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Telephone conversation # 1216, sound recording, LBJ and PAT LUCEY, 1/7/1964, 10:45AM (Item)
  • QUESTION OF RECESS APPOINTMENT OF DAVID RABINOVITZ; SAM ERVIN; WISCONSIN POLITICS
Telephone conversation # 5831, sound recording, LBJ and WILLIAM PROXMIRE, 10/3/1964, 9:55AM (Item)
  • PROXMIRE ASKS LBJ TO CONSIDER PERMANENT APPOINTMENT FOR DAVID RABINOVITZ TO WISCONSIN JUDGESHIP WHICH HE HOLDS UNDER RECESS APPOINTMENT; SUPPORT FOR APPOINTMENT IN JUDICIARY COMMITTEE BUT OPPOSITION FROM SAM ERVIN; WISCONSIN POLITICAL SITUATION
Telephone conversation # 8382, sound recording, LBJ and RAMSEY CLARK, 7/23/1965, 4:25PM (Item)
  • CANDIDATES FOR SUPREME COURT VACANCY; AGE FACTOR; REGIONAL CONSIDERATIONS; JOHN PASTORE; WALTER SCHAEFER; OTTO KERNER; ED LEVI; THOMAS DEWEY; ROBERT ANDERSON; LEE RANKIN; HERBERT WECHSLER; SAM ERVIN; HARRY BLACKMUN; ABE FORTAS; ABA REVIEW
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 # 11551, sound recording, LBJ and BAREFOOT SANDERS, 2/16/1967, 1:25PM (Item)
  • LBJ RELAYS B. EVERETT JORDAN'S, SAM ERVIN'S CONCERNS ABOUT DELAY IN APPOINTMENT OF WOODROW JONES TO JUDGESHIP; SANDERS SAYS ADDITIONAL FBI INVESTIGATION WAS DONE BECAUSE OF CIVIL RIGHTS CONCERNS, BUT ABA REPORT IS NOW PENDING; NORTH CAROLINA