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Telephone conversation # 13509, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 10/1/1968, 6:06PM (Item)
  • "LARGER BAND: 6:06 P.M. TO JUSTICE ABE FORTAS"; "DISCUSSED THE CLOTURE VOTE AND WHAT TO DO NOW AND NEXT."; "TRANSCRIBED-YB"; LBJ ASKS OPERATOR TO PLACE CALL TO FORTAS; RECORDING OF FORTAS CALL STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN AND ENDS BEFORE
  • DISCUSSION OF FAILURE OF CLOTURE VOTE TO END DEBATE ON FORTAS' CONFIRMATION AS SUPREME COURT CHIEF JUSTICE; OPPOSITION TO FORTAS FROM RIGHT; FORTAS SAYS HE WILL WITHDRAW HIS NAME; DISCUSSION OF WHETHER LBJ SHOULD SUBMIT ANOTHER NOMINEE; POSSIBLE
  • Fortas, Abe, 1910-1982
  • Telephone conversation # 13509, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 10/1/1968, 6:06PM
  • ABE FORTAS
Telephone conversation # 8406, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 7/28/1965, 11:48AM (Item)
  • LBJ ASKS FORTAS TO COME TO WH TO WATCH LBJ'S PRESS CONFERENCE THIS AFTERNOON, TELLS HIM NOT TO BE SURPRISED BY WHAT HE ANNOUNCES (FORTAS' APPOINTMENT TO SUPREME COURT)
  • Fortas, Abe, 1910-1982
  • Telephone conversation # 8406, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 7/28/1965, 11:48AM
  • ABE FORTAS
Telephone conversation # 8527, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 8/10/1965, 1:30PM (Item)
  • LBJ CONGRATULATES FORTAS ON UNANIMOUS SENATE COMMITTEE VOTE IN FAVOR OF HIS NOMINATION TO SUPREME COURT
  • Fortas, Abe, 1910-1982
  • Telephone conversation # 8527, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 8/10/1965, 1:30PM
  • ABE FORTAS
Telephone conversation # 11142, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 12/16/1966, 9:56AM (Item)
  • FORTAS ON HOLD 3:40
  • Fortas, Abe, 1910-1982
  • Telephone conversation # 11142, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 12/16/1966, 9:56AM
  • ABE FORTAS
Telephone conversation # 8329, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 7/9/1965, 2:22PM (Item)
  • OFFICE SECRETARY REMINDS LBJ THAT FORTAS IS HOLDING; POOR SOUND QUALITY; FORTAS IS ALMOST INAUDIBLE
  • LBJ ASKS FORTAS' EVALUATION OF THEODORE TANNENWALD AS POSSIBLE APPOINTEE TO TAX COURT; FORTAS RECOMMENDS TANNENWALD, TELLS LBJ THAT CAROL AGGER ALSO RECOMMENDS CHARLES SIMPSON; ALMOST INAUDIBLE DISCUSSION OF QUALIFICATIONS OF BOTH MEN
  • Fortas, Abe, 1910-1982
  • Telephone conversation # 8329, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 7/9/1965, 2:22PM
  • ABE FORTAS
Telephone conversation # 8370, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 7/21/1965, 4:31PM (Item)
  • VERY POOR SOUND QUALITY; FORTAS IS INAUDIBLE AND LBJ IS DIFFICULT TO HEAR AT TIMES
  • FORTAS' LETTER WITHDRAWING HIS NAME FOR CONSIDERATION FOR SUPREME COURT; LBJ ASKS FORTAS' ADVICE ON OTHER POSSIBLE APPOINTEES; FULBRIGHT'S HEARINGS ON DOMINICAN REPUBLIC INTERVENTION; LUIS MUNOZ-MARIN'S UPCOMING TESTIMONY; FORTAS' RECENT FBI CHECK
  • Fortas, Abe, 1910-1982
  • Telephone conversation # 8370, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 7/21/1965, 4:31PM
  • ABE FORTAS
Telephone conversation # 13149, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 6/28/1968, 8:53AM (Item)
  • VERY POOR SOUND QUALITY; FORTAS IS ALMOST INAUDIBLE; CONTINUES FROM PREVIOUS RECORDING
  • CONTINUED DISCUSSION OF OPPOSITION TO SUPREME COURT APPOINTMENTS OF ABE FORTAS, HOMER THORNBERRY AND LBJ'S MEETING WITH TIME MAGAZINE REPORTER LAST NIGHT; LBJ'S PERSONAL ASSOCIATION WITH FORTAS; PRESS STORIES ON CHARGES OF CRONYISM IN NOMINATIONS
  • Fortas, Abe, 1910-1982
  • Telephone conversation # 13149, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 6/28/1968, 8:53AM
  • ABE FORTAS
Telephone conversation # 423, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 12/11/1963, 5:00PM (Item)
  • FORTAS PROPOSES THAT APPOINTMENTS TO REGULATORY AGENCIES BE APPROVED BY COMMITTEE SIMILAR TO ABA COMMITTEE THAT APPROVES JUDICIAL APPOINTMENTS; LBJ SAYS HE CANNOT DISCUSS FORTAS' IDEA NOW BECAUSE OF HIS BUSY SCHEDULE, ASKS FORTAS TO WRITE MEMO
  • Fortas, Abe, 1910-1982
  • Telephone conversation # 423, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 12/11/1963, 5:00PM
  • ABE FORTAS
Telephone conversation # 10832, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 9/24/1966, 12:48PM (Item)
  • RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN; FORTAS IS DIFFICULT TO HEAR; CONTINUES ON REF #10834; LBJ PUTS FORTAS ON HOLD WHILE TALKING TO NICHOLAS KATZENBACH (REF #10833)
  • FORTAS' CONVERSATION WITH NICHOLAS KATZENBACH ABOUT POSSIBLE CRITICISM OF RAMSEY CLARK'S APPOINTMENT AS ATTORNEY GENERAL, TOM CLARK'S RETIREMENT FROM SUPREME COURT; MORRIS ABRAM AS POSSIBLE CANDIDATE FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL; CLARK CLIFFORD'S ADVICE
  • Fortas, Abe, 1910-1982
  • Telephone conversation # 10832, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 9/24/1966, 12:48PM
  • ABE FORTAS
Telephone conversation # 8676, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 8/30/1965, 3:44PM (Item)
  • FORTAS ON HOLD 0:55, DIFFICULT TO HEAR; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN
  • LBJ ASKS IF FORTAS IS ENJOYING VACATION; LBJ'S MEETING WITH ARTHUR GOLDBERG; STEEL NEGOTIATIONS; POSSIBLE PROBLEM WITH DAVID BRESS APPOINTMENT AS US ATTORNEY FOR WASHINGTON, DC DUE TO SERVICE AS LAWYER FOR SERV-U, BOBBY BAKER; DREW PEARSON'S
  • Fortas, Abe, 1910-1982
  • Telephone conversation # 8676, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 8/30/1965, 3:44PM
  • ABE FORTAS
Telephone conversation # 10821, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 9/22/1966, 8:30AM (Item)
  • RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN; FORTAS IS DIFFICULT TO HEAR; CONTINUES ON NEXT RECORDING
  • FORTAS' TALK WITH TOM CLARK ABOUT NAMING RAMSEY CLARK AS ATTORNEY GENERAL; OTHER JUSTICES' VIEWS; SOLICITOR GENERAL VACANCY; EFFECT OF TOM CLARK'S RESIGNATION, THURGOOD MARSHALL'S APPOINTMENT ON SUPREME COURT; BOBBY BAKER; USIA JFK FILM; FBI
  • Fortas, Abe, 1910-1982
  • Telephone conversation # 10821, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 9/22/1966, 8:30AM
  • ABE FORTAS
Telephone conversation # 10835, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 9/24/1966, 12:48PM (Item)
  • CONTINUES FROM PREVIOUS RECORDINGS; FORTAS IS DIFFICULT TO HEAR
  • CONTINUED DISCUSSION OF APPOINTMENT OF RAMSEY CLARK AS ATTORNEY GENERAL AND RETIREMENT OF TOM CLARK FROM SUPREME COURT; FORTAS MENTIONS POSSIBLE APPOINTMENT OF BEN HEINEMAN AS ATTORNEY GENERAL
  • Fortas, Abe, 1910-1982
  • Telephone conversation # 10835, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 9/24/1966, 12:48PM
  • ABE FORTAS
Telephone conversation # 13127, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 6/21/1968, 3:48PM (Item)
  • "(CAN'T HEAR)"; "RE APPTS TO VIOLENCE COMMISSION, LEON JAWORSKI, APPTS TO SUPREME COURT; JOHNNY CROOKER; CONTINUED"; JUNE 21, 1968 B.2" WRITTEN ON DICTABELT; CONTINUES ON NEXT 3 RECORDINGS; VERY POOR SOUND QUALITY; FORTAS IS ALMOST INAUDIBLE
  • Fortas, Abe, 1910-1982
  • Telephone conversation # 13127, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 6/21/1968, 3:48PM
  • ABE FORTAS
Telephone conversation # 13130, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 6/21/1968, 3:48PM (Item)
  • "CONTINUED"; "TALK ABOUT SUPREME COURT VACANCIES" PRECEDES SHORTHAND NOTES ON SLIP ACCOMPANYING DICTABELT; "JUNE 21, 1968 B.5" WRITTEN ON DICTABELT; VERY POOR SOUND QUALITY; BOTH LBJ AND FORTAS ARE INAUDIBLE AT TIMES; CONTINUES FROM 3 PREVIOUS
  • Fortas, Abe, 1910-1982
  • Telephone conversation # 13130, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 6/21/1968, 3:48PM
  • ABE FORTAS
Telephone conversation # 11333, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 1/11/1967, 3:45PM (Item)
  • RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN; RECORDING OF FORTAS' CALL IS INTERRUPTED BY CALL FROM UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE TO MARY SLATER
  • Fortas, Abe, 1910-1982
  • Telephone conversation # 11333, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 1/11/1967, 3:45PM
  • ABE FORTAS
Telephone conversation # 10822, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 9/22/1966, 8:30AM (Item)
  • CONTINUES FROM PREVIOUS RECORDING; FORTAS IS DIFFICULT TO HEAR; RECORDING ENDS BEFORE CONVERSATION IS OVER
  • Fortas, Abe, 1910-1982
  • Telephone conversation # 10822, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 9/22/1966, 8:30AM
  • ABE FORTAS
Telephone conversation # 10834, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 9/24/1966, 12:48PM (Item)
  • CONTINUES FROM REF #10832 AND ON NEXT RECORDING; FORTAS IS DIFFICULT TO HEAR
  • Fortas, Abe, 1910-1982
  • Telephone conversation # 10834, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 9/24/1966, 12:48PM
  • ABE FORTAS
Telephone conversation # 13557, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 10/17/1968, 9:19AM (Item)
  • FORTAS REPORTS ON HIS TALKS WITH ARTHUR GOLDBERG AND EARL WARREN ABOUT RECESS APPOINTMENT FOR GOLDBERG TO SUPREME COURT, SAYS WARREN SUPPORTS GOLDBERG; GOLDBERG'S VIEWS ON HENRY FRIENDLY; LBJ EXPRESSES DOUBTS ABOUT CONFIRMATION OF GOLDBERG
  • Fortas, Abe, 1910-1982
  • Telephone conversation # 13557, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 10/17/1968, 9:19AM
  • ABE FORTAS
Telephone conversation # 10912, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 10/3/1966, 8:16AM (Item)
  • Fortas, Abe, 1910-1982
  • Telephone conversation # 10912, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 10/3/1966, 8:16AM
  • ABE FORTAS
Telephone conversation # 10913, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 10/3/1966, 8:16AM (Item)
  • Fortas, Abe, 1910-1982
  • Telephone conversation # 10913, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 10/3/1966, 8:16AM
  • ABE FORTAS
Telephone conversation # 132, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 11/29/1963, 1:15PM (Item)
  • "(TRANSCRIBED)"; OFFICE SECRETARY ASKS TELEPHONE OPERATOR TO PLACE CALL TO FORTAS; 1:30 ELAPSES BEFORE FORTAS IS CONNECTED; POOR SOUND QUALITY; LBJ SPEAKS TO "MAC" DURING CALL; DIARY INDICATES LBJ IS MEETING WITH MCGEORGE BUNDY; PREVIOUSLY OPENED 11
  • LBJ ASKS ABOUT FORTAS' PROGRESS ON PROPOSED COMMISSION TO INVESTIGATE JFK ASSASSINATION; FORTAS SAYS NICHOLAS KATZENBACH AND SOLICITOR GENERAL WILL TALK TO EARL WARREN; POSSIBLE APPOINTEES; LBJ'S AUTHORITY TO APPOINT COMMISSION; HALE BOGGS' REMARKS
  • Fortas, Abe, 1910-1982
  • Telephone conversation # 132, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 11/29/1963, 1:15PM
  • ABE FORTAS
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 # 8204, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 6/28/1965, 3:00PM (Item)
  • RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN; FORTAS IS ALMOST INAUDIBLE; LBJ PUTS FORTAS ON HOLD 1:30 IN MIDDLE OF CONVERSATION
  • Fortas, Abe, 1910-1982
  • Telephone conversation # 8204, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 6/28/1965, 3:00PM
  • ABE FORTAS
Telephone conversation # 13128, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 6/21/1968, 3:48PM (Item)
  • "CONTINUED"; "POSSIBLE SUPREME COURT APPOINTEES; PEACE TALKS IN PARIS"; "JUNE 21, 1968 B.3" WRITTEN ON DICTABELT; CONTINUES FROM PREVIOUS RECORDING AND ON NEXT 2 RECORDINGS; FORTAS IS ALMOST INAUDIBLE
  • JOHN CROOKER, SR. AND JR.; POSSIBLE APPOINTEES TO SUPREME COURT?: CYRUS VANCE, CLARK CLIFFORD, RAMSEY CLARK, HENRY "JOE" FOWLER, HOMER THORNBERRY; PRESS BIAS AGAINST LBJ; BOB KERR'S OPINION OF DOUGLAS DILLON; ANDRE MEYER'S, FORTAS' VIEWS ON VIETNAM
  • Fortas, Abe, 1910-1982
  • Telephone conversation # 13128, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 6/21/1968, 3:48PM
  • ABE FORTAS
Telephone conversation # 11150, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 12/17/1966, 10:45AM (Item)
  • "WASHINGTON"; POOR SOUND QUALITY; FORTAS IS DIFFICULT TO HEAR; FORTAS IS APPARENTLY MEETING WITH "BILL" (MOYERS?) AT TIME OF CALL AND TALKS WITH HIM DURING CALL; CONTINUES FROM PREVIOUS RECORDING AND ON NEXT RECORDING; PREVIOUSLY OPENED IN PART
  • Fortas, Abe, 1910-1982
  • Telephone conversation # 11150, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 12/17/1966, 10:45AM
  • 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 # 10929, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 10/6/1966, 6:02PM (Item)
  • RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN; POOR SOUND QUALITY; FORTAS IS DIFFICULT TO HEAR, ALMOST INAUDIBLE; PREVIOUSLY OPENED ON K66.03, PN0 3
  • Fortas, Abe, 1910-1982
  • Telephone conversation # 10929, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 10/6/1966, 6:02PM
  • ABE FORTAS
Telephone conversation # 13135, sound recording, LBJ and JAMES EASTLAND, 6/23/1968, 9:09AM (Item)
  • JUDICIAL APPOINTMENT FOR ALEXANDER LAWRENCE; APPOINTMENT OF ABE FORTAS AS CHIEF JUSTICE OF SUPREME COURT; FORTAS' RECENT SPEECH ON CIVIL DISSENT; LBJ READS LIST OF CANDIDATES TO SUCCEED FORTAS, SUGGESTS REAPPOINTING TOM CLARK AND DISMISSING RAMSEY
Telephone conversation # 13147, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 6/27/1968, 3:57PM (Item)
  • SAM ERVIN'S VIEW THAT ABE FORTAS CANNOT BE APPOINTED AS SUPREME COURT CHIEF JUSTICE UNTIL EARL WARREN RESIGNS; DISCUSSION OF SENATORS' VIEWS ON NOMINATIONS OF FORTAS, HOMER THORNBERRY; REPUBLICAN SENATORS' LETTER OPPOSING FORTAS' NOMINATION
Telephone conversation # 13203, sound recording, LBJ and CARTHA "DEKE" DELOACH, 7/1/1968, 5:02PM (Item)
  • POOR SOUND QUALITY; "RE MERIDIAN, MISS"; SHORTHAND NOTES PRECEDE AND FOLLOW "FORTAS & THORNBERRY" ON SLIP ACCOMPANYING DICTABELT; CONTINUES FROM PREVIOUS RECORDING
  • BUILDING SUPPORT FOR SUPREME COURT APPOINTMENTS OF ABE FORTAS, HOMER THORNBERRY; PRESS INQUIRIES ABOUT FORTAS' ROLE IN WALTER JENKINS INCIDENT; JOHN MCCLELLAN'S UNHAPPINESS WITH LBJ ABOUT HANDLING OF SIGNING OF UNNAMED BILL (CRIME BILL?)
Telephone conversation # 13413, sound recording, LBJ and RAMSEY CLARK, 9/12/1968, 5:16PM (Item)
  • "ALL THE REST OF 2 BELTS-FORTAS MATTER, SEN. HEARINGS"; "ATTY. GEN. RAMSEY CLARK SEN. RUSSELL LONG" WRITTEN ON DICTABELT; "TRANSCRIBED YB" WRITTEN ON ENVELOPE CONTAINING DICTABELT; CONTINUES ON NEXT RECORDING
  • ABE FORTAS' CONFIRMATION HEARINGS; QUESTION OF LBJ INVOKING EXECUTIVE PRIVILEGE; EVERETT DIRKSEN'S LAGGING SUPPORT FOR FORTAS; APPOINTMENT OF UNNAMED ACADEMIC TO DOJ ANTITRUST JOB; EDWIN WEISL, JR.; LBJ TEASES CLARK ABOUT WALKING TO WORK; CLARK'S
Telephone conversation # 13508, sound recording, LBJ and CLARK CLIFFORD, 10/1/1968, 5:40PM (Item)
  • "SMALL BAND: END OF 5:40 P.M. CALL TO SECY CLARK CLIFFORD"; "FORTAS MATTER"; "TRANCRIBED-YB"; DAILY DIARY LISTS CALL AT 5:47P; CONTINUES FROM PREVIOUS RECORDING
  • CONTINUED DISCUSSION OF POLLS FROM PREVIOUS CAMPAIGNS; DISCUSSION OF WHETHER LBJ SHOULD CALL ABE FORTAS ABOUT FAILURE OF CLOTURE VOTE TO END DEBATE ON HIS CONFIRMATION AS SUPREME COURT CHIEF JUSTICE; CLIFFORD RECOMMENDS FORTAS COME TO WH TO MEET
Telephone conversation # 13414, sound recording, LBJ and RAMSEY CLARK, 9/12/1968, 5:16PM (Item)
  • "ALL THE REST OF 2 BELTS-FORTAS MATTER, SEN. HEARINGS"; "ATTY. GEN. RAMSEY CLARK SEN. RUSSELL LONG" WRITTEN ON DICTABELT; "TRANSCRIBED YB" WRITTEN ON ENVELOPE CONTAINING DICTABELT; CONTINUES FROM PREVIOUS RECORDING
  • LBJ ASKS CLARK TO CONSIDER TEACHING AFTER ADMINISTRATION ENDS; ABE FORTAS' CONFIRMATION; WAYNE MORSE'S RE-ELECTION; LBJ DISCUSSES STRATEGY FOR CONFIRMING FORTAS, NEED TO CHALLENGE ROBERT GRIFFIN'S OPPOSITION TO FORTAS, PARTISAN NATURE OF OPPOSITION
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?