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Telephone conversation # 13136, sound recording, LBJ and JAMES EASTLAND, 6/23/1968, 9:09AM (Item)
  • REAPPOINTING TOM CLARK TO SUPREME COURT; QUESTION OF NEED TO CONFIRM ABE FORTAS AS CHIEF JUSTICE; LBJ'S DIFFERENCES WITH RAMSEY CLARK OVER RESURRECTION CITY, ALEXANDER LAWRENCE; LBJ'S OPTIONS INCLUDING NOT ACCEPTING WARREN'S RESIGNATION; OTHER
Telephone conversation # 13140, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 6/25/1968, 4:53PM (Item)
  • DIRKSEN DISCUSSES MEETING ON SUPREME COURT APPOINTMENTS, PRECEDENTS ON RECESS APPOINTMENTS OF SUPREME COURT JUSTICES; LBJ SAYS HE WILL NAME ABE FORTAS AS CHIEF JUSTICE, HOMER THORNBERRY AS ASSOCIATE JUSTICE; DIRKSEN REPORTS ON MEETING WITH "JOHN
Telephone conversation # 13143, sound recording, LBJ and LEON JAWORSKI, 6/25/1968, 5:56PM (Item)
  • LBJ SAYS HE WILL APPOINT ABE FORTAS AS CHIEF JUSTICE AND HOMER THORNBERRY AS ASSOCIATE JUSTICE OF SUPREME COURT, DISCUSSES THORNBERRY'S JUDICIAL EXPERIENCE, ASKS JAWORSKI TO SUPPORT THORNBERRY'S APPOINTMENT; JAWORSKI SAYS HE WILL DO SO
Telephone conversation # 13145, sound recording, LBJ and MIKE MANSFIELD, 6/26/1968, 9:44AM (Item)
  • LBJ DISCUSSES ABA APPROVAL OF SUPREME COURT APPOINTMENTS OF ABE FORTAS, HOMER THORNBERRY; BUILDING SENATE SUPPORT FOR NOMINATIONS; VIEWS OF EVERETT DIRKSEN, RICHARD RUSSELL, JAMES EASTLAND; LBJ ASKS MANSFIELD'S HELP WITH DEMOCRATS ON JUDICIARY
Telephone conversation # 11209, sound recording, LBJ and BILL MOYERS, 12/26/1966, 11:46AM (Item)
  • MOYERS RELAYS ABE FORTAS' VIEWS ON WH PRESS STATEMENT ABOUT NEWSWEEK ARTICLE ON LBJ AND WILLIAM MANCHESTER'S BOOK ON JFK ASSASSINATION; LBJ EXPRESSES IRRITATION ABOUT PRESS LEAKS AND MANIPULATION OF SOURCES BY THE PRESS
Telephone conversation # 10833, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 9/24/1966, 12:57PM (Item)
  • RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN; ABE FORTAS IS ON HOLD DURING THIS CONVERSATION
Telephone conversation # 13812, sound recording, LBJ and SHELDON COHEN, 12/17/1968, 3:52PM (Item)
  • DISCUSSION OF CONCERNS OF HENRY FORD II, OTHERS ABOUT NEW IRS RULING (ON DEFERRED STOCK COMPENSATION); LBJ EXPRESSES IRRITATION WITH COHEN AND OTHERS, SAYS HE DOES NOT WANT AGENCIES TO ISSUE NEW RULES IN LAST DAYS OF ADMINISTRATION; ABE FORTAS
Telephone conversation # 13813, sound recording, LBJ and SHELDON COHEN, 12/17/1968, 3:52PM (Item)
  • CONTINUED DISCUSSION OF NEW IRS RULING (ON DEFERRED STOCK COMPENSATION) AND LBJ'S OBJECTIONS TO PROMULGATION OF NEW RULES IN LAST DAYS OF HIS ADMINISTRATION; SENATE'S FAILURE TO CONFIRM ABE FORTAS AS SUPREME COURT CHIEF JUSTICE
Telephone conversation # 13205, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 7/11/1968, 8:26AM (Item)
  • PRESS INQUIRIES ABOUT DIRKSEN, SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL BOARD AND ABE FORTAS, HOMER THORNBERRY SUPREME COURT NOMINATIONS; DISCUSSION OF RICHARD RUSSELL AND ALEXANDER LAWRENCE JUDICIAL APPOINTMENT AND VARIOUS PENDING JUDICIAL APPOINTMENTS
Telephone conversation # 13206, sound recording, MATT KOEHL and RECORDED MESSAGE, 7/11/1968, time unknown (Item)
  • RECORDED MESSAGE FROM MATT KOEHL OPPOSING NOMINATION OF ABE FORTAS AS CHIEF JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME COURT BECAUSE OF HIS JEWISH FAITH AND ALLEGED COMMUNIST PARTY AFFILIATIONS
Telephone conversation # 13210, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 7/15/1968, 5:52PM (Item)
  • DIRKSEN REPORTS ON HIS MEETING WITH STROM THURMOND, PROGRESS IN JUDICIARY COMMITTEE ON ABE FORTAS NOMINATION, GUN CONTROL BILL; LBJ SAYS HE WILL SEND UP JUDICIAL NOMINATIONS; DIRKSEN ASKS LBJ TO MEET WITH ADMIRAL JOHN MCCAIN, JR.; US AMBASSADOR
Telephone conversation # 13323, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 8/27/1968, 11:15AM (Item)
  • DIRKSEN WISHES LBJ HAPPY BIRTHDAY; DIRKSEN'S OPPONENT; LBJ'S HEALTH; DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION; PARIS PEACE TALKS; CANCELLATION OF POPE PAUL'S VIETNAM TRIP; ADVERSE EFFECT OF BOMBING HALT; APPOINTMENTS OF ABE FORTAS AS CHIEF JUSTICE, DIRKSEN'S FCC
Telephone conversation # 13504, sound recording, LBJ and RAMSEY CLARK, 10/1/1968, 11:05AM (Item)
  • LBJ DISCUSSES HIS RECENT TALK WITH EVERETT DIRKSEN ON CONFIRMATION OF ABE FORTAS AS CHIEF JUSTICE; PROBABLE FAILURE OF UPCOMING CLOTURE VOTE TO END SENATE DEBATE; POSSIBILITY OF SENATE CONFIRMING TOM CLARK IF HE IS NOMINATED AS CHIEF JUSTICE
Telephone conversation # 7733, sound recording, LBJ and BRUCE PALMER, 5/18/1965, 12:01AM (Item)
  • FORTAS
  • Fortas, Abe, 1910-1982
Telephone conversation # 8413, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 7/29/1965, 9:20PM (Item)
  • "DO NOT SUMMARIZE - RE FORTAS, WJ AND BB," TIME AND DATE OF CALL WRITTEN ON ENVELOPE CONTAINING DICTABELT; NO SLIP ACCOMPANIES DICTABELT; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN
  • OPPOSITION TO ABE FORTAS' SUPREME COURT APPOINTMENT DUE TO HIS WORK FOR PUERTO RICO ON REFINERY FOR VENEZUELAN OIL, PRESS CONTACTS ON WALTER JENKINS' ARREST, ROLE IN BOBBY BAKER CASE; CONFIRMATION HEARING; ROMAN HRUSKA; VOTING RIGHTS, IMMIGRATION
Telephone conversation # 10652, sound recording, LBJ and JUANITA ROBERTS, 8/29/1966, 8:39AM (Item)
  • "8/29 MJDR/PRES/MRS. J" AND "MJDR/FORTAS" WRITTEN ON ORIGINAL DICTABELT; LADY BIRD JOHNSON IS MEETING WITH LBJ AND JUANITA ROBERTS IS MEETING WITH DOROTHY TERRITO AT WH AT TIME OF CALL; TIME FROM DAILY DIARY; THIS BELT RECORDED AT WH; POOR SOUND
  • TERRITO, ROBERTS DESCRIBE CATHOLIC MISSAL ON WHICH LBJ TOOK OATH OF OFFICE FOLLOWING JFK ASSASSINATION; DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MISSAL AND BIBLE; PRESS STORY THAT MISSAL WAS KENNEDY FAMILY BIBLE; LBJ REQUESTS ABE FORTAS LOOK AT MISSAL
Telephone conversation # 13507, sound recording, LBJ and CLARK CLIFFORD, 10/1/1968, 5:40PM (Item)
  • DISCUSSION OF FAILURE TO WIN SENATE CLOTURE VOTE ENDING DEBATE ON ABE FORTAS' CONFIRMATION AS CHIEF JUSTICE, PLANNED FILIBUSTER, OPPOSITION FROM RIGHT; FORTAS' DESIRE TO WITHDRAW NAME; DISCUSSION OF OTHER POTENTIAL NOMINEES TO BE CHIEF JUSTICE; 1964
Telephone conversation # 5886, sound recording, LBJ and CLARK CLIFFORD, 10/14/1964, 9:36PM (Item)
  • "NYC"; POOR SOUND QUALITY; CONTINUES FROM PREVIOUS RECORDING WHICH INITIATES AS CALL TO STEGALL WHO IS MEETING WITH ABE FORTAS, CLARK CLIFFORD AT TIME; WEISL IS WITH LBJ; STEGALL DOES NOT SPEAK ON THIS RECORDING
Telephone conversation # 6385, sound recording, LBJ and J. EDGAR HOOVER, 11/17/1964, 1:37PM (Item)
  • FBI INVESTIGATION; RFK; JOSEPH ALSOP; CANDIDATES FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL: NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, ABE FORTAS, CLARK CLIFFORD, DON COOK; HOOVER RECOMMENDS IRVING KAUFMAN; JUSTICE DEPT ROLE IN JAMES HOFFA CASE; CLIFFORD'S ROLE IN 1964 VP SELECTION
Telephone conversation # 6741, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD RUSSELL, 1/22/1965, 11:15AM (Item)
  • LBJ ASKS RUSSELL'S ADVICE ON ATTORNEY GENERAL APPOINTMENT; NICHOLAS KATZENBACH; CLARK CLIFFORD; ABE FORTAS' BACKGROUND, LONGTIME ROLE AS ADVISER TO LBJ, HIS ROLE IN BOBBY BAKER INVESTIGATION; MCNAMARA TESTIMONY ON AUTHORIZATION BILLS; FEDERAL PAY
Telephone conversation # 8526, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 8/9/1965, 3:31PM (Item)
  • LBJ, KATZENBACH DEBATE MERIT OF DELAY IN SENDING FEDERAL EXAMINERS TO MISSISSIPPI UNTIL AFTER VOTE THERE ON MISSISSIPPI CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS TO LIBERALIZE VOTING LAWS; NEGATIVE EFFECT OF FDR'S ENDORSEMENT OF LBJ; ABE FORTAS' CONFIRMATION; RFK
Telephone conversation # 8352, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD RUSSELL, 7/19/1965, 6:07PM (Item)
  • COLD WAR GI BILL; LBJ ASKS RUSSELL'S ADVICE ON UN AMBASSADOR APPOINTMENT, VARIOUS CANDIDATES; ARTHUR GOLDBERG; POSSIBLE ARAB REACTION TO JEWISH APPOINTMENT; CLARK CLIFFORD; GEORGE BALL; ABE FORTAS APPOINTMENT TO SUPREME COURT; INDIA-PAKISTAN AID
Telephone conversation # 13207, sound recording, LBJ and LEONARD MARKS, 7/13/1968, 10:25AM (Item)
  • MARKS REPORTS ON TALK WITH "DREW" (PEARSON) ABOUT JUDICIAL APPOINTMENTS FOR DAVID BRESS, HOMER THORNBERRY, ABE FORTAS; FCC RULINGS; AT&T INVOLVEMENT IN MARYLAND SENATE RACE; PHOTOS OF LBJ IN US EMBASSIES; USIA DISTRIBUTION OF BOOKS; PRESS REVIEWS
Telephone conversation # 13501, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 10/1/1968, 10:31AM (Item)
  • HHH'S SALT LAKE CITY SPEECH ON BOMBING HALT; CURRENT US VIETNAM POLICY, NEGOTIATING CONDITIONS; EFFECT OF SPEECH ON ELECTION; REPUBLICAN VACANCIES; JAMES RUSSELL WIGGINS' APPOINTMENT TO UN; ABE FORTAS; POSSIBLE NOMINATION OF TOM CLARK AS CHIEF
Telephone conversation # 13503, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN MCCORMACK, 10/1/1968, 10:45AM (Item)
  • LBJ AGREES TO MEET WITH CONGRESSMEN ABOUT FUNDS FOR PHILADELPHIA FEDERAL COURT BUILDING; SENATE DEBATE ON ABE FORTAS' CONFIRMATION AS CHIEF JUSTICE; HHH'S SALT LAKE CITY SPEECH ON VIETNAM BOMBING HALT; EFFECT OF SPEECH ON ELECTION; RECENT ELECTION
Telephone conversation # 13146, transcript, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 6/26/1968, 11:10AM (Item)
  • LBJ SAYS ABA HAS FOUND ABE FORTAS, HOMER THORNBERRY HIGHLY ACCEPTABLE APPOINTEES AS SUPREME COURT CHIEF JUSTICE, ASSOCIATE JUSTICE, ASKS DIRKSEN TO TALK WITH ROMAN HRUSKA ABOUT APPOINTMENTS; VIEWS OF RICHARD RUSSELL, JAMES EASTLAND ON FORTAS
Telephone conversation # 7981, sound recording, UNIDENTIFIED MALE and JAIME BENITEZ, 5/20/1965, time unknown (Item)
  • BENITEZ IS IN PUERTO RICO, ON HOLD FOR "ARNOLD" (FORTAS) THROUGHOUT MOST OF RECORDING; CONTINUES ON NEXT RECORDING
  • BENITEZ BEGINS TO REPORT ON CONVERSATION BETWEEN GUZMAN AND JUAN BOSCH, THEN UNIDENTIFIED MALE ASKS HIM TO REPORT DIRECTLY TO "MR. ARNOLD" (FORTAS)
Telephone conversation # 7795, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 5/20/1965, 1:13PM (Item)
  • LBJ ASKS MCNAMARA TO JOIN HIM FOR LUNCH WITH THE COWLES PUBLISHING GROUP, DISCUSSES DIFFICULTY INVOLVED WITH ASKING "MR. ARNOLD" (FORTAS) TO JOIN GROUP AND ASKS MCNAMARA TO TELL FORTAS THEY WILL MEET AFTER LUNCH
Telephone conversation # 7985, sound recording, ROBERT MCNAMARA and LBJ, 5/20/1965, 1:13PM (Item)
  • LBJ ASKS MCNAMARA TO JOIN HIM FOR LUNCH WITH THE COWLES PUBLISHING GROUP, DISCUSSES DIFFICULTY INVOLVED WITH ASKING "MR. ARNOLD" (FORTAS) TO JOIN GROUP AND ASKS MCNAMARA TO TELL FORTAS THEY WILL MEET AFTER LUNCH
Telephone conversation # 8011, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 5/20/1965, time unknown (Item)
  • FORTAS DISCUSSES TALKS WITH GUZMAN ON SETTLEMENT IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; POSSIBLE CABINET APPOINTMENTS; BUNDY TELLS FORTAS PREVIOUS AGREEMENT WITH JUAN BOSCH IS OUT OF DATE; DEPORTATION OF REBEL LEADERS; BUNDY COMMENTS ON CAP 65180; LOYALIST ADVANCE
Telephone conversation # 10667, sound recording, MACHINE NOISE, 8/29/1966, time unknown (Item)
  • "8/29 FORTAS/SARAH HUGHES 1:30P" WRITTEN ON ORIGINAL DICTABELT; THIS BELT RECORDED AT WH
Telephone conversation # 1694, sound recording, LBJ and WALTER JENKINS, 1/31/1964, 4:06PM (Item)
  • DISCUSSION OF JOSEPH KRAFT ARTICLE AND PRESS LEAKS; JENKINS RELAYS RECOMMENDATION BY FORTAS FOR STUDY OF REORGANIZATION OF WH STAFF; BILL WHITLEY; BOBBY BAKER INVESTIGATION
Telephone conversation # 10661, sound recording, MACHINE NOISE, 8/29/1966, time unknown (Item)
  • "VARIOUS ON 8-29-66 RE BIBLE ETC"; "CALL EVELYN IN KINTNER'S OFFICE"; "BILL MOYERS/JUSTICE FORTAS" AND "BM/MJDR 8/29/66" WRITTEN ON ORIGINAL DICTABELT; THIS BELT RECORDED AT WH; CONTINUES ON NEXT RECORDING
Telephone conversation # 7916, sound recording, BILL MOYERS and OFFICE SECRETARY, 5/19/1965, time unknown (Item)
  • "[TELEPHONE] 2154-19 MAY"; RECORDED SIMULTANEOUSLY WITH REF #7913; FORTAS IS ALSO IN WH SITUATION ROOM AND IS AUDIBLE ON OTHER TELEPHONE
Telephone conversation # 10651, sound recording, JUANITA ROBERTS and TELEPHONE OPERATOR, 8/29/1966, time unknown (Item)
  • "8/29 MJDR/PRES/MRS. J" AND "MJDR/FORTAS" WRITTEN ON ORIGINAL DICTABELT; ROBERTS ON HOLD THROUGHOUT MOST OF RECORDING; OFFICE CONVERSATION WHILE ROBERTS IS ON HOLD; THIS BELT WAS RECORDED AT WH
Telephone conversation # 10660, sound recording, JUANITA ROBERTS and LADY BIRD JOHNSON, 8/29/1966, 12:42PM? (Item)
  • "VARIOUS ON 8-29-66 RE BIBLE ETC"; "CALL EVELYN IN KINTNER'S OFFICE"; "BILL MOYERS/JUSTICE FORTAS" AND "BM/MJDR 8/29/66" WRITTEN ON DICTABELT; TEXAS OPS LOGS LIST CALL TO ROBERTS AT 10:42A AND WH OPS LOGS AT 12:42P; THIS BELT RECORDED AT WH