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Telephone conversation # 13148, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 6/28/1968, 8:53AM (Item)

VERY POOR SOUND QUALITY; FORTAS IS ALMOST INAUDIBLE; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN; LBJ SPEAKS TO SOMEONE IN HIS OFFICE DURING CALL; DAILY DIARY INDICATES LBJ IS MEETING WITH LARRY TEMPLE, JIM JONES AT TIME OF CALL; CONTINUES ON NEXT
DISCUSSION OF OPPOSITION TO SUPREME COURT APPOINTMENTS OF ABE FORTAS, HOMER THORNBERRY; NEED FOR SENATE LEADERSHIP ON NOMINATIONS; SENATE COMMITTEE VOTE YESTERDAY ON GUN CONTROL BILL; HEAD COUNT ON NOMINATIONS; LBJ'S PAST ASSOCIATION WITH FORTAS
Fortas, Abe, 1910-1982
Telephone conversation # 13148, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 6/28/1968, 8:53AM
ABE FORTAS

Telephone conversation # 13129, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 6/21/1968, 3:48PM (Item)

FORTAS' VIEWS ON VIETNAM?; CYRUS EATON AND USSR; ARMAND HAMMER; CONTRIBUTIONS TO LBJ LIBRARY; WH LUNCHEON YESTERDAY; STUART SYMINGTON AND SALE OF PHANTOM JETS TO ISRAEL; ARMS TALKS WITH USSR; ABE FEINBERG; ARTHUR KRIM; POSSIBLE APPOINTEES TO SUPREME
Fortas, Abe, 1910-1982
Telephone conversation # 13129, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 6/21/1968, 3:48PM
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 # 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 # 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 # 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

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