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Telephone conversation # 10553, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 8/4/1966, 8:25AM (Item)

CONTINUES FROM PREVIOUS RECORDING; LBJ LISTENS TO TV NEWS AT TIMES DURING CONVERSATION; FORTAS IS DIFFICULT TO HEAR AT TIMES
Fortas, Abe, 1910-1982
Telephone conversation # 10553, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 8/4/1966, 8:25AM
ABE FORTAS

Telephone conversation # 11377, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 1/20/1967, 12:55PM (Item)

POOR SOUND QUALITY; FORTAS IS DIFFICULT TO HEAR; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN
Fortas, Abe, 1910-1982
Telephone conversation # 11377, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 1/20/1967, 12:55PM
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 # 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 # 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 # 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 # 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

Telephone conversation # 8526, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 8/9/1965, 3:31PM (Item)

LBJ, KATZENBACH DEBATE MERIT OF DELAY IN SENDING FEDERAL EXAMINERS TO MISSISSIPPI UNTIL AFTER VOTE THERE ON MISSISSIPPI CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS TO LIBERALIZE VOTING LAWS; NEGATIVE EFFECT OF FDR'S ENDORSEMENT OF LBJ; ABE FORTAS' CONFIRMATION; RFK

Telephone conversation # 13501, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 10/1/1968, 10:31AM (Item)

HHH'S SALT LAKE CITY SPEECH ON BOMBING HALT; CURRENT US VIETNAM POLICY, NEGOTIATING CONDITIONS; EFFECT OF SPEECH ON ELECTION; REPUBLICAN VACANCIES; JAMES RUSSELL WIGGINS' APPOINTMENT TO UN; ABE FORTAS; POSSIBLE NOMINATION OF TOM CLARK AS CHIEF

Telephone conversation # 13503, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN MCCORMACK, 10/1/1968, 10:45AM (Item)

LBJ AGREES TO MEET WITH CONGRESSMEN ABOUT FUNDS FOR PHILADELPHIA FEDERAL COURT BUILDING; SENATE DEBATE ON ABE FORTAS' CONFIRMATION AS CHIEF JUSTICE; HHH'S SALT LAKE CITY SPEECH ON VIETNAM BOMBING HALT; EFFECT OF SPEECH ON ELECTION; RECENT ELECTION

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 8/9/1968 (Friday) (Item)

od y now b e f o r e the D e m o c r a t i c p a rty . A nd h e d id n o t s e e m e n t h u s i a s t i c f o r G e o rg e W a lla c e w hom h e c o n s i d e r e d q u ite s tr o n g . . / /■I I w a s j u s t ab o u t to e x h a u s t the i n t e
Weaver; Lady Bird meets Senator James Eastland's plane & they tour the LBJ Ranch; small unit housing project; LBJ Park meeting; renovations to the LBJ Ranch house; LBJ, Lady Bird & Senator Eastland tour ranches; Abe Fortas' Supreme Court nomination

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 9/24/1968 (Tuesday) (Item)

; Abe Fortas' Supreme Court nomination; Lynda Robb tells stories about her family; New York Times interview on LBJ Library; tea with American Association of Nurserymen; reception for Junior Army Navy Guild Organization members; Clark Cliffords to dinner

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

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