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  • that I ought to do this. So in the end I gave in and said I would. Then that was the day of his news conference when he announced me and Abe Fortas. Now, I'm not absolutely certain that Justice Fortas ever did say "Yes," but I had said yes. 13 LBJ
  • much more visually. And I think there was a tremendous amount of respect for Clark Clifford. MG: What about Abe Fortas? G: He was probably a tragedy because I think Johnson and Fortas were so close personally. MG: Did you have a chance to see
  • on that piece of paper: Shriver. Abe Fortas and Sargent This memorandum, I assume. went forward, so that you had b/o factors, then, bearing on the decision. One was the squabbling that \'las going on as to how the thing would be organized; the other
  • ." r; o -~ THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON May 3, 1965 MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT SUBJECT: Negotiation with Bosch Abe Fortes called at 11 :40 to say that he talked with both Jaime Benitez and John B artlow Martin, who were talking with Bosch when he
  • - - pause - and if we would give him a week he could think up an example. He finally declined the nomination in your favor, and as A be Fortas put it - - he managed to conceal his real character very attractively. 6. The Evans and Novack story on Feldman
  • . (C) Closed in accordance with restrictions contained in the donor's deed of gift. GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION GSA FORM 7122 '(REV. 5-82) DEPARTMENT OF STATE WASHINGTON April 6, 1964 MEMORANDUM FOR: Mr. Walter Jenkins The White House Abe
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  • with Lyndon Johnson, with Abe Fortas, and with a whole group of people who were Lyndon B. Johnson friends. And in my relationship with Miss Wickenden, it was she who ultimately brought me together with Lyndon Johnson. That did not occur for some fifteen years
  • 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
  • much on the periphery at that time. F: Did you assist in the preparation of that talk to the joint Houses that he made? V: Yes. I was involved in that. going over it. Some of the work was done at The Elms, Ted Sorensen did the original draft; Abe
  • of the possible interest of Lyndon Johnson in my services came in a letter from Carol Agger, Mrs. Abe Fortas, who is, as you know, a partner in what is now Arnold and Porter. I am sure it was inspired by conversations with Sheldon Cohen, who had been a member
  • Histories [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Johnson -- XXI -- 27 join. The 75th Club was flourishing, and once a month I just wouldn't miss a meeting of it if I could possibly help it. Abe
  • : that with at that time President chairmanship of the Committee on and had a new Executive the Vice-President Kennedy order drafted and with Abe Fortas on this. and with Moyers-- M: Through his connection K: Yes, which he was going him and to make
  • of your trip depends upon ,oar staying on Sunday in Salvador to show yoar Central American colleapea the courtesy they expect. I strongly urge you to agree to the longer schedule (~ab B). George Christian joins me in making thb recommendation. W. W
  • for this kind of constructive movement. This will convey, both ab::oad and at home, ·the impression of an administration which responds imaginatively, not defensively, to external challenge. II. 3. Vietnam The Vietnamese war offers a chance to create a s
  • , 1968 4:15 p . m . S~GRE'f MR. PRESIDENT: I set out the following idea not beca·.1 s e :( b e lieve ·it to be correct not: b,_ecau:;_,I~om~~e ..~t; mer;;l.};:a~'=:ca~!,!; l .... ; ..... J.h y~m sm.h.i... d 1:ave av~... :ab]:e arr the options otwlilch
  • "­ in to· tir.ie,_ the the it four is wickedi true, fa in of· American ·gro~ps. VO r . o f one but•·~ even .did they Government Co u n.t to c~nuf~ctuiet every~cdy ""'d ~veryt1iins whclesale interf and distu~b~nceg politicians in h ab i t
  • ,_ the the it four is wickedi true, fa in of· American ·gro~ps. VO r . o f one but•·~ even .did they Government Co u n.t to c~nuf~ctuiet every~cdy ""'d ~veryt1iins whclesale interf and distu~b~nceg politicians in h ab i t
  • for, really. somewhere I I said that the thing that I wanted to do was get in the international area, that that was a place where would fit--make a contribution. On one occasion, Abe Fortas LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL
  • this development in the Johnson election? O: I don't think there was a formalized development. If you're going to have Abe Fortas, Clark Clifford, Jim Rowe or whoever, that's all well and good but what are they going to be doing? The tone of the meeting I