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Telephone conversation # 8861, sound recording, LBJ and TELEPHONE OPERATOR, 9/14/1965, 7:21PM? (Item)
  • OFFICE CONVERSATION ABOUT 1964 CAMPAIGN, POST OFFICE SUMMER EMPLOYMENT, JACK MILLER'S SPEECH CRITICIZING DAVID BRESS APPOINTMENT; TELEPHONE OPERATOR REPORTS ON STATUS OF LBJ'S CALL TO ABE FORTAS; LBJ ASKS HER TO PLACE CALL TO NICHOLAS KATZENBACH
Telephone conversation # 8355, sound recording, LBJ and ARTHUR GOLDBERG, 7/19/1965, 8:28PM (Item)
  • LBJ TELLS GOLDBERG OF REACTION HE RECEIVED TO GOLDBERG AS CANDIDATE FOR UN AMBASSADOR; POSSIBLE ARAB REACTION TO JEWISH APPOINTMENT; ABE FORTAS' LETTER DECLINING SUPREME COURT APPOINTMENT; GOLDBERG ASKS LBJ TO CALL DIRKSEN BEFORE ANNOUNCING
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 # 7954, sound recording, GEORGE REEDY and LBJ, 5/20/1965, 11:25AM (Item)
  • "[TELEPHONE] 2154"; "3, 1130-1200 AM" WRITTEN ON DICTABELT; TIME FROM DAILY DIARY; REEDY ON HOLD 1:00; OFFICE CONVERSATION WITH ABE FORTAS PRECEDES CALL; RECORDED SIMULTANEOUSLY WITH REF #7955
Telephone conversation # 7959, sound recording, GEORGE REEDY and TELEPHONE OPERATOR, 5/20/1965, time unknown (Item)
  • REEDY ASKS TELEPHONE OPERATOR TO PLACE CALL TO "SERGEANT" (KEN GADDIS); OPERATOR TELLS REEDY SHE CANNOT LOCATE GADDIS; REEDY ASKS HER TO LEAVE WORD WITH GADDIS TO HAVE ABE FORTAS CALL HIM IMMEDIATELY
Telephone conversation # 9488, sound recording, LBJ and BILL MOYERS, 1/13/1966, 1:27AM (Item)
  • PRESS STORY THAT MOYERS MAY RESIGN AS WH PRESS SECRETARY; MOYERS', RICHARD GOODWIN'S WORK ON STATE OF THE UNION MESSAGE; ALLEGED WH DISSENSION; CONTRIBUTIONS OF ABE FORTAS, CLARK CLIFFORD TO SPEECH; MOYERS' ATTITUDE; MARVIN WATSON
Telephone conversation # 13009, sound recording, LBJ and CLARK CLIFFORD, 5/7/1968, 5:08PM? (Item)
  • LEGAL BASIS FOR COMMUNICATIONS, TRANSPORTATION, MEDICAL, SECRET SERVICE PROTECTION, OTHER FEDERAL SERVICES FOR FORMER PRESIDENTS; CLIFFORD'S CONCERNS ABOUT GETTING LEGISLATION ON THE MATTER; ABE FORTAS' ADVICE; DILLON COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS
Telephone conversation # 13143, sound recording, LBJ and LEON JAWORSKI, 6/25/1968, 5:56PM (Item)
  • LBJ SAYS HE WILL APPOINT ABE FORTAS AS CHIEF JUSTICE AND HOMER THORNBERRY AS ASSOCIATE JUSTICE OF SUPREME COURT, DISCUSSES THORNBERRY'S JUDICIAL EXPERIENCE, ASKS JAWORSKI TO SUPPORT THORNBERRY'S APPOINTMENT; JAWORSKI SAYS HE WILL DO SO
Telephone conversation # 11209, sound recording, LBJ and BILL MOYERS, 12/26/1966, 11:46AM (Item)
  • MOYERS RELAYS ABE FORTAS' VIEWS ON WH PRESS STATEMENT ABOUT NEWSWEEK ARTICLE ON LBJ AND WILLIAM MANCHESTER'S BOOK ON JFK ASSASSINATION; LBJ EXPRESSES IRRITATION ABOUT PRESS LEAKS AND MANIPULATION OF SOURCES BY THE PRESS
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 # 7733, sound recording, LBJ and BRUCE PALMER, 5/18/1965, 12:01AM (Item)
  • FORTAS
  • Fortas, Abe, 1910-1982
Telephone conversation # 10652, sound recording, LBJ and JUANITA ROBERTS, 8/29/1966, 8:39AM (Item)
  • "8/29 MJDR/PRES/MRS. J" AND "MJDR/FORTAS" WRITTEN ON ORIGINAL DICTABELT; LADY BIRD JOHNSON IS MEETING WITH LBJ AND JUANITA ROBERTS IS MEETING WITH DOROTHY TERRITO AT WH AT TIME OF CALL; TIME FROM DAILY DIARY; THIS BELT RECORDED AT WH; POOR SOUND
  • TERRITO, ROBERTS DESCRIBE CATHOLIC MISSAL ON WHICH LBJ TOOK OATH OF OFFICE FOLLOWING JFK ASSASSINATION; DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MISSAL AND BIBLE; PRESS STORY THAT MISSAL WAS KENNEDY FAMILY BIBLE; LBJ REQUESTS ABE FORTAS LOOK AT MISSAL
Telephone conversation # 5886, sound recording, LBJ and CLARK CLIFFORD, 10/14/1964, 9:36PM (Item)
  • "NYC"; POOR SOUND QUALITY; CONTINUES FROM PREVIOUS RECORDING WHICH INITIATES AS CALL TO STEGALL WHO IS MEETING WITH ABE FORTAS, CLARK CLIFFORD AT TIME; WEISL IS WITH LBJ; STEGALL DOES NOT SPEAK ON THIS RECORDING
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 # 13207, sound recording, LBJ and LEONARD MARKS, 7/13/1968, 10:25AM (Item)
  • MARKS REPORTS ON TALK WITH "DREW" (PEARSON) ABOUT JUDICIAL APPOINTMENTS FOR DAVID BRESS, HOMER THORNBERRY, ABE FORTAS; FCC RULINGS; AT&T INVOLVEMENT IN MARYLAND SENATE RACE; PHOTOS OF LBJ IN US EMBASSIES; USIA DISTRIBUTION OF BOOKS; PRESS REVIEWS
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, 1/4/1969 (Saturday) (Item)
  • Saturday, January 4 , 1969 Page One Our f ir s t fu ll day back in the White House on the last lap! I usually feel vigorous when we f ir s t return from the Ranch and I tackle my desk. This morning I had a b rief conference with Abe and then saw
  • Brief conference with Abe Fortas; meeting with Henry Middleton about films; meeting of LBJ Library Audiovisual Committee; to theater to view "The President's House;" office work & telephone calls; hair styled; portrait party at the White House; Lady
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 7/22/1964 (Wednesday) (Item)
  • } of our District me:., Glenn Williams of Bryan with his wife. Tim Fitzpatrick from Abe Fortas' office, who is helping spearhc;id the Young Citizens for Johnsc·:1, was there with his wife. play~·oy Ivan Smilh, the red·· headed millionaire from
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 11/5/1967 (Sunday) (Item)
  • a u s e d on o u r w a y down th o s e h ig h s te p s so the c a m e r a s co uld g e t a p i c t u r e . o f u s to g eth er is new s. Six Arid th e n w e d r o v e on to Abe a n d C a r o l F o r t a s ' h o u s e . . Abe h a d b e e n te llin g
  • Johnson family to National City Christian Church; to Abe Fortas' home; Johnson family have lunch together at the White House; LBJ takes nap; Lady Bird goes swimming; Lady Bird records her diary; LBJ visits with Luci & Pat Nugent; Lady Bird has
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 3/14/1966 (Monday) (Item)
  • 's R o o m , th is w a s h e r la s t s to r y b e fo r e h a v in g a b ab y, in abou t a w e e k o r tw o . She had b e e n c o u r te o u s enough' to se n d roe q u e s tio n s b e fo r e hand, and th ey w e r e the s o r t that e lic it e d
  • ; visit with Luci Johnson about Christmas gift list; beautification program benefits nurseries; dinner party at Abe Fortas' home; Fortas meeting with Jacqueline Kennedy about Kennedy Center; Lady Bird swims
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 3/2/1964 (Monday) (Item)
  • Project Art; written response to questions from Jack Anderson about teenagers; sale description for house at 4040 Fifty-Second St.; lunch with Abe Fortas; teas with Mrs. Harold Wilson and son from U.K.; LBJ meeting with Prime Minister Harold Wilson
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 7/13/1967 (Thursday) (Item)
  • e d R e s t o n w e s a w a l i t t l e b o y on h is b i c y c l e w h is tlin g m e r r i l y alo n g an d a dog ru n n in g b e h in d h i m . Abe a n d I t u r n e d fi. i s i m u l t a n e o u s l y w i t h a n a l m o s t a c u s i n g s m
  • Lady Bird & Marilyn Walz swim; Lady Bird to Jean Louis' for hairstyle; Lady Bird & Abe Fortas have lunch & then go to Reston, VA, to see example of city planning; Lady Bird describes neighborhoods, shopping and business in the development; Lady Bird
Oral history transcript, George Christian and Harry Middleton, interview S-1, 4/1/1996 (Item)
  • most of the Great Society speech, I think, didn't he? M: Umhrn. C: Clark Clifford contributed greatly. Abe Forrest [Fortas?] contributed a lot to what he was saymg. He always, when he made a speech, if it was a reasonably important speech he LBJ
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 11/21/1968 (Thursday) (Item)
  • a r l y - - a l l of L y n d o n 's d a y s d o . B ut I d i s a p p e a r e d f r o m h is r o o m r a t h e r so o n to m e e t J im W ebb in th e W e s t H all w ith L iz and ta lk e d ab ou t o u r v i s i t to C ape K en n ed y , on ly two d ay
  • reminisces about her mother's opera records; speeches by Roger Stevens & LBJ; program by Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater & Howard University Choir; LBJ watches Luci & Pat Nugent on television; Isaac Stern & Abe Fortas play duet
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, 6/26/1968 (Wednesday) (Item)
  • i p a n d s p e e c h - - c e r t a i n l y l a s t f o r a lo n g , lo n g tim e . I s a w a p a r t of A m e r i c a th a t I knew the l e a s t of a l l - - O r e g o n - - th e f a r N o r th w e s t, A nd t h i r d , L yn do n n a m e d Abe F o
  • Lady Bird to Portland, Oregon, for last trip & speech; LBJ nominates Abe Fortas as Chief Justice & Homer Thornberry for Associate Justice of Supreme Court; Lady Bird gives speech to American Institute of Architects; Orville Freeman is in panel
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, 11/3/1967 (Friday) (Item)
  • ; Johnsons to party for National Council on the Arts at Roger Stevens' home; to party for Lynda Johnson at City Tavern; Lady Bird mentions guests; visit at White House with Arthur Krim, Abe Fortas & Marvin Watson about Democratic National Committee
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
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
Oral history transcript, Leslie Carpenter, interview 1 (I), 2/6/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
Telephone conversation # 7795, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 5/20/1965, 1:13PM (Item)
  • LBJ ASKS MCNAMARA TO JOIN HIM FOR LUNCH WITH THE COWLES PUBLISHING GROUP, DISCUSSES DIFFICULTY INVOLVED WITH ASKING "MR. ARNOLD" (FORTAS) TO JOIN GROUP AND ASKS MCNAMARA TO TELL FORTAS THEY WILL MEET AFTER LUNCH
Telephone conversation # 7985, sound recording, ROBERT MCNAMARA and LBJ, 5/20/1965, 1:13PM (Item)
  • LBJ ASKS MCNAMARA TO JOIN HIM FOR LUNCH WITH THE COWLES PUBLISHING GROUP, DISCUSSES DIFFICULTY INVOLVED WITH ASKING "MR. ARNOLD" (FORTAS) TO JOIN GROUP AND ASKS MCNAMARA TO TELL FORTAS THEY WILL MEET AFTER LUNCH
Telephone conversation # 1694, sound recording, LBJ and WALTER JENKINS, 1/31/1964, 4:06PM (Item)
  • DISCUSSION OF JOSEPH KRAFT ARTICLE AND PRESS LEAKS; JENKINS RELAYS RECOMMENDATION BY FORTAS FOR STUDY OF REORGANIZATION OF WH STAFF; BILL WHITLEY; BOBBY BAKER INVESTIGATION
Folder, "June 22, 1968 - 8:45 a.m. Meeting with Foreign Policy Advisors," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 3 (Item)
  • Secretary Clifford Ambassador Harriman CIA Director Helms Justice Fortas General Taylor General Wheeler Under Secretary Katzen­ bach William Bundy William Jord,tn Walt Rostow George Christian Tom Johnson MEMORANDUM -5'1 THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 5/20/1965 (Thursday) (Item)
  • with McNamara, Fortas, Vaughan, Ball and Raborn; Lynda Johnson's dance for Princess Christina; desk work; Luci Johnson plays piano