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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
Oral history transcript, McGeorge Bundy, interview S-II, 11/10/1993, by Robert Dallek (Item)
  • on this, it takes us a little [inaudible] now, one thing is I want to go back to [?], Abe Fortas had some significant role. B: He did indeed. D: Could you tell me something about that? B: He knew the grand old man on the left; what was his name? We were
  • LBJ's decision-making in regard to the Dominican Republic in 1965; Abe Fortas' involvement with the Dominican Republic; LBJ's concern over press coverage and his naivety regarding favorable press coverage; Bundy's involvement in the 1967 Six-Day
Oral history transcript, George Christian and Harry Middleton, interview S-1, 4/1/1996 (Item)
  • most of the Great Society speech, I think, didn't he? M: Umhrn. C: Clark Clifford contributed greatly. Abe Forrest [Fortas?] contributed a lot to what he was saymg. He always, when he made a speech, if it was a reasonably important speech he LBJ
Oral history transcript, John B. Connally, interview S-I, 6/30/1988, by Robert Dallek (Item)
Oral history transcript, Lyndon B. Johnson, 8/19/1969, by Harry Middleton (Item)
  • ] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Reminiscences of LBJ -- 25 • Fortas, and Senator Russell, and John Connally, and A. W. Moursund, and of course Lady Bird-all mean one or the other thing to me. Abe Fortas