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Telephone conversation # 10822, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 9/22/1966, 8:30AM (Item)

CONTINUES FROM PREVIOUS RECORDING; FORTAS IS DIFFICULT TO HEAR; RECORDING ENDS BEFORE CONVERSATION IS OVER
Fortas, Abe, 1910-1982
Telephone conversation # 10822, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 9/22/1966, 8:30AM
ABE FORTAS

Telephone conversation # 13148, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 6/28/1968, 8:53AM (Item)

VERY POOR SOUND QUALITY; FORTAS IS ALMOST INAUDIBLE; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN; LBJ SPEAKS TO SOMEONE IN HIS OFFICE DURING CALL; DAILY DIARY INDICATES LBJ IS MEETING WITH LARRY TEMPLE, JIM JONES AT TIME OF CALL; CONTINUES ON NEXT
DISCUSSION OF OPPOSITION TO SUPREME COURT APPOINTMENTS OF ABE FORTAS, HOMER THORNBERRY; NEED FOR SENATE LEADERSHIP ON NOMINATIONS; SENATE COMMITTEE VOTE YESTERDAY ON GUN CONTROL BILL; HEAD COUNT ON NOMINATIONS; LBJ'S PAST ASSOCIATION WITH FORTAS
Fortas, Abe, 1910-1982
Telephone conversation # 13148, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 6/28/1968, 8:53AM
ABE FORTAS

Telephone conversation # 13129, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 6/21/1968, 3:48PM (Item)

FORTAS' VIEWS ON VIETNAM?; CYRUS EATON AND USSR; ARMAND HAMMER; CONTRIBUTIONS TO LBJ LIBRARY; WH LUNCHEON YESTERDAY; STUART SYMINGTON AND SALE OF PHANTOM JETS TO ISRAEL; ARMS TALKS WITH USSR; ABE FEINBERG; ARTHUR KRIM; POSSIBLE APPOINTEES TO SUPREME
Fortas, Abe, 1910-1982
Telephone conversation # 13129, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 6/21/1968, 3:48PM
ABE FORTAS

Telephone conversation # 6742, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD RUSSELL, 1/22/1965, 11:15AM (Item)

COMMISSION TO STUDY MILITARY, CIVILIAN PAY; ABE FORTAS AS POSSIBLE CANDIDATE FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL; FORTAS' PAST REPRESENTATION OF OWEN LATTIMORE; RUSSELL REMINISCES ABOUT DEFENDING ALLEGED MURDERERS; LBJ ASKS RUSSELL TO CALL JAMES EASTLAND ABOUT

POOR SOUND QUALITY; "RE MERIDIAN, MISS"; SHORTHAND NOTES PRECEDE AND FOLLOW "FORTAS & THORNBERRY" ON SLIP ACCOMPANYING DICTABELT; CONTINUES FROM PREVIOUS RECORDING
BUILDING SUPPORT FOR SUPREME COURT APPOINTMENTS OF ABE FORTAS, HOMER THORNBERRY; PRESS INQUIRIES ABOUT FORTAS' ROLE IN WALTER JENKINS INCIDENT; JOHN MCCLELLAN'S UNHAPPINESS WITH LBJ ABOUT HANDLING OF SIGNING OF UNNAMED BILL (CRIME BILL?)

Telephone conversation # 13144, sound recording, LBJ and RAMSEY CLARK, 6/26/1968, 9:18AM (Item)

SHORTHAND SYMBOL PRECEDES "FORTAS AND THORNBERRY SUPREME CT." ON SLIP ACCOMPANYING DICTABELT; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN; POOR SOUND QUALITY
CLARK REPORTS ABA HAS CLEARED SUPREME COURT APPOINTMENTS OF ABE FORTAS, HOMER THORNBERRY; REVISIONS TO LBJ'S LETTER TO EARL WARREN; BUILDING SENATE SUPPORT FOR NOMINATIONS; WELLY HOPKINS' SUPPORT FOR HENRY "JOE" FOWLER; HEARINGS ON GUN CONTROL BILL

Telephone conversation # 8412, sound recording, LBJ and ARTHUR GOLDBERG, 7/28/1965, 7:20PM (Item)

GOLDBERG CONGRATULATES LBJ ON PRESS CONFERENCE STATEMENT ON VIETNAM, ABE FORTAS' APPOINTMENT TO SUPREME COURT; UN RESPONSE TO STATEMENT; GOLDBERG'S TALK WITH U THANT ON PEACE EFFORTS; AVERELL HARRIMAN'S RECENT REPORT; HOUSE REPEAL OF SECTION 14-B

Telephone conversation # 8514, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 8/6/1965, 6:10PM (Item)

KATZENBACH'S APPEARANCE ON "ISSUES AND ANSWERS," QUESTION ABOUT FEUD BETWEEN LBJ, RFK; ABE FORTAS' TESTIMONY AT SENATE CONFIRMATION HEARING; IMMIGRATION BILL; APPOINTMENTS TO SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL BOARD, COMPTROLLER GENERAL, CRIME COMMISSION

Telephone conversation # 8532, sound recording, LBJ and WALTER REUTHER, 8/11/1965, 7:37PM (Item)

LBJ ASKS FOR REUTHER'S HELP ON BEAUTIFICATION BILL; ARRANGEMENTS FOR MEETING WITH LBJ; REUTHER REPORTS ON HIS RECENT MEETING WITH WORLD TRADE UNION CONGRESS ON VIETNAM, CONGRATULATES LBJ ON APPOINTMENTS OF ABE FORTAS, ARTHUR GOLDBERG, JOHN GARDNER

Telephone conversation # 13812, sound recording, LBJ and SHELDON COHEN, 12/17/1968, 3:52PM (Item)

DISCUSSION OF CONCERNS OF HENRY FORD II, OTHERS ABOUT NEW IRS RULING (ON DEFERRED STOCK COMPENSATION); LBJ EXPRESSES IRRITATION WITH COHEN AND OTHERS, SAYS HE DOES NOT WANT AGENCIES TO ISSUE NEW RULES IN LAST DAYS OF ADMINISTRATION; ABE FORTAS

Telephone conversation # 13813, sound recording, LBJ and SHELDON COHEN, 12/17/1968, 3:52PM (Item)

CONTINUED DISCUSSION OF NEW IRS RULING (ON DEFERRED STOCK COMPENSATION) AND LBJ'S OBJECTIONS TO PROMULGATION OF NEW RULES IN LAST DAYS OF HIS ADMINISTRATION; SENATE'S FAILURE TO CONFIRM ABE FORTAS AS SUPREME COURT CHIEF JUSTICE

Telephone conversation # 13205, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 7/11/1968, 8:26AM (Item)

PRESS INQUIRIES ABOUT DIRKSEN, SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL BOARD AND ABE FORTAS, HOMER THORNBERRY SUPREME COURT NOMINATIONS; DISCUSSION OF RICHARD RUSSELL AND ALEXANDER LAWRENCE JUDICIAL APPOINTMENT AND VARIOUS PENDING JUDICIAL APPOINTMENTS

Telephone conversation # 13210, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 7/15/1968, 5:52PM (Item)

DIRKSEN REPORTS ON HIS MEETING WITH STROM THURMOND, PROGRESS IN JUDICIARY COMMITTEE ON ABE FORTAS NOMINATION, GUN CONTROL BILL; LBJ SAYS HE WILL SEND UP JUDICIAL NOMINATIONS; DIRKSEN ASKS LBJ TO MEET WITH ADMIRAL JOHN MCCAIN, JR.; US AMBASSADOR

Telephone conversation # 8413, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 7/29/1965, 9:20PM (Item)

"DO NOT SUMMARIZE - RE FORTAS, WJ AND BB," TIME AND DATE OF CALL WRITTEN ON ENVELOPE CONTAINING DICTABELT; NO SLIP ACCOMPANIES DICTABELT; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN
OPPOSITION TO ABE FORTAS' SUPREME COURT APPOINTMENT DUE TO HIS WORK FOR PUERTO RICO ON REFINERY FOR VENEZUELAN OIL, PRESS CONTACTS ON WALTER JENKINS' ARREST, ROLE IN BOBBY BAKER CASE; CONFIRMATION HEARING; ROMAN HRUSKA; VOTING RIGHTS, IMMIGRATION

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

Telephone conversation # 8352, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD RUSSELL, 7/19/1965, 6:07PM (Item)

COLD WAR GI BILL; LBJ ASKS RUSSELL'S ADVICE ON UN AMBASSADOR APPOINTMENT, VARIOUS CANDIDATES; ARTHUR GOLDBERG; POSSIBLE ARAB REACTION TO JEWISH APPOINTMENT; CLARK CLIFFORD; GEORGE BALL; ABE FORTAS APPOINTMENT TO SUPREME COURT; INDIA-PAKISTAN AID

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 10/2/1968 (Wednesday) (Item)

Abe Fortas' nomination as Chief Justice; arrival ceremony for President Tombalbaye of Chad; Luci & Lyn Nugent are photographed by the press; LBJ signs bills creating Wild and Scenic Trails, Wild & Scenic Rivers, and two National Parks; LBJ gives

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