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Telephone conversation # 7406, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 4/30/1965, 11:30AM (Item)
  • FORTAS ON HOLD 0:20; LBJ PUTS FORTAS ON HOLD TO TAKE FOLLOWING CALL FROM MCGEORGE BUNDY, THEN LBJ RETURNS TO FINISH CONVERSATION WITH FORTAS ON REF #7407
  • Fortas, Abe, 1910-1982
  • Telephone conversation # 7406, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 4/30/1965, 11:30AM
  • ABE FORTAS
Telephone conversation # 7686, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 5/14/1965, 8:45PM (Item)
  • SLIP AND DAILY DIARY LIST THIS AS CALL FROM "MR. DAVIDSON"; FORTAS IS DIFFICULT TO HEAR; CONTINUES FROM 2 PREVIOUS RECORDINGS AND ON NEXT RECORDING; CONCURRENT RECORDING OF REF #7689, #7690
  • Fortas, Abe, 1910-1982
  • Telephone conversation # 7686, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 5/14/1965, 8:45PM
  • ABE FORTAS
Telephone conversation # 8171, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 6/21/1965, 4:35PM (Item)
  • VERY POOR SOUND QUALITY; FORTAS IS INAUDIBLE; RECORDING APPARENTLY STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN
  • Fortas, Abe, 1910-1982
  • Telephone conversation # 8171, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 6/21/1965, 4:35PM
  • 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 # 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 # 9477, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 1/10/1966, 8:40PM (Item)
  • MIRIAM OTTENBERG'S ARTICLE ON BOBBY BAKER; JUSTICE DEPT ATTORNEYS ON BAKER CASE; RFK; FORTAS SUGGESTS HHH AND DEAN RUSK GO WITH US DELEGATION TO FUNERAL OF INDIA'S PRIME MINISTER SHASTRI; UK DELEGATION; PROPOSED DEAN RUSK, AVERELL HARRIMAN TRIP
  • Fortas, Abe, 1910-1982
  • Telephone conversation # 9477, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 1/10/1966, 8:40PM
  • ABE FORTAS
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 # 7685, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 5/14/1965, 8:45PM (Item)
  • Fortas, Abe, 1910-1982
  • Telephone conversation # 7685, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 5/14/1965, 8:45PM
  • ABE FORTAS
Telephone conversation # 7688, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 5/14/1965, 8:45PM (Item)
  • Fortas, Abe, 1910-1982
  • Telephone conversation # 7688, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 5/14/1965, 8:45PM
  • ABE FORTAS
Telephone conversation # 7689, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 5/14/1965, 8:45PM (Item)
  • Fortas, Abe, 1910-1982
  • Telephone conversation # 7689, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 5/14/1965, 8:45PM
  • ABE FORTAS
Telephone conversation # 7702, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 5/16/1965, 12:30PM (Item)
  • Fortas, Abe, 1910-1982
  • Telephone conversation # 7702, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 5/16/1965, 12:30PM
  • ABE FORTAS
Telephone conversation # 9535, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 1/26/1966, 9:54AM (Item)
  • Fortas, Abe, 1910-1982
  • Telephone conversation # 9535, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 1/26/1966, 9:54AM
  • ABE FORTAS
Telephone conversation # 7684, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 5/14/1965, 8:45PM (Item)
  • FORTAS ON HOLD 0:45; SLIP, DIARY LIST CALLER AS "MR. DAVIDSON"; CALL BETWEEN "WALTER" AND "CECIL?" OF DENVER AND "JIM" CUTS IN IN MIDDLE OF CALL; CONTINUES ON NEXT 3 RECORDINGS; CONCURRENT RECORDING OF #7688
  • FORTAS REPORTS ON TALKS WITH JUAN BOSCH ON SETTLEMENT OF DOMINICAN CRISIS; LBJ DISCUSSES CURRENT MILITARY SITUATION, COMPOSITION OF GROUP OF US OFFICIALS TO GO TO DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, PUERTO RICO, FOR NEGOTIATIONS; BOSCH'S DIFFERENCES WITH THOMAS
  • Fortas, Abe, 1910-1982
  • Telephone conversation # 7684, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 5/14/1965, 8:45PM
  • ABE FORTAS
Telephone conversation # 13128, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 6/21/1968, 3:48PM (Item)
  • "CONTINUED"; "POSSIBLE SUPREME COURT APPOINTEES; PEACE TALKS IN PARIS"; "JUNE 21, 1968 B.3" WRITTEN ON DICTABELT; CONTINUES FROM PREVIOUS RECORDING AND ON NEXT 2 RECORDINGS; FORTAS IS ALMOST INAUDIBLE
  • JOHN CROOKER, SR. AND JR.; POSSIBLE APPOINTEES TO SUPREME COURT?: CYRUS VANCE, CLARK CLIFFORD, RAMSEY CLARK, HENRY "JOE" FOWLER, HOMER THORNBERRY; PRESS BIAS AGAINST LBJ; BOB KERR'S OPINION OF DOUGLAS DILLON; ANDRE MEYER'S, FORTAS' VIEWS ON VIETNAM
  • Fortas, Abe, 1910-1982
  • Telephone conversation # 13128, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 6/21/1968, 3:48PM
  • 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 # 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 # 13132, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 6/22/1968, 8:02AM (Item)
  • RESIGNATION OF CHIEF JUSTICE EARL WARREN AND APPOINTMENT OF ABE FORTAS AS HIS SUCCESSOR; LBJ DISCUSSES CANDIDATES TO REPLACE FORTAS: RAMSEY CLARK, CLARK CLIFFORD, THOMAS KUCHEL, RICHARD HUGHES, CYRUS VANCE, HOMER THORNBERRY, HENRY "JOE" FOWLER
Telephone conversation # 13133, sound recording, LBJ and MIKE MANSFIELD, 6/23/1968, 8:43AM? (Item)
  • DISCUSSION OF APPOINTMENT OF ABE FORTAS AS CHIEF JUSTICE OF SUPREME COURT AND OF CANDIDATES TO REPLACE FORTAS: ARTHUR GOLDBERG?, CLARK CLIFFORD, CYRUS VANCE; QUESTION OF HAVING TWO JEWS ON COURT; POSSIBILITY OF APPOINTING VANCE AS SECRETARY
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 # 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 # 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 # 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 # 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 # 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 # 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
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, 3/19/1965 (Friday) (Item)
  • a c k a t the W hite H ouse I had lunch w ith Abe and an opportunity to ta lk w ith h im for about two h ou rs on th e L ib ra ry , the Joh nson C ity h o u se, w h eth er w e shou ld p u b lish M r s . Joh n son 's book, and, m o s t im p ortan t, w h
  • Lady Bird works on "chores" and buys gift certificate for Lynda Johnson's 21st birthday; Lady Bird lunches with Abe Fortas to discuss LBJ Library, Johnson City House, publishing Rebekah Johnson's book, and the ABC TV show on beautification; Lady
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, 7/21/1965 (Wednesday) (Item)
  • s i n e s s o v e r a lu n c h of s c r a m b l e d e g g s a n d b a c o n . • And th en I h a d a s e s s i o n w ith Abe F o r t a s . H e r e a d the p r o p o s a l of the U n i v e r s i t y of T e x a s a b o u t the L i b r a r y - Q andi n
  • Lady Bird discusses business with LBJ; Lady Bird to the dentist; meeting with Clark Clifford about the LBJ Library; meetings about artwork for the White House; Lady Bird meets with Abe Fortas about LBJ Library; Arthur Goldberg and Supreme Court
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, 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
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