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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 # 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 # 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 # 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 # 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 # 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 # 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
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