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Oral history transcript, James M. Quigley, interview 1 (I), 10/25/1968, by David G. McComb (Item)

around, and ready to quit and go back to the practice of law, and a little saner and more balanced living. But eventually, I was called by Ralph Dungan, and he said, "Jim, why don't you go up to Hartford? Abe Ribicoff is going to be the Secretary of HEW

Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 8 (VIII), 1/23/1979, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Johnson -- VIII -- 11 also, executive assistant? And a little bit later [we met] Abe and Carol Fortas. So we early became
Washington, D.C. friendships with people such as Grace Tully, Tom Corcoran, Jim Rowe and Abe and Carol Fortas; arguments for building the dams on the lower Colorado River; LBJ's admiration for FDR; LBJ's appointment to the Naval Affairs Committee

Oral history transcript, Joseph W. Barr, interview 5 (V), 9/12/1986, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

. B: Yes, old Abe. He probably talked to some one like Fortas, you know. G: Ultimately, did he…. B: Ultimately, yes. He said "Fine." And you know, strangely enough, we were never criticized for the appearance of those coins. The thing that we had

Newsletter, "Among Friends of LBJ, issue # 85, November 2004," LBJ Library (Item)

. 1966, as well as two conversations in October 1966 between President Johnson and Su preme Court Justice Abe Fortas in which the assassination of President Kennedy is discussed. Concerns about Vietnam, the U.S. economy. and the upcoming congressio nal

Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 11 (XI), 10/28/1987, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Thanksgiving trying to get him to change a brief. Maybe we'll talk about him when we talk about [Abe] Fortas. Okay? G: Yes. Let's do. C: Okay, the reorganization of civil rights. . . . . What do you want to talk about now? I see LBJ Presidential Library

Oral history transcript, S. Douglass Cater, interview 1 (I), 4/29/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

. So, nothing happened there. When he became President--I remember the night of the assassination--I talked to Abe Fortas on the phone. This was before Johnson had gotten back to Washington, and I told Abe that I certainly hoped that all his friends

Oral history transcript, Lee C. White, interview 3 (III), 3/2/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

close and lasting personal relationship with, for example, Abe Fortas. I believe--incidentally I believed then--I don't think I'm on a record so it isn 1 t quite that strong--but I think it was a mistake for the President to ask Abe after he became
LBJ's intellectual powers; his sources of advice; Abe Fortas; White's brief assignment as liaison in the counternarcotics effort; named special counsel in 1965; acting on the CAB's international air cases; the airlines' influence and the role

Folder, "Caption Information," Office Files of Yoichi Okamoto, Box 2 (Item)

Dr. At Mrs. John J. Corson Professor of Public At International Affairs, Princeton University Judge At Mrs. Arthur O. Fisher Dayton, Ohio Mr. At Mrs. Abe Fortas Washington, D. C. Mr. At Mrs. Charles C. Gibson Amarillo, Texas Judge At Mrs. Luther

Oral history transcript, Harry C. McPherson, interview 1 (I), 12/5/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)

with and secondly, that the person has to be right there.Is that correct? M: I think that probably is true.He is the fastest learner of personality that I have ever encountered in my life. Abe Fortas once told me, when he and I were lamenting the fact

Oral history transcript, John Bartlow Martin, interview 1 (I), 1/30/1971, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

Reference File, "Jenkins, Walter" (Item)

to suppress a major news story affecting the national security." Two CLARK CLIFFORD ABE FORTAS hours later, at 8:09 p.m., United Press International broke the story, and On a friend's behalf, •n ffioo ·, 22 :\, 1 TIME, OCTOBER 23, 1964 j AtomJ

Reference File, "Jenkins, Walter" (Item)

to suppress a major news story affecting the national security." Two CLARK CLIFFORD ABE FORTAS hours later, at 8:09 p.m., United Press International broke the story, and On a friend's behalf, •n ffioo ·, 22 :\, 1 TIME, OCTOBER 23, 1964 j AtomJ

President's Daily Diary entry, 6/20/1968 (Item)

* THURSDAY (include visited by) ture President to second floor for LUNCHEON (OFF THE RECORD) Those attending were: Abe Forta s Mr. George R. Brown - Houston , Chmn. , Brown & Root, Inc. , Houston, Tex Mr. John Lawrence , Chmn. , Dresser Industries

President's Daily Diary entry, 8/1/1968 (Item)

a t 9:40a Presiden y THURSDA Y y (includ e visite d by ) e Meek s a t th e LBJ Ranch e Ab e Forta s i n Brattleboro , Vermon t Mike Jo T 1 , 196 8 Manato e Califan op t aske d fo r Jac k McNult y - bu t he wa s ± H enroute t o Buchanna n

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 3/26/1966 (Saturday) (Item)

Johnsons to Secretary Fowler's daughter's wedding; Johnsons lunch with Abe Fortas; Lady Bird works on her speeches; LBJ and Lady Bird to the Robert McNamaras for dinner; Lady Bird visits with Nicholas Katzenbach; Lady Bird considers Walt Rostow

President's Daily Diary entry, 2/2/1967 (Item)

- ' To I5:25p j - ; Mrs. Johnson Mr. & Mrs. Ben Oehlert--who brought a picture of the President and an album they Justice and Mrs. Abe Fortas had made about their trip to the ranch at the LopezMateos visit. I _| 5:40p _f Director Leonard Marks

President's Daily Diary entry, 3/10/1967 (Item)

the President came o n the phone) e Califano George Meany. President AFL-CIO (b-3) . Abe Fortas. Associate Justice of the U. S. Supreme Court--returnin g the President's ! Califano (pl) ~~t~ Director j Manatos--returning the President's Bromley t 3:15p f

President's Daily Diary entry, 11/3/1966 (Item)

) -Gainesville, Fla. Justice Abe Fortas — —— MW in BM Bill (pl) Moyers (at home) Barefoot Sanders in MW joined Mrs. Johnson The President to Barber Shop * n^ Nov. 3, 1966 The White House p^ THURSDAY Activity (inc!ude visited by) Returned to Oval

President's Daily Diary entry, 3/1/1966 (Item)

Clark - Justice and Mrs. Ab e Forta s Senator Sparkman Mrs. Rober t E. Jones Hon and Mrs. Douglas s Cater ^ Judge and Mrs. J Skelly Wright —Judge and Mrs. Thurma n Arnold Mr. an d Mrs. Hug o Black, Jr. Mr. Benjamin Cohen Mr. Thomas Corcora n Mr

President's Daily Diary entry, 3/23/1966 (Item)

d'oeuvres Mr. Justice Douglas Mr. Justice and Mrs. Abe Fortas Mr. Justice and Mrs. John Harlan Humphrey, the Vice President and Mrs. Hubert Katzenbach, the Attorney General and Mrs. Nicholas Cong. William M. McCulloch Hon and Mrs. Harry McPherson Mr. Justice

Oral history transcript, James Roosevelt, interview 1 (I), 8/16/1985, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

on Congressman Johnson to get him that information. G: One has the impression that LBJ developed an assortment of contacts in the administration, people like Abe Fortas and Jim Rowe and yourself. Let me ask you to recall if you can 6 LBJ Presidential Library
of Congress; Jim Rowe; Abe Fortas; FDR's decision to run for a third term as president in 1940; FDR's opinion of LBJ's military service in World War II; Eleanor Roosevelt's opinion of LBJ; Roosevelt's work with civil rights legislation; the 1960 Democratic

Newsletter, "Among Friends of LBJ, issue # 38, 20 October 1986," LBJ Library (Item)

to hear different points of view ... I think Clark lifford would tell you the same thing because Pr sident Johnson similarly disrupted his law practice. -Abe Fortas, friend nd adviser; later Sup eme Court Justice An excellent example of a Lyndon Johnson

Newsletter, "Among Friends of LBJ, issue # 46, 15 January 1990," LBJ Library (Item)

and ending with Johnson's phone conversation with Abe Fortas 7 Humphrey prior to retiring at II: 15 p.m. Or one can analyze Johnson's contacts over a period of time. Did he, for instance become more isolated as his adminis tration progressed

Newsletter, "Among Friends of LBJ, issue # 71, 30 April 1999," LBJ Library (Item)

site, including those with Bes.· Abell. Morris Abram, George Aiken, Abe Fortas, Harry McPherson, Lawrence O'Brien. Carl Alben, Hubert Humphrey, John Tower, Douglass Caler, Stewart dall, and Bromley Smith. And researchers continue to visit th Library

Newsletter, "Among Friends of LBJ, issue # 76, October 2001," LBJ Library (Item)

as Solicitor General, the first African-American to hold the post, as well as appoint·ing A11hur Goldberg as Ambassador to the Unit- d ations and Abe Fortas to the Supreme Court. During this p riocl, Congress consid ered the Voting Rights bill, an omnibus

Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 1 (I), 4/14/1969, by Joe B. Frantz and Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

, Mr. [John] Hechinger, described it himself in one of our tapes. Were there a lot of instances like that? Was that fairly regular? C: That was one that I really was deeply involved in personally. I believe he did the same thing with [Abe] Fortas

Oral history transcript, John B. Connally, interview S-I, 6/30/1988, by Robert Dallek (Item)

Oral history transcript, James H. Rowe, Jr., interview 1 (I), 9/9/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

Johnson operation. I can remember, I think, on a Sunday, going over to Thurman Arnold, Abe Fortas' office, and there must have been thirty-five lawyers there, all friends of Johnson's. get in this thing. I'm sure he called us all up and said Finally

Oral history transcript, Arthur E. Goldschmidt and Elizabeth Wickenden Goldschmidt, interview 1 (I), 6/3/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

, the Fortases-- M: I was going to ask if the Fortases were among the group. W: Certainly. G: I'm the one who M: You knew Mr. Fortas in another connection? G: Yes, we knew each other from early days, I don't know why. introduc~d Abe to Johnson. I'm

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

Oral history transcript, George R. Brown, interview 3 (III), 7/11/1977, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

, with the Reclamation Did he talk to Secretary Ickes about it? Department . B: Yes, but the fellow he relied on most of all and became friends with was the fellow he later appointed to the Supreme Court, Abe Fortas . He was a brilliant young lawyer

Oral history transcript, R. Conrad Cooper, interview 1 (I), 6/10/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

be exact, he said, "Abe and I both know the problems arising from winning the close election." M: This is IIAbe" I. C: I. W. Abel. ~J. Abel, not Abe Fortas? After everybody had a little chuckle on that one, then he proceeded from that point. He had

Oral history transcript, Sim Gideon, interview 1 (I), 3/21/1968, by David G. McComb (Item)

across the street from the United Nations, was working for the Bureau of the Interior and Abe Fortas, who is now on the Supreme Court was, I believe, over in the Interior Department, and we would •.• Congressman Johnson, Senator Wirtz, and I was fortunate

Oral history transcript, Joseph L. Rauh, Jr., interview 1 (I), 7/30/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

hysterical Corcoran phone calls "Come right away" to the office of what was then--I don't remember whether it was Arnold, Fortas and Porter or whether it was Arnold and Fortas at that time. lawyers over there. I went to this office and there were a lot

Oral history transcript, Sharon Francis, interview 3 (III), 6/27/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

Oral history transcript, James U. Cross, interview 2 (II), 2/11/1981, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

Oral history transcript, Buford Ellington, interview 1 (I), 10/2/1970, by T.H. Baker (Item)

Oral history transcript, Leonard H. Marks, interview 1 (I), 6/15/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

Fortas and work with him in setting up that trust. And so I remember that I got on the phone and talked with Abe and said I was going to wait until President Johnson came horne. But then it was quite late,. eight or nine o'clock or so, and he hadn't

Oral history transcript, George E. Reedy, interview 2 (II), 2/14/1972, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

independence from time to time? R: Oh, there's no question about that. But also Morse was a battler. Morse carried on some of the strangest battles. When Abe Fortas was Under Secretary of the Interior, he made Abe's life absolutely miserable on some issue

Oral history transcript, Clifford Durr and Virginia Foster Durr, interview 1 (I), 3/1/1975, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

that could be of any help to him at all. see. This was his political strain, you Tex Goldschm.idt worked for the Interior Department, and Mike Strauss, and Abe Fortas. They were all working for Harold Ickes, so they all becalTIe great friends of Lyndon's

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