AT TIME OF CALL; DAILY DIARY INDICATES MOYERS, VALENTI ARE MEETING WITH LBJ; FORMERLY CLOSED IN PART - C
  • Fortas, Abe, 1910-1982
Telephone conversation # 7742, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 5/18/1965, 3:47AM (Item)
  • ABE FORTAS
  • "2 BELTS"; "180344-0413"; BUNDY IS IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, IS DIFFICULT TO HEAR, AND IS ON HOLD 1:00; FORTAS, MCNAMARA, RUSK ARE MEETING WITH LBJ; BUNDY HAS BRIEF OFFICE CONVERSATION DURING CALL; CONTINUES ON NEXT RECORDING
  • Fortas, Abe, 1910-1982
Telephone conversation # 7743, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 5/18/1965, 3:47AM (Item)
  • ABE FORTAS
  • "2 BELTS"; "180344-0413"; BUNDY AND VANCE ARE IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC AND ARE DIFFICULT TO HEAR; FORTAS, MCNAMARA, RUSK ARE MEETING WITH LBJ; CONTINUES FROM PREVIOUS RECORDING
  • Fortas, Abe, 1910-1982
Telephone conversation # 7759, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 5/18/1965, 2:05PM (Item)
  • ABE FORTAS
  • "APPROX FIRST 5 MIN WAITING TIME"; "BELTS MARKED 1 & 2 INSIDE"; BUNDY ON HOLD 5:10; FORTAS, RUSK, MCNAMARA, GEORGE BALL ARE MEETING WITH LBJ AT TIME OF CALL; BUNDY IS IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC AND IS DIFFICULT TO HEAR; CONTINUES ON NEXT RECORDING
  • Fortas, Abe, 1910-1982
President's Daily Diary entry, 4/30/1965 (Item)
  • Bill Moyer s Under Sec y Georg e Bal l L Former Ambassado r t o DR , Joh n .Bartlow Mar l in k Goodwin Thoma s Mann , Ass t Sec y o f State Deput y Sec y o f Defense , Cyru s Vanc e Abe Forta s (b . 1) To Ova l Offic e w / Secretar y McNamar a Abe
Telephone conversation # 13414, sound recording, LBJ and RAMSEY CLARK, 9/12/1968, 5:16PM (Item)
  • "ALL THE REST OF 2 BELTS-FORTAS MATTER, SEN. HEARINGS"; "ATTY. GEN. RAMSEY CLARK SEN. RUSSELL LONG" WRITTEN ON DICTABELT; "TRANSCRIBED YB" WRITTEN ON ENVELOPE CONTAINING DICTABELT; CONTINUES FROM PREVIOUS RECORDING
  • LBJ ASKS CLARK TO CONSIDER TEACHING AFTER ADMINISTRATION ENDS; ABE FORTAS' CONFIRMATION; WAYNE MORSE'S RE-ELECTION; LBJ DISCUSSES STRATEGY FOR CONFIRMING FORTAS, NEED TO CHALLENGE ROBERT GRIFFIN'S OPPOSITION TO FORTAS, PARTISAN NATURE OF OPPOSITION
Telephone conversation # 7735, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 5/18/1965, 12:01AM (Item)
  • ABE FORTAS
  • "BUNDY, LBJ, ABE F, MANN, PALMER"; "THESE TWO BELTS WERE DONE IN PRESIDENT'S BEDROOM, ARE DUPLICATES OF 12:01A CALL"; CONTINUES ON NEXT RECORDING; CONCURRENT RECORDING OF REF #7731, #7732
  • Fortas, Abe, 1910-1982
Telephone conversation # 1440, sound recording, LBJ and MARY LASKER, 1/20/1964, 7:50PM (Item)
  • "TRANS"; LASKER IS MEETING WITH ABE FORTAS AT TIME OF CALL; FORTAS IS BARELY AUDIBLE AT BEGINNING OF CALL
Telephone conversation # 5879, sound recording, LBJ and CLARK CLIFFORD, 10/14/1964, 8:02PM (Item)
  • "NYC"; POOR SOUND QUALITY; LBJ IS HOARSE; CLARK CLIFFORD IS MEETING WITH ABE FORTAS AT TIME OF CALL; FORTAS IS LISTED ON SLIP BUT DOES NOT SPEAK ON THIS RECORDING; CONTINUES ON NEXT RECORDING
Telephone conversation # 7777, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 5/19/1965, 11:39AM (Item)
  • RUSK ASKS LBJ TO MEET WITH HIM, THOMAS MANN, ROBERT MCNAMARA AND GEORGE BALL ABOUT DOMINICAN REPUBLIC BEFORE FURTHER DECISIONS ARE MADE; LBJ'S SCHEDULE; LBJ ASKS TO INCLUDE ABE FORTAS, BILL MOYERS IN MEETING, DISCUSSES WHY HE HAS BEEN RELYING
Telephone conversation # 7962, sound recording, GEORGE REEDY and KEN GADDIS, 5/20/1965, time unknown (Item)
  • REEDY ASKS GADDIS IF ABE FORTAS IS MEETING WITH LBJ, ASKS GADDIS TO HAVE FORTAS CALL REEDY RIGHT AWAY, EVEN IF IT MEANS INTERRUPTING LBJ
Telephone conversation # 9404, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 1/4/1966, 1:03PM (Item)
  • KATZENBACH TELLS LBJ THAT ABE FORTAS IS IN QUEBEC, BUT LBJ TELLS KATZENBACH THAT FORTAS IS AT WH FOR BRIEFING BY ARTHUR GOLDBERG; KATZENBACH'S EFFORTS TO CONTACT EVERETT DIRKSEN, JOHN MCCORMACK, AND MIKE MANSFIELD ON UNNAMED SUBJECT
Telephone conversation # 9422, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 1/4/1966, 7:24PM (Item)
  • KATZENBACH DISCUSSES TALKS WITH MIKE MANSFIELD, EVERETT DIRKSEN, ABE FORTAS ABOUT GRAND JURY HEARINGS ON BOBBY BAKER, HIS PLAN TO TALK WITH JOHN MCCORMACK TOMORROW, TELLS LBJ THAT FORTAS OPPOSES GRAND JURY INDICTMENTS OF BAKER ON MISAPPROPRIATION
Telephone conversation # 13132, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 6/22/1968, 8:02AM (Item)
  • RESIGNATION OF CHIEF JUSTICE EARL WARREN AND APPOINTMENT OF ABE FORTAS AS HIS SUCCESSOR; LBJ DISCUSSES CANDIDATES TO REPLACE FORTAS: RAMSEY CLARK, CLARK CLIFFORD, THOMAS KUCHEL, RICHARD HUGHES, CYRUS VANCE, HOMER THORNBERRY, HENRY "JOE" FOWLER
Telephone conversation # 13133, sound recording, LBJ and MIKE MANSFIELD, 6/23/1968, 8:43AM? (Item)
  • DISCUSSION OF APPOINTMENT OF ABE FORTAS AS CHIEF JUSTICE OF SUPREME COURT AND OF CANDIDATES TO REPLACE FORTAS: ARTHUR GOLDBERG?, CLARK CLIFFORD, CYRUS VANCE; QUESTION OF HAVING TWO JEWS ON COURT; POSSIBILITY OF APPOINTING VANCE AS SECRETARY
Telephone conversation # 13134, sound recording, LBJ and JAMES EASTLAND, 6/23/1968, 9:09AM (Item)
  • LBJ DISCUSSES WEATHER AND WILDFLOWERS IN TEXAS, THEN DISCUSSES EARL WARREN'S RESIGNATION AS CHIEF JUSTICE OF SUPREME COURT AND APPOINTMENT OF ABE FORTAS AS HIS SUCCESSOR; CANDIDATES TO REPLACE FORTAS, INCLUDING ARTHUR GOLDBERG
Telephone conversation # 13144, sound recording, LBJ and RAMSEY CLARK, 6/26/1968, 9:18AM (Item)
  • SHORTHAND SYMBOL PRECEDES "FORTAS AND THORNBERRY SUPREME CT." ON SLIP ACCOMPANYING DICTABELT; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN; POOR SOUND QUALITY
  • CLARK REPORTS ABA HAS CLEARED SUPREME COURT APPOINTMENTS OF ABE FORTAS, HOMER THORNBERRY; REVISIONS TO LBJ'S LETTER TO EARL WARREN; BUILDING SENATE SUPPORT FOR NOMINATIONS; WELLY HOPKINS' SUPPORT FOR HENRY "JOE" FOWLER; HEARINGS ON GUN CONTROL BILL
Telephone conversation # 13201, sound recording, LBJ and RAMSEY CLARK, 7/1/1968, 4:26PM (Item)
  • SHORTHAND NOTES PRECEDE AND FOLLOW "FORTAS & THORNBERRY" ON SLIP ACCOMPANYING DICTABELT; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN
  • FBI, LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT RESPONSE TO SITUATION IN MERIDIAN, MISSISSIPPI; LBJ SAYS HE WANTS DOJ STATEMENT THAT FEDERAL GOVT WILL INVESTIGATE ATTACKS ON JEWS, NEGROES; NEED TO GET SUPPORT FOR SUPREME COURT NOMINATIONS OF ABE FORTAS, HOMER THORNBERRY
Telephone conversation # 13202, sound recording, LBJ and CARTHA "DEKE" DELOACH, 7/1/1968, 5:02PM (Item)
  • "RE MERIDIAN, MISS"; SHORTHAND NOTES PRECEDE AND FOLLOW "FORTAS & THORNBERRY" ON SLIP ACCOMPANYING DICTABELT; POOR SOUND QUALITY; CONTINUES ON NEXT RECORDING
  • DELOACH'S VACATION; LBJ DISCUSSES SITUATION IN MERIDIAN, MISSISSIPPI, SAYS HE WANTS FBI TO INVESTIGATE BOMBING OF JEWS' HOMES; KKK THREAT TO BOMB FBI AGENT ROY MOORE'S HOME; BUILDING SUPPORT FOR SUPREME COURT APPOINTMENTS OF ABE FORTAS, HOMER
Telephone conversation # 13211, sound recording, LBJ and TOMMY CORCORAN, 7/17/1968, 7:53AM (Item)
  • SHORTHAND NOTES PRECEDE "FORTAS, ALMOST INAUDIBLE"; POOR SOUND QUALITY; CORCORAN IS ALMOST INAUDIBLE; CONVERSATION BETWEEN LBJ AND TELEPHONE OPERATOR PRECEDES CALL; REF #13211 AND #13212 ARE SEPARATED BY SHORT UNRECORDED SEGMENT ON ORIGINAL
  • DIFFICULT TO DETERMINE TOPIC; CORCORAN APPARENTLY DISCUSSES VOTE OF UNNAMED SENATOR ON CONFIRMATION OF ABE FORTAS AS CHIEF JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME COURT AND PROMOTION OR TRANSFER OF UNNAMED NAVAL OFFICER?
Telephone conversation # 13218, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE SMATHERS, 7/25/1968, 11:30PM (Item)
  • SMATHERS REPORTS ON JUDICIARY COMMITTEE DISCUSSION OF ABE FORTAS' VOTES ON SUPREME COURT PORNOGRAPHY CASES; STROM THURMOND'S OPPOSITION TO FORTAS' NOMINATION AS CHIEF JUSTICE; SENATORS' VIEWING OF ALLEGED PORNOGRAPHIC MOVIE; JUDICARY COMMITTEE
Telephone conversation # 13221, sound recording, LBJ and EARLE CLEMENTS, 7/30/1968, 2:31PM (Item)
  • "FORTAS" AND SHORTHAND NOTES WRITTEN ON SLIP ACCOMPANYING DICTABELT
  • CLEMENTS SAYS JUDICIARY COMMITTEE WILL NOT VOTE ON ABE FORTAS' NOMINATION AS SUPREME COURT CHIEF JUSTICE UNTIL AFTER LABOR DAY; JOHN MCCLELLAN'S OPPOSITION; LBJ ASKS ABOUT RICHARD RUSSELL'S VIEWS, DISCUSSES CRITICISM OF ALEXANDER LAWRENCE NOMINATION
Telephone conversation # 13505, sound recording, LBJ and RAMSEY CLARK, 10/1/1968, 11:05AM (Item)
  • "TRANSCRIBED-YB"; "FIRST SMALL BAND: CONTINUES THE 11:05 A.M. ["5:40 P." LINED THROUGH] CALL FROM ["TO" LINED THROUGH] THE ATTORNEY GENERAL."; "ON FORTAS MATTER"; CONTINUES FROM PREVIOUS RECORDING
  • LBJ CONTINUES TO DISCUSS POSSIBILITY OF APPOINTING TOM CLARK TO BE CHIEF JUSTICE OF SUPREME COURT IF SENATE FAILS TO CONFIRM ABE FORTAS' NOMINATION
President's Daily Diary entry, 12/13/1964 (Item)
  • arrived a t 12:35 p Mr. an d Mrs. Ab e Forta s arrive d Secretary an d Mrs . McNamar a arrive d LUNCH w/ Mrs . Johnson , Mr . an d Mrs. Clar k Clifford , Mr . an d Mrs. Ab e Fortas , Secretary an d Mrs . McNamara , Roxann e Georg e Secretary an d Mrs
President's Daily Diary entry, 1/30/1964 (Item)
  • / President's Foreign Intellingence Board - see attached - until 5:25 Andy Hatcher Ralph Dungan Sen. Moss Chairman John Bailey, Las Vegas, Nevada Abe Fortas Walter Jenkins and Clark Clifford George Reedy Abe Fortas Abe Fortas Secy Rusk - departed 7:00p Jess
Telephone conversation # 1701, sound recording, LBJ and WALTER JENKINS, 1/31/1964, 7:10PM (Item)
  • JENKINS RELATES CONVERSATION WITH UNIDENTIFIED PERSON ON POSSIBLE PRESS STORY ON BOBBY BAKER INVESTIGATION; DON REYNOLDS; ALBERT GEORGE YOUNG TESTIMONY; ABE FORTAS
Telephone conversation # 1411, sound recording, WALTER JENKINS and TELEPHONE OPERATOR, 1/17/1964, time unknown (Item)
  • JENKINS ASKS OPERATOR TO CONNECT ABE FORTAS WITH KATHARINE GRAHAM
Telephone conversation # 5878, sound recording, LBJ and SIGNAL CORPS OPERATOR, 10/14/1964, time unknown (Item)
  • SIGNAL CORPS OPERATOR REPORTS ON EFFORTS TO PLACE CALLS TO CLARK CLIFFORD, ABE FORTAS, MILDRED STEGALL
Telephone conversation # 5439, sound recording, LBJ and TELEPHONE OPERATOR, 9/2/1964, time unknown (Item)
  • LBJ ASKS OPERATOR TO PLACE CALLS TO NICHOLAS KATZENBACH AND ABE FORTAS
Telephone conversation # 5446, sound recording, LBJ and OFFICE SECRETARY, 9/3/1964, time unknown (Item)
  • OFFICE SECRETARY ASKS LBJ IF HE WOULD LIKE CALL TO BE PLACED TO ABE FORTAS NOW; SECRETARY THEN ASKS OPERATOR TO PLACE CALL
Telephone conversation # 7997, sound recording, BILL MOYERS and BILL MOYERS' OFFICE, 5/20/1965, time unknown (Item)
  • MOYERS ASKS "CAROL" TO BRING BUFFERIN TO THE WH SITUATION ROOM FOR HIMSELF AND ABE FORTAS
Telephone conversation # 10664, sound recording, JUANITA ROBERTS and TELEPHONE OPERATOR, 8/29/1966, time unknown (Item)
  • ROBERTS ASKS TELEPHONE OPERATOR TO PLACE CALL TO LARRY O'BRIEN FOR ABE FORTAS
Telephone conversation # 11013, sound recording, LBJ and YOLANDA BOOZER, 11/3/1966, 6:45PM (Item)
  • BOOZER ANNOUNCES CALL FROM ABE FORTAS WHICH IS NOT RECORDED
Telephone conversation # 11054, sound recording, LBJ and TELEPHONE OPERATOR, 11/23/1966, time unknown (Item)
  • LBJ ASKS TELEPHONE OPERATOR TO PLACE CALL TO ABE FORTAS
President's Daily Diary entry, 1/28/1965 (Item)
  • , 1965 Thursday Fortas Geo. Reedy Senator Robert Senator John Chairman John Abe Bill Kennedy Tower of New of Texas Macy Fortas Moyers Buford Ellington - Nashville, Lunch w/ Mrs. Johnson & Abe Fortas To the office //3:03 t BM (pl) Bill
Telephone conversation # 6743, sound recording, LBJ and JAMES EASTLAND, 1/22/1965, 11:40AM (Item)
  • LBJ ASKS EASTLAND'S ADVICE ON CANDIDATES FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL; NICHOLAS KATZENBACH; CLARK CLIFFORD; ABE FORTAS; KATZENBACH'S LOYALTY TO RFK; FORTAS' BACKGROUND, WORK WITH ALVIN WIRTZ, WORK IN 1948 ELECTION; FORTAS' ROLE IN BOBBY BAKER INVESTIGATION
Lady Bird Johnson's Daily Diary entry, 7/22/1966 (Item)
  • and church and wedding plans. Liz 2:13 2 3 3:00 5:50 6:10 8:30 11:55 12:15 Abe Fortas and Clark Clifford in the Queen s' Room Discussed mail of last several weeks. Walked to South Grounds with Fortas and Clifford and they left. Back to second floor