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Telephone conversation # 6290, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 11/8/1964, 11:25AM (Item)
  • "LBJ RANCH"; FORTAS ON HOLD 1:15
  • LBJ INVITES FORTAS TO FLY TO LBJ RANCH TOMORROW WITH ROBERT MCNAMARA AND CYRUS VANCE, ASKS HIM TO BRING CLARK CLIFFORD ALSO
  • Fortas, Abe, 1910-1982
  • Telephone conversation # 6290, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 11/8/1964, 11:25AM
  • 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 # 2639, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 3/24/1964, 6:05PM (Item)
  • FORTAS REPORTS ON SALE OF THE ELMS, NEED TO REFER QUESTIONS TO A. W. MOURSUND CONCERNING JOHNSON FAMILY BUSINESS, TRUSTEESHIP
  • Fortas, Abe, 1910-1982
  • Telephone conversation # 2639, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 3/24/1964, 6:05PM
  • 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 # 365, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 12/9/1963, 5:50PM (Item)
  • LBJ ASKS FORTAS' ADVICE ABOUT APPOINTMENT OF CHIEF COUNSEL OF IRS, ASKS IF CAROL AGGER WOULD BE INTERESTED IN JOB; LBJ TEASES FORTAS ABOUT TAKING OFF EARLY TO HAVE DRINK WITH OVETA CULP HOBBY; FORTAS SAYS HE IS WORKING ON DRAFT OF LETTER ON UNNAMED
  • Fortas, Abe, 1910-1982
  • Telephone conversation # 365, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 12/9/1963, 5:50PM
  • ABE FORTAS
Telephone conversation # 9020, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 10/5/1965, 7:29PM (Item)
  • FORTAS ON HOLD 1:45; LBJ ASKS OFFICE SECRETARY TO HAVE FORTAS HOLD
  • FORTAS ASKS ABOUT ANNOUNCEMENT (OF GALL BLADDER SURGERY?); KENTUCKY DELEGATION'S VOTES ON BILLBOARD AMENDMENTS TO HIGHWAY BEAUTIFICATION BILL; WILLIAM NATCHER'S INTENTION TO AMEND BILL; EARLE CLEMENTS' ASSOCIATES' SUPPORT FOR ADMINISTRATION; HEAD
  • Fortas, Abe, 1910-1982
  • Telephone conversation # 9020, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 10/5/1965, 7:29PM
  • ABE FORTAS
Telephone conversation # 1524, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 1/24/1964, 5:28PM (Item)
  • JOHNSON FAMILY BUSINESS; FORTAS REPORTS ON CONVERSATION WITH UNIDENTIFIED PERSON; DISCUSSION OF PRESS STORIES; SALE OF THE ELMS; FORTAS THANKS LBJ FOR PHOTO; BRIEF DISCUSSION OF BOBBY BAKER INVESTIGATION
  • Fortas, Abe, 1910-1982
  • Telephone conversation # 1524, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 1/24/1964, 5:28PM
  • ABE FORTAS
Telephone conversation # 3747, sound recording, LBJ and CAROL AGGER, 6/15/1964, 7:55PM (Item)
  • ABE FORTAS
  • "PRES. HAD WJ TALK - DO NOT TRANSCRIBE"; SLIP LISTS THIS AS CALL TO ABE FORTAS; RECORDING INTERRUPTED BY FOLLOWING RECORDING
  • LBJ, OPERATOR DISCUSS CALL THAT CANNOT BE PLACED, THEN LBJ ASKS FOR "MRS. FORTAS"; ABE FORTAS ANSWERS; WALTER JENKINS ASKS CAROL FORTAS AGGER ABOUT REQUEST BY PRESS THAT LBJ FOUNDATION RECORDS BE MADE AVAILABLE TO REPORTERS
  • Fortas, Abe, 1910-1982
Telephone conversation # 3195, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 4/29/1964, 6:26PM (Item)
  • FORTAS DIFFICULT TO HEAR
  • LBJ ASKS FORTAS ABOUT HIS INTERVIEW WITH WALL STREET JOURNAL REPORTERS ON JOHNSON FAMILY BUSINESS; REPUBLICANS CIRCULATING COPIES OF NEWS STORIES; US NEWS & WORLD REPORT ARTICLE; ANNOUNCEMENT OF SALE OF THE ELMS
  • Fortas, Abe, 1910-1982
  • Telephone conversation # 3195, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 4/29/1964, 6:26PM
  • ABE FORTAS
Telephone conversation # 2507, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 3/13/1964, 10:00PM (Item)
  • FORTAS AND BROOKS INVITE LBJ TO JOIN PARTY; LBJ DECLINES BECAUSE HE HAS JUST RETURNED TO WH AND MUST WORK
  • Fortas, Abe, 1910-1982
  • Telephone conversation # 2507, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 3/13/1964, 10:00PM
  • ABE FORTAS
Telephone conversation # 9536, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 1/26/1966, 9:54AM (Item)
  • LBJ DISCUSSES HIS CONCERNS ABOUT INCREASED COMMUNIST ACTIVITY THROUGHOUT THE WORLD BECAUSE US FORCES ARE SPREAD THIN; FORTAS EXPRESSES OPINION THAT USSR IS MORE WORRIED ABOUT CHINA THAN ABOUT THE US; JOHNSON FAMILY BUSINESS?
  • Fortas, Abe, 1910-1982
  • Telephone conversation # 9536, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 1/26/1966, 9:54AM
  • 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 # 6335, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 11/11/1964, 10:30PM (Item)
  • Fortas, Abe, 1910-1982
  • Telephone conversation # 6335, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 11/11/1964, 10:30PM
  • ABE FORTAS
Telephone conversation # 6336, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 11/11/1964, 10:30PM (Item)
  • Fortas, Abe, 1910-1982
  • Telephone conversation # 6336, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 11/11/1964, 10:30PM
  • ABE FORTAS
Telephone conversation # 7947, sound recording, ABE FORTAS and LBJ, 5/20/1965, 11:05AM (Item)
  • POSSIBLE WH STATEMENT TO PRESS IN RESPONSE TO NYT, WASHINGTON POST STORIES ON US TROOPS' ALLEGED AID TO IMBERT IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; LBJ TELLS FORTAS HE WANTS ALL QUESTIONS REFERRED TO ROBERT MCNAMARA, ASKS WHAT MCNAMARA HAS LEARNED ABOUT INCIDENT
  • Telephone conversation # 7947, sound recording, ABE FORTAS and LBJ, 5/20/1965, 11:05AM
Telephone conversation # 7948, sound recording, ABE FORTAS and LBJ, 5/20/1965, 11:15AM (Item)
  • LBJ RELAYS MCNAMARA'S VIEWS ON WH RESPONSE TO PRESS STORIES ON US TROOPS' ALLEGED AID TO IMBERT IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; CYRUS VANCE'S VIEW THAT STORIES ARE NOT TRUE; LBJ TELLS FORTAS TO HAVE QUESTIONS REFERRED TO DOD AND TO REITERATE LBJ'S STANDING
  • Telephone conversation # 7948, sound recording, ABE FORTAS and LBJ, 5/20/1965, 11:15AM
Telephone conversation # 5885, sound recording, LBJ and MILDRED STEGALL, 10/14/1964, 9:36PM (Item)
  • ABE FORTAS
  • "NYC"; POOR SOUND QUALITY; FORTAS AND CLIFFORD ARE MEETING WITH STEGALL, WEISL WITH LBJ AT TIME OF CALL; CONTINUES ON NEXT RECORDING
  • WALTER JENKINS' ARREST ON MORALS CHARGE; FORTAS REPORTS ON HIS MEETING WITH JENKINS; CLIFFORD REPORTS ON TRUMAN'S STATEMENT TONIGHT PRAISING LBJ; CLIFFORD DISCUSSES PROPOSED WH STATEMENT ABOUT JENKINS' RESIGNATION WITH LBJ, WEISL; JENKINS' 1959
  • Fortas, Abe, 1910-1982
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 # 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 # 396, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE REEDY, 12/10/1963, 4:58PM (Item)
  • REEDY DISCUSSES CLARK MOLLENHOFF STORY ON BOBBY BAKER, LBJ COMPANY'S PAYMENTS FOR LIFE INSURANCE POLICY ON LBJ, TAX IMPLICATIONS OF SUCH PAYMENTS; NYT CONTACT WITH DON REYNOLDS, REQUEST FOR REEDY'S COMMENT; REEDY RELAYS ABE FORTAS' ADVICE ON MATTER
Telephone conversation # 3124, sound recording, LBJ and WALTER JENKINS, 4/23/1964, 6:24PM (Item)
  • CABLE FROM WALL STREET JOURNAL TO A. W. MOURSUND, WADDY BULLION ON JOHNSON FAMILY BUSINESS; ABE FORTAS; NEWSDAY INVESTIGATION OF JOHNSON FINANCES; KTBC; DON THOMAS; JESSE KELLAM; MARGUERITE HIGGINS OF NEWSDAY
Telephone conversation # 3798, sound recording, LBJ and WALTER JENKINS, 6/20/1964, 9:15AM (Item)
  • EDWARD KENNEDY, AIRPLANE ACCIDENT; ABE FORTAS; JOHNSON FAMILY BUSINESS, LBJ RANCH; SENATE COMMITTEE ACTION ON FEDERAL PAY? BILL; HOUSE ACTION ON FOREIGN AID? BILL; WILLIAM NATCHER; OTTO PASSMAN; CROWDS GREETING LBJ IN CALIFORNIA
Telephone conversation # 3605, sound recording, LBJ and WALTER JENKINS, 6/1/1964, 6:20PM (Item)
  • JENKINS REPORTS ON ABE FORTAS' MEETING WITH PRESS ON JOHNSON FAMILY BUSINESS; LADY BIRD JOHNSON; TELEPHONE LINE AT LBJ RANCH CONNECTED TO A. W. MOURSUND
Telephone conversation # 3647, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE REEDY, 6/9/1964, 12:31PM (Item)
  • REEDY ASKS LBJ TO APPROVE STATEMENT BY LEE WHITE ON PUERTO RICO; DISCUSSION OF HANDLING WASHINGTON STAR STORY BY JOHN BARRON ON JOHNSON FAMILY BUSINESS; LBJ COMPLAINS ABOUT INACCURACIES IN STORY; ABE FORTAS; QUESTION OF RFK'S INVOLVEMENT IN STORY
Telephone conversation # 3648, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE REEDY, 6/9/1964, 12:31PM (Item)
  • DISCUSSION OF HANDLING WASHINGTON STAR STORY BY JOHN BARRON ON JOHNSON FAMILY BUSINESS; QUESTION OF RFK'S INVOLVEMENT IN STORY; INACCURACIES, POLITICAL IMPLICATIONS OF STORY; POSSIBLE PRESS QUESTIONS ABOUT IT, REFERRING INQUIRIES TO ABE FORTAS
Telephone conversation # 4397, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE REEDY, 7/29/1964, 4:15PM (Item)
  • DISCUSSION OF ITEMS FOR REEDY'S PRESS BRIEFING; LBJ'S MEETING TODAY WITH AGRICULTURAL LEADERS; REEDY REPORTS ON HIS, ABE FORTAS' UPCOMING MEETING WITH LIFE MAGAZINE EDITORS, REPORTERS ON STORY ABOUT LBJ'S PERSONAL FINANCES
Telephone conversation # 4409, sound recording, LBJ and CLARK CLIFFORD, 7/29/1964, 8:21PM (Item)
  • CLIFFORD'S TALK WITH NICHOLAS KATZENBACH?; LBJ'S TALKS WITH KEN O'DONNELL, LARRY O'BRIEN, MCGEORGE BUNDY, MCNAMARA ABOUT RFK; PRESS HANDLING OF RFK MEETING WITH LBJ; LIFE MAGAZINE WRITERS MEETING WITH ABE FORTAS, POSSIBLY LBJ; BROWN & ROOT DAM
Telephone conversation # 4931, sound recording, LBJ and CLARK CLIFFORD, 8/14/1964, 5:25PM (Item)
  • DISCUSSION OF TIME MAGAZINE REQUEST FOR JOHNSON FAMILY FINANCIAL STATEMENT, QUESTIONS AT TODAY'S PRESS CONFERENCE; CLIFFORD, ABE FORTAS ADVISE LBJ ISSUE AUDIT FOLLOWING PUBLICATION OF LIFE MAGAZINE STORY ON FINANCES; CLIFFORD INVITES LBJ TO DINNER
Telephone conversation # 5067, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE REEDY, 8/21/1964, 11:12AM (Item)
  • POSSIBLE PRESS QUESTIONS ABOUT PETER O'DONNELL'S OFFER TO BUY LBJ'S PROPERTY FOR ESTIMATED VALUE OF $4 MILLION, RESELL IT, USE PROFITS TO FINANCE GOLDWATER'S CAMPAIGN; LBJ TELLS REEDY TO CONSULT ABE FORTAS; STATE, DOD, WEEKEND PRESS ITEMS
Telephone conversation # 5586, sound recording, LBJ and WALTER JENKINS, 9/15/1964, 8:10PM (Item)
  • JENKINS REPORTS ON FACTS ABOUT RESTRICTED RACIAL COVENANTS ON PROPERTY OWNED BY JOHNSONS IN TEXAS, READS STATEMENT ISSUED BY LBJ ABOUT PURCHASE OF THE ELMS; ABE FORTAS' ADVICE THAT KILDUFF ISSUE SIMILAR INFORMAL PRESS STATEMENT ON THIS MATTER
Telephone conversation # 7017, sound recording, LBJ and JAMES "JIMMY" WECHSLER, 3/4/1965, 11:16AM (Item)
  • LBJ PROTESTS WECHSLER'S COLUMN ABOUT LBJ'S FRIENDSHIP WITH WILLIAM S. WHITE, EFFECT ON WHITE'S COLUMN ON U THANT, VIETNAM; US AID TO BURMA; NYT STORY ABOUT LBJ'S CLOSEST ADVISERS; ABE FORTAS; CLARK CLIFFORD; TOMMY CORCORAN; JAMES ROWE; WALTER
Telephone conversation # 8381, sound recording, LBJ and RAMSEY CLARK, 7/23/1965, 4:25PM (Item)
  • SUPREME COURT VACANCY CREATED BY ARTHUR GOLDBERG'S RESIGNATION; ABE FORTAS' LETTER DECLINING APPOINTMENT; QUESTION OF MAKING ANOTHER JEWISH APPOINTMENT, APPOINTING WOMAN TO SUPREME COURT; HERBERT WECHSLER; POSSIBLE OTHER VACANCIES; JOHN PASTORE
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 # 7946, sound recording, GEORGE REEDY and KEN GADDIS, 5/20/1965, time unknown (Item)
  • "[TELEPHONE] 2154"; "2, 10:45-11:15" WRITTEN ON DICTABELT; SPEED VARIES ON ORIGINAL RECORDING; OFFICE CONVERSATION WITH JACK VALENTI, ABE FORTAS ABOUT DOMINICAN REPUBLIC WHILE REEDY WAITS FOR CALLS
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 # 6741, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD RUSSELL, 1/22/1965, 11:15AM (Item)
  • LBJ ASKS RUSSELL'S ADVICE ON ATTORNEY GENERAL APPOINTMENT; NICHOLAS KATZENBACH; CLARK CLIFFORD; ABE FORTAS' BACKGROUND, LONGTIME ROLE AS ADVISER TO LBJ, HIS ROLE IN BOBBY BAKER INVESTIGATION; MCNAMARA TESTIMONY ON AUTHORIZATION BILLS; FEDERAL PAY
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 5/13/1967 (Saturday) (Item)
  • Lady Bird describes typical week & weekends; meet with Abe Fortas about 1968 election; LBJ will give speech in March 1968 saying he will not run again; LBJ retirement activities include LBJ Ranch, teaching & lectures at University of Texas & San
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, 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