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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
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
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
Telephone conversation # 7731, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 5/18/1965, 12:01AM (Item)
  • ABE FORTAS
  • Fortas, Abe, 1910-1982
Telephone conversation # 62, sound recording, LBJ and HORACE BUSBY, 11/26/1963, 1:25PM (Item)
  • "TRANSCRIBED"; LBJ IS APPARENTLY MEETING WITH BILL MOYERS, WALTER JENKINS AND ABE FORTAS? AT TIME OF CALL AND OCCASIONALLY SPEAKS WITH THEM; PREVIOUSLY OPENED 11/1993
Telephone conversation # 220, sound recording, LBJ and WALTER LIPPMANN, 12/1/1963, 5:46PM (Item)
  • "(TRANSCRIBED)"; PREVIOUSLY OPENED 4/1994; LIPPMANN ON HOLD 3:40; ALMOST INAUDIBLE OFFICE CONVERSATION WITH LBJ, WALTER JENKINS, ABE FORTAS PRECEDES CALL
Telephone conversation # 396, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE REEDY, 12/10/1963, 4:58PM (Item)
  • REEDY DISCUSSES CLARK MOLLENHOFF STORY ON BOBBY BAKER, LBJ COMPANY'S PAYMENTS FOR LIFE INSURANCE POLICY ON LBJ, TAX IMPLICATIONS OF SUCH PAYMENTS; NYT CONTACT WITH DON REYNOLDS, REQUEST FOR REEDY'S COMMENT; REEDY RELAYS ABE FORTAS' ADVICE ON MATTER
Telephone conversation # 1441, sound recording, LBJ and WALTER JENKINS, 1/20/1964, time unknown (Item)
  • DISCUSSION OF FIGURES ON SALARY FOR UNIDENTIFIED POST; JENKINS REPORTS ON PRESS STORIES ON UNIDENTIFIED ISSUE (POSSIBLY BOBBY BAKER INVESTIGATION), ABE FORTAS CALL TO "MR. NOYES"
Telephone conversation # 1499, sound recording, LBJ and WALTER JENKINS, 1/23/1964, 4:33PM (Item)
  • JENKINS REPORTS ON INTERVIEW REQUESTS FROM JAY ASLAND? OF NEWSWEEK, MARQUIS CHILDS; MIKE MANSFIELD'S REQUEST FOR OLIN JOHNSTON TO BRING SOUTH CAROLINA GOV. DONALD RUSSELL TO MEET LBJ; JENKINS MENTIONS NICHOLAS KATZENBACH AND ABE FORTAS
Telephone conversation # 3124, sound recording, LBJ and WALTER JENKINS, 4/23/1964, 6:24PM (Item)
  • CABLE FROM WALL STREET JOURNAL TO A. W. MOURSUND, WADDY BULLION ON JOHNSON FAMILY BUSINESS; ABE FORTAS; NEWSDAY INVESTIGATION OF JOHNSON FINANCES; KTBC; DON THOMAS; JESSE KELLAM; MARGUERITE HIGGINS OF NEWSDAY
Telephone conversation # 3798, sound recording, LBJ and WALTER JENKINS, 6/20/1964, 9:15AM (Item)
  • EDWARD KENNEDY, AIRPLANE ACCIDENT; ABE FORTAS; JOHNSON FAMILY BUSINESS, LBJ RANCH; SENATE COMMITTEE ACTION ON FEDERAL PAY? BILL; HOUSE ACTION ON FOREIGN AID? BILL; WILLIAM NATCHER; OTTO PASSMAN; CROWDS GREETING LBJ IN CALIFORNIA
Telephone conversation # 3605, sound recording, LBJ and WALTER JENKINS, 6/1/1964, 6:20PM (Item)
  • JENKINS REPORTS ON ABE FORTAS' MEETING WITH PRESS ON JOHNSON FAMILY BUSINESS; LADY BIRD JOHNSON; TELEPHONE LINE AT LBJ RANCH CONNECTED TO A. W. MOURSUND
Telephone conversation # 3647, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE REEDY, 6/9/1964, 12:31PM (Item)
  • REEDY ASKS LBJ TO APPROVE STATEMENT BY LEE WHITE ON PUERTO RICO; DISCUSSION OF HANDLING WASHINGTON STAR STORY BY JOHN BARRON ON JOHNSON FAMILY BUSINESS; LBJ COMPLAINS ABOUT INACCURACIES IN STORY; ABE FORTAS; QUESTION OF RFK'S INVOLVEMENT IN STORY
Telephone conversation # 3648, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE REEDY, 6/9/1964, 12:31PM (Item)
  • DISCUSSION OF HANDLING WASHINGTON STAR STORY BY JOHN BARRON ON JOHNSON FAMILY BUSINESS; QUESTION OF RFK'S INVOLVEMENT IN STORY; INACCURACIES, POLITICAL IMPLICATIONS OF STORY; POSSIBLE PRESS QUESTIONS ABOUT IT, REFERRING INQUIRIES TO ABE FORTAS
Telephone conversation # 4397, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE REEDY, 7/29/1964, 4:15PM (Item)
  • DISCUSSION OF ITEMS FOR REEDY'S PRESS BRIEFING; LBJ'S MEETING TODAY WITH AGRICULTURAL LEADERS; REEDY REPORTS ON HIS, ABE FORTAS' UPCOMING MEETING WITH LIFE MAGAZINE EDITORS, REPORTERS ON STORY ABOUT LBJ'S PERSONAL FINANCES
Telephone conversation # 4409, sound recording, LBJ and CLARK CLIFFORD, 7/29/1964, 8:21PM (Item)
  • CLIFFORD'S TALK WITH NICHOLAS KATZENBACH?; LBJ'S TALKS WITH KEN O'DONNELL, LARRY O'BRIEN, MCGEORGE BUNDY, MCNAMARA ABOUT RFK; PRESS HANDLING OF RFK MEETING WITH LBJ; LIFE MAGAZINE WRITERS MEETING WITH ABE FORTAS, POSSIBLY LBJ; BROWN & ROOT DAM
Telephone conversation # 4931, sound recording, LBJ and CLARK CLIFFORD, 8/14/1964, 5:25PM (Item)
  • DISCUSSION OF TIME MAGAZINE REQUEST FOR JOHNSON FAMILY FINANCIAL STATEMENT, QUESTIONS AT TODAY'S PRESS CONFERENCE; CLIFFORD, ABE FORTAS ADVISE LBJ ISSUE AUDIT FOLLOWING PUBLICATION OF LIFE MAGAZINE STORY ON FINANCES; CLIFFORD INVITES LBJ TO DINNER