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Telephone conversation # 3046, sound recording, JUANITA ROBERTS and ABE FORTAS, 4/16/1964, 6:30PM (Item)
  • "ABE FORTAS (NY) TALKED TO MJDR"; FORTAS IS IN NYC; DAILY DIARY ONLY INDICATES AT 6:55P YOLANDA BOOZER "GAVE HIM EYE GLASSES & NOTE FR. MJDR RE ABE FORTAS CALL."
  • FORTAS ASKS ROBERTS TO RELAY TO LBJ HIS PRAISE FOR LBJ'S PRESS CONFERENCE, CIVIL RIGHTS STATEMENT, APPOINTMENT OF ROGER STEVENS AS LBJ'S SPECIAL ASSISTANT ON ARTS
  • Fortas, Abe, 1910-1982
  • Telephone conversation # 3046, sound recording, JUANITA ROBERTS and ABE FORTAS, 4/16/1964, 6:30PM
  • 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 # 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 # 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
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 1/31/1964 (Friday) (Item)
  • o f th ose things planned ju st for m e , s e lf-in d u lg e n c e , duty, no c o n sid er a tio n . I w ent to dinner at the Abe Fortas* - ju st Lynda B ird , W arrie Lynn and I - w e w e r e a ll d r e s s e d up in evenin g c lo th e s, sa t
  • with Abe & Carol Fortas, Lynda Johnson and Warrie Lynn; visit to Washington Gallery of Modern Art and seeing the Vincent Van Gogh paintings
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 1/4/1969 (Saturday) (Item)
  • Saturday, January 4 , 1969 Page One Our f ir s t fu ll day back in the White House on the last lap! I usually feel vigorous when we f ir s t return from the Ranch and I tackle my desk. This morning I had a b rief conference with Abe and then saw
  • Brief conference with Abe Fortas; meeting with Henry Middleton about films; meeting of LBJ Library Audiovisual Committee; to theater to view "The President's House;" office work & telephone calls; hair styled; portrait party at the White House; Lady
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 7/22/1964 (Wednesday) (Item)
  • } of our District me:., Glenn Williams of Bryan with his wife. Tim Fitzpatrick from Abe Fortas' office, who is helping spearhc;id the Young Citizens for Johnsc·:1, was there with his wife. play~·oy Ivan Smilh, the red·· headed millionaire from
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 3/2/1964 (Monday) (Item)
  • Project Art; written response to questions from Jack Anderson about teenagers; sale description for house at 4040 Fifty-Second St.; lunch with Abe Fortas; teas with Mrs. Harold Wilson and son from U.K.; LBJ meeting with Prime Minister Harold Wilson
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 1/18/1964 (Saturday) (Item)
  • e t u s a t the f ro n t d o o r an d to o k u s in . O ne of th e th in g s th a t d e lig h ts m e ab o u t L yndon, is th a t he a lw a y s n a t u r a l ly g r a v ita te s to th e e x c e lle n t - - a n d th e N a tio n a l G e o g ra p h ic r
  • Lady Bird meets with Abe Fortas about art; to National Geographic Society dedication and LBJ's speech; story about Rebekah Johnson; Scandinavian trip in Fall 1963; Sen. Harry Byrd & explorer brother, Richard; to Camp David with Bill White, Jack
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 1/24/1964 (Friday) (Item)
  • t r e a t . T he age n d a a lr e a d y p r e p a r e d b y C la r k , gone o v e r b y Abe, c o n s id e re d b y W alto n , a n d now to b e p r e s e n te d to S a lin g e r a n d L iz , w a s : 1 / How to b e s t c o n tin u e a n d p r e s e r
  • ; visit from Jim Nashes; dinner with the Abe Fortases, the William Douglases, and the Hugo Blacks; Paul Porter; Carol Fortas
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 7/13/1967 (Thursday) (Item)
  • e d R e s t o n w e s a w a l i t t l e b o y on h is b i c y c l e w h is tlin g m e r r i l y alo n g an d a dog ru n n in g b e h in d h i m . Abe a n d I t u r n e d fi. i s i m u l t a n e o u s l y w i t h a n a l m o s t a c u s i n g s m
  • Lady Bird & Marilyn Walz swim; Lady Bird to Jean Louis' for hairstyle; Lady Bird & Abe Fortas have lunch & then go to Reston, VA, to see example of city planning; Lady Bird describes neighborhoods, shopping and business in the development; Lady Bird
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 7/21/1965 (Wednesday) (Item)
  • s i n e s s o v e r a lu n c h of s c r a m b l e d e g g s a n d b a c o n . • And th en I h a d a s e s s i o n w ith Abe F o r t a s . H e r e a d the p r o p o s a l of the U n i v e r s i t y of T e x a s a b o u t the L i b r a r y - Q andi n
  • Lady Bird discusses business with LBJ; Lady Bird to the dentist; meeting with Clark Clifford about the LBJ Library; meetings about artwork for the White House; Lady Bird meets with Abe Fortas about LBJ Library; Arthur Goldberg and Supreme Court
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 11/21/1968 (Thursday) (Item)
  • a r l y - - a l l of L y n d o n 's d a y s d o . B ut I d i s a p p e a r e d f r o m h is r o o m r a t h e r so o n to m e e t J im W ebb in th e W e s t H all w ith L iz and ta lk e d ab ou t o u r v i s i t to C ape K en n ed y , on ly two d ay
  • reminisces about her mother's opera records; speeches by Roger Stevens & LBJ; program by Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater & Howard University Choir; LBJ watches Luci & Pat Nugent on television; Isaac Stern & Abe Fortas play duet
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 10/12/1965 (Wednesday) (Item)
  • to Bethesda for meeting with LBJ and Abe Fortas about the overwhelming duties of the presidency; dinner with Luci Johnson and Pat Nugent; LBJ talks about soldiers in Vietnam
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 12/18/1968 (Wednesday) (Item)
  • a b o u t an h o u r - - u n ab le to a c t u a l l y s le e p . A nd t h e n I got u p , m a d e r e a d y fo r the d ay and w a s out in the W e s t H a ll b y 9:30 to m e e t C a r o l F o r t a s . J u s t a t th a t m o m e n t L yndon c a m e
  • LBJ to Bethesda Naval Hospital; Lady Bird's diary meeting with Carol Fortas; telephone calls; Lady Bird to Bethesda Naval Hospital; nap; goodbye to houseguests & visit with Tony Taylor; party for underprivileged children; Wizard of Oz play
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 11/3/1967 (Friday) (Item)
  • ; Johnsons to party for National Council on the Arts at Roger Stevens' home; to party for Lynda Johnson at City Tavern; Lady Bird mentions guests; visit at White House with Arthur Krim, Abe Fortas & Marvin Watson about Democratic National Committee
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 3/14/1968 (Thursday) (Item)
  • LBJ meets with Clark Clifford & Abe Fortas about 1968 election; arrival ceremony for Prime Minister & Mrs. Egal of Somalia; Lady Bird works on Women Doers' Luncheon on child health; LBJ gives speech & awards to Federal Career Women group; Lady Bird