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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

Oral history transcript, Hobart Taylor, Jr., interview 1 (I), 1/6/1969, by Stephen Goodell (Item)

. I rewrote the darned thing and I was in there the next morning; and in there were Abe Fortas and Arthur Goldberg. He had the three of us, put us together, and we worked there in the window in P-26. They agreed roughly with what I was doing

Oral history transcript, Olga Bredt Gideon, interview 1 (I), 3/2/1987, by Christie L. Bourgeois (Item)

on to Washington. B: You didn't know Welly Hopkins. You did know-- G: No, I do not know Welly Hopkins. I have met him only. Just like friends of the senator's that I had met, too, through the years: Abe Fortas, Judge Fortas-- B: Did you know Maury Maverick? G

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

Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 8 (VIII), 9/21/1987, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

[Abe] Fortas here. I wonder if he talked to Fortas about the labor thing. Are those belts [Dictabelts?] available? G: No. C: Okay. Is there any way you can check just to see whether he talked about the strike? He wonders why he got the reputation

Oral history transcript, Robert Komer, interview 1 (I), 1/30/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

/exhibits/show/loh/oh 21 out." He had sent the letter to Clark Clifford. letter to Abe Fortas. Rowe. He had sent the He had sent the letter, I think, to Jim I forget whether Dean Acheson was in it, but there were four or five members of what

Oral history transcript, Arthur Krim, interview 6 (VI), 10/13/1983, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

, that he wanted- K: Yes, that's part of it. G: The other was that LBJ talked him into leaving the Court so that he could- K: Appoint Abe Fortas? G: Right. But the argument that he used to Goldberg was that "I need you to help with Vietnam." K

Oral history transcript, Lucius D. Battle, interview 1 (I), 11/14/1968, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

Fortas is a great friend of mine and I recall seeing him during that period before and after he became President as a guest of the Fortases. And I remember one birthday party, for example--it was Abe Fortas' birthday and they had a party; I've forgotten

Folder, "McGeorge Bundy, Vol. 10, April 15 - May 31, 1965 [1 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 3 (Item)

-., ', - ' • · Benlte• told me th so many words this afternoon th.at he tbinks "the cause" can only lie won ln the press. I told hlm be coµld not make a · · wo!'.s e mlatake, am I am gettlug on to Abe Fortas to ask him to say the same thing. _.. - - · _. • • t

Oral history transcript, Harry C. McPherson, interview 5 (V), 4/9/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

of manhood and so on. Yet he was extremely cooperative and helpful, understanding and witty about civil rights problems throughout the time that we worked with him. The President liked him a lot.Whether that was something that was generated ab initio purely

Oral history transcript, John G. Feild, interview 1 (I), 5/2/1984, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

in the language of the executive order. The first drafts were floated around among a lot of people, among whom were Abe Fortas, by the way, who unfortunately is now dead, who was Lyndon's lawyer. And I noticed in the materials you gave me, Lyndon also sent

Oral history transcript, McGeorge Bundy, interview 3 (III), 3/19/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

Bundy -- III -- 7 President's desire, stimulated by Justice [Abe] Fortas, to see if we could reach out toward the more reasonable rebels. Fortas was very close to [Juan] Bosch and thought that such a bargain could be made. The President was willing

Folder, "October 29, 1968 - 2:30 a.m. Meeting with the President's Foreign Policy Advisors," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 4 (Item)

step. There is still much to be done. The loudest voice in Paris is what we accomplish in South Vietnam. Walt Rostow: We agree. Secretary Rusk: That's right. General Wheeler: I want to sit down with Abe on execute orders and rules

Oral history transcript, Katharine Graham, interview 1 (I), 3/13/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

, had advised him over the years. I remember going to dinner in which either Jim Rowe, or Tommy Corcoran, or Abe Fortas were the guests. Or quite often it was the staff--Walter Jenkins, or whoever were the secretaries at the time. dinner. He just

Oral history transcript, Carl Hayden, interview 1 (I), 10/28/1968, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

they offered amendments to amend the rules to make it a mere majority. F: They never could get the majority of the Senate to do it. Do you think that this recent vote against Mr. Fortas was an anti-Johnson vote or-- H: I've known Abe Fortas for about twenty

Oral history transcript, Donald C. Cook, interview 1 (I), 6/30/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

that he had affecting himself in such an extremely important way was carefully handled, was treated in the best possible way. B: Were you working with anyone else, sir? For example, I know Abe Fortas was working. C: Yes, I had some discussions

Oral history transcript, Lyndon B. Johnson, 8/19/1969, by Harry Middleton (Item)

] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Reminiscences of LBJ -- 25 • Fortas, and Senator Russell, and John Connally, and A. W. Moursund, and of course Lady Bird-all mean one or the other thing to me. Abe Fortas

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

Oral history transcript, Dan H. Fenn, Jr., interview 1 (I), 7/18/1972, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

relationship there. But the White House itself certainly never intervened in a particular decision, even in a sensitive one like the Swiss watch business, and in which Abe Fortas, of course, was deeply involved as a lawyer. M: But not in relation to Mr

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

President's Daily Diary entry, 1/31/1967 (Item)

t Edwards ~ - Mrs . Home r Ficket t Hon. and Mrs. Davi d E . Finle y Hon . an d Mrs. Edwar d H . Fole y ^_ Justice an d Mrs. Ab e Fortas y and Mrs. Henr y Fowler Mr . and Mrs. Jame s Fre e Mrs . Bes s Furma n Mrs . Arthu r J . Goldber g Mr . an d Mrs

Folder, "Brewster, Daniel B. 12/31/68 -," Name Files, WHCF, Box B-449 (Item)

or telephone AC 202 - 456-2511. The Social Secretary, The White House LEMBERGER, Ernst, Am.b. of Austria Sec. of State Dean Rusk GOLDBERG 1 Arthur J., U.N. Sec. of Tree.sui7 Henry Fowler FORTAS, Abe, Supreme Court Sec. of Agriculture, O:r".d.lle FreEIDB.n

Oral history transcript, James H. Rowe, Jr., interview 4 (IV), 11/10/1982, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

a couple of meetings. I remember [Clark] Clifford was there, I was there, [Abe] Fortas was there. finally got out. He shouldn't have been there, and he He said to me one day, "I shouldn't be at these meetings," and I said, "No, you shouldn't

Oral history transcript, Mary Rather, interview 9 (IX), 7/14/1987, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

: Well, I don't know that he did. I know that they didn't agree on things, but I think each one understood the other. G: Did they talk that evening about any of the issues that they disagreed on, like the Abe Fortas nomination? R: I don't think

Oral history transcript, George E. Reedy, interview 25 (XXV), 8/7/1990, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

contacted me about it, and I checked it out and I discovered Walter had been picked up in that infamous men's room at the Y[MCA] near the Capitol. I called him; he claimed he didn't know anything about it, which may well be, because both Abe Fortas and Clark

Oral history transcript, Nash Castro, interview 3 (III), 3/20/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

the trees for his Inaugural Committee. Carol Fortas, as Treasurer of the Society for a More Beautiful Capital, presented the daffodils 18 LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral

Oral history transcript, Warren Christopher, interview 2 (II), 11/18/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)

Biographical information; McCone Commission; Watts riots; role of deputy attorney general; judicial appointments; Abe Fortas; Crime Commission; Crime Control Act; Newark riot; Detroit riots; contingency plans; MLK assassination; Washington D.C

Oral history transcript, Warren Christopher, interview 3 (III), 12/2/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)

Biographical information; McCone Commission; Watts riots; role of deputy attorney general; judicial appointments; Abe Fortas; Crime Commission; Crime Control Act; Newark riot; Detroit riots; contingency plans; MLK assassination; Washington D.C

Oral history transcript, John G. Tower, interview 3 (III), 11/1/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

talk to you about this? T: I never discussed it with him. F: Did you have any role at all in the nomination of Abe Fortas to the chief justiceship? 10 LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org More on LBJ Library oral histories: http

Oral history transcript, O.J. Weber, interview 1 (I), 12/7/1984, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

that's a fair assumption, and also to Abe Fortas, with whom he was very close. G: Can you recall the advice of either of these men? W: Actually, I was not privy to any of this. At that time I was still probably third or fourth down on the pecking

Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 13 (XIII), 11/17/1987, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Clifford and maybe through [Abe] Fortas--I just can't remember--we sent out the word that we would certainly audit the hell out of the expense accounts of the executives of these companies. G: Was that easy to do? Was that something that IRS would

Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 36 (XXXVI), 9/21/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

of compulsory arbitration or have to vote on the issue of breaking a strike which he thought would hurt--these are the Great Society Democrats-hurt them get reelected. I had a meeting with Clifford and [Abe] Fortas and Wirtz and we talked about we've got to get

Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 43 (XLIII), 3/28/1989, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

in the merger. When did that merger issue come up? The end of 1966? The Penn-Central? G: It started long before that. C: Yes, but when did we have the meetings and [Abe] Fortas--I can't remember. We got a paper on it. B: Thanksgiving. 1966. C: So it's

Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 56 (LVI), 11/21/1989, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

the stuff on that. Because it's got a lot of both Romney and [Abe] Fortas and the difficult presidential thing. I'd also like to get when Romney returned from Vietnam and changed his mind about Vietnam and said he was brainwashed. I think it was John Roche

Reference, LBJ chronology by LBJ Library archives staff: "1962" (Item)

at National City Christian Church, and later Texas State Society reception in House Ways and Means Committee Room. 2/12 P-38. Drops by luncheon for Sen. Moreno Sanchez of Mexico and Justo Sierra, hosted by Mansfield. Meets with Reedy, Goldberg and Fortas

Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 23 (XXIII), 9/5/1981, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

to attribute it to. I think maybe he knew that now was the time that he had to be. And, on Stevenson's side, his chief legal counsel was Clint Small. I believe Charlie Francis and John Cofer were ours. G: Now it was here that Abe Fortas appeared on the scene

Folder, [Correspondence and clippings from James and Peter Mangan], Papers of James W. Mangan, Box 1 (Item)

before his death in 1975, was Abe Fortas, in later years a Johmon could do about It," Dibrell said. Stevenson told a reporter: "I remember people. to the blgh court. appointee the that all the tlm Oh I n recently AP The told 'I a.med Dibrell have had

Lady Bird Johnson's Daily Diary entry, 4/22/1965 (Item)

to 10:55 of book by Mrs. Johnson 12:05 Mr. Fortas arrived 12:20 Mrs. Fortas arrived 12:30 Lunch w/ Mr. and Mrs. Fortas and Liz 1:25 Walked over to East Garden w/ Mr. and Mrs. Fortas 1:30 Fortases departed - returned to second floor 2:00 To East Garden

Lady Bird Johnson's Daily Diary entry, 4/26/1965 (Item)

10:55 Met Carol Fortas on ground floor - to pool 11:35 Returned to second floor 11:40 Mrs. Fortas to South Grounds 11:45 Joined Mrs. Fortas - toured South Grounds 12:25 Mrs. Fortas departed Returned to second floor 1:00 Lunch w/ Patsy Derby

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 12/18/1968 (Wednesday) (Item)

a b o u t an h o u r - - u n ab le to a c t u a l l y s le e p . A nd t h e n I got u p , m a d e r e a d y fo r the d ay and w a s out in the W e s t H a ll b y 9:30 to m e e t C a r o l F o r t a s . J u s t a t th a t m o m e n t L yndon c a m e
LBJ to Bethesda Naval Hospital; Lady Bird's diary meeting with Carol Fortas; telephone calls; Lady Bird to Bethesda Naval Hospital; nap; goodbye to houseguests & visit with Tony Taylor; party for underprivileged children; Wizard of Oz play

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