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Oral history transcript, Warren Christopher, interview 1 (I), 10/31/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)

at hearings. B: This particular aspect was also discussed in advance of the public nomination? That is, whether or not if Abe Fortas were nominated, he should agree to appear before the Senate? C: I can't recall that time sequence accurately. blended
Biographical information; McCone Commission; Watts riots; role of deputy attorney general; judicial appointments; Abe Fortas; Crime Commission; Crime Control Act; Newark riot; Detroit riots; contingency plans; MLK assassination; Washington D.C

Oral history transcript, Powell Moore, interview 1 (I), 1/23/1976, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

: The Johnson aides in describing this are inclined to link the Lawrence nomination with the [Abe] Fortas nomination. M: Yes. That was the other judgeship. G: First of all, was there a connection here? Did Senator Russell oppose the Fortas nomination
of Senate opposition to Vietnam policy from 1968-1973; 1968 riots; damage caused by the appointment of Alexander Lawrence as federal judge; Abe Fortas nomination to be Chief Justice; Southern strategy in approving 1968 open housing bill; oral history project

/exhibits/show/loh/oh 21 F: Did the President discuss with you in any way the appointment of Abe Fortas as Chief Justice? S: He mentioned to me over the phone one Sunday that I recall, tha t he had narrowed his prospects down to Fortas; he was thinking
housing; House concurrence on Senate’s open housing bill; April riots; joint session; Fortas nomination; gun control; Commission on Causes and Prevention of Violence; Yarborough’s opposition to his appointment to the Fifth Circuit; D.C. Circuit

Oral history transcript, Warren Christopher, interview 2 (II), 11/18/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)

Biographical information; McCone Commission; Watts riots; role of deputy attorney general; judicial appointments; Abe Fortas; Crime Commission; Crime Control Act; Newark riot; Detroit riots; contingency plans; MLK assassination; Washington D.C

Oral history transcript, Warren Christopher, interview 3 (III), 12/2/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)

Biographical information; McCone Commission; Watts riots; role of deputy attorney general; judicial appointments; Abe Fortas; Crime Commission; Crime Control Act; Newark riot; Detroit riots; contingency plans; MLK assassination; Washington D.C

to Negro servicem en in the Forces. Ar~d That connnitt ee was headed by a Washing ton lawyer who is now a judge, Mr. Gesell, and had present Supreme Court Justice Fortas on it, and Whitney Young of the Urban League. I had planned when I ,left the Army

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