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Telephone conversation # 13221, sound recording, LBJ and EARLE CLEMENTS, 7/30/1968, 2:31PM
CLEMENTS SAYS JUDICIARY COMMITTEE WILL NOT VOTE ON ABE FORTAS' NOMINATION AS SUPREME COURT CHIEF JUSTICE UNTIL AFTER LABOR DAY; JOHN MCCLELLAN'S OPPOSITION; LBJ ASKS ABOUT RICHARD RUSSELL'S VIEWS, DISCUSSES CRITICISM OF ALEXANDER LAWRENCE NOMINATION
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Telephone conversation # 13220, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 7/30/1968, 11:54AM
DISCUSSION OF RUSK'S STATEMENT ON VIETNAM POLICY AT HIS PRESS CONFERENCE; LBJ SAYS NORTH VIETNAMESE HAVE NOT CHANGED THEIR POSITION SINCE MARCH 31ST SPEECH AND THEIR ATTACKS AND INFILTRATION OF SOUTH VIETNAM CONTINUE
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Telephone conversation # 13219, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 7/30/1968, 9:57AM
DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE RESPONSE TO POPE PAUL'S STATEMENT OPPOSING US FOREIGN AID FUNDS FOR FAMILY PLANNING; CABLE FROM AVERELL HARRIMAN, CYRUS VANCE PROPOSING BOMBING HALT AND RUSK'S RESPONSE; LBJ SUGGESTS RUSK ADDRESS ISSUE AT UPCOMING PRESS…
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Telephone conversation # 13218, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE SMATHERS, 7/25/1968, 11:30PM
SMATHERS REPORTS ON JUDICIARY COMMITTEE DISCUSSION OF ABE FORTAS' VOTES ON SUPREME COURT PORNOGRAPHY CASES; STROM THURMOND'S OPPOSITION TO FORTAS' NOMINATION AS CHIEF JUSTICE; SENATORS' VIEWING OF ALLEGED PORNOGRAPHIC MOVIE; JUDICARY COMMITTEE…
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Telephone conversation # 13217, sound recording, LBJ and HAYWOOD SMITH, 7/25/1968, 3:43PM
SMITH REPORTS ON BOB PIERPOINT'S INQUIRY ABOUT CHARLES ROBB; LBJ COMPLAINS ABOUT PIERPOINT, ASKS HOW PIERPOINT HEARD RUMOR ABOUT ROBB, TELLS SMITH TO HAVE PIERPOINT MAKE ANY FURTHER INQUIRIES TO GEORGE CHRISTIAN
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Telephone conversation # 13216, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 7/24/1968, 10:15AM
LBJ'S HONOLULU MEETING; MIKE MANSFIELD'S LETTER CRITICIZING VIETNAM POLICY; OPPOSITION TO GUN CONTROL BILL BY JAMES EASTLAND, STROM THURMOND; JUDICIARY COMMITTEE ACTION ON NOMINATIONS INCLUDING JOHN CROOKER'S APPOINTMENT TO CAB; EDSON SESSIONS…
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Telephone conversation # 13215, sound recording, LBJ and BAREFOOT SANDERS, 7/24/1968, 10:00AM
LBJ DISCUSSES HIS TELEPHONE CONVERSATION WITH JIM WRIGHT ON CONFERENCE COMMITTEE ACTION ON BILLBOARD PROVISIONS OF HIGHWAY AID BILL
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Telephone conversation # 13214, sound recording, LBJ and JIM WRIGHT, 7/24/1968, 9:55AM
LBJ DISCUSSES HIS MEETING IN HONOLULU, ASKS ABOUT WILLIAM CRAMER'S ACTION ON BILLBOARD PENALTY PROVISIONS OF HIGHWAY AID BILL IN CONFERENCE COMMITTEE; TRINITY RIVER BILL; TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY LETTER TO LBJ; BELL LEASE AGREEMENT
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Telephone conversation # 13213, sound recording, TELEPHONE REPAIRMAN and TELEPHONE OPERATORS, 7/17/1968, time unknown
TELEPHONE REPAIRMAN CHECKS TELEPHONE LINES WITH TELEPHONE OPERATORS
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Telephone conversation # 13212, sound recording, TELEPHONE REPAIRMAN and JAMES GORDON?, 7/17/1968, time unknown
DISCUSSION AMONG "ROLF?", [JAMES?] "GORDON" AND ANOTHER TELEPHONE REPAIRMAN ABOUT REPAIRING TELEPHONE LINES; TELEPHONE REPAIRMAN THEN TELLS TELEPHONE OPERATOR THAT HE WILL TEST TELEPHONE LINE
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Telephone conversation # 13211, sound recording, LBJ and TOMMY CORCORAN, 7/17/1968, 7:53AM
DIFFICULT TO DETERMINE TOPIC; CORCORAN APPARENTLY DISCUSSES VOTE OF UNNAMED SENATOR ON CONFIRMATION OF ABE FORTAS AS CHIEF JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME COURT AND PROMOTION OR TRANSFER OF UNNAMED NAVAL OFFICER?
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Telephone conversation # 13210, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 7/15/1968, 5:52PM
DIRKSEN REPORTS ON HIS MEETING WITH STROM THURMOND, PROGRESS IN JUDICIARY COMMITTEE ON ABE FORTAS NOMINATION, GUN CONTROL BILL; LBJ SAYS HE WILL SEND UP JUDICIAL NOMINATIONS; DIRKSEN ASKS LBJ TO MEET WITH ADMIRAL JOHN MCCAIN, JR.; US AMBASSADOR TO…
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Telephone conversation # 13209, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD DALEY, 7/13/1968, 5:22PM
EUGENE MCCARTHY CAMPAIGN; ARRANGEMENTS FOR DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION; DALEY'S WISH TO PROHIBIT TV COVERAGE ON FLOOR OF CONVENTION; LBJ ASKS DALEY ABOUT RICHARD NIXON'S PROSPECTS; DALEY SAYS NIXON IS STRONG IN ILLINOIS BUT HE THINKS DEMOCRATS…
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Telephone conversation # 13208, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD DALEY, 7/13/1968, 5:22PM
DALEY MAKES RECOMMENDATION FOR NEW US AMBASSADOR TO IRELAND; LBJ ASKS DALEY TO SEND INFORMATION TO JIM JONES, COMPLIMENTS DALEY ON ARRANGEMENTS FOR DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION IN CHICAGO; NEGOTIATIONS WITH LOCAL TELEPHONE WORKERS UNION; EUGENE…
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Telephone conversation # 13207, sound recording, LBJ and LEONARD MARKS, 7/13/1968, 10:25AM
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 OF…
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Telephone conversation # 13206, sound recording, MATT KOEHL and RECORDED MESSAGE, 7/11/1968, time unknown
RECORDED MESSAGE FROM MATT KOEHL OPPOSING NOMINATION OF ABE FORTAS AS CHIEF JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME COURT BECAUSE OF HIS JEWISH FAITH AND ALLEGED COMMUNIST PARTY AFFILIATIONS
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Telephone conversation # 13205, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 7/11/1968, 8:26AM
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
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Telephone conversation # 13204, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 7/10/1968, 5:21PM
LBJ ASKS DIRKSEN TO TALK TO WAYNE MORSE ABOUT MORSE'S OBJECTIONS TO APPOINTMENT OF EDSON SESSIONS AS AMBASSADOR TO ECUADOR; UPCOMING SENATE RECESS; GUN CONTROL LEGISLATION; STATUS OF JUDICIAL NOMINATIONS IN JUDICIARY COMMITTEE; HOMER THORNBERRY
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Telephone conversation # 13203, sound recording, LBJ and CARTHA "DEKE" DELOACH, 7/1/1968, 5:02PM
BUILDING SUPPORT FOR SUPREME COURT APPOINTMENTS OF ABE FORTAS, HOMER THORNBERRY; PRESS INQUIRIES ABOUT FORTAS' ROLE IN WALTER JENKINS INCIDENT; JOHN MCCLELLAN'S UNHAPPINESS WITH LBJ ABOUT HANDLING OF SIGNING OF UNNAMED BILL (CRIME BILL?)
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Telephone conversation # 13202, sound recording, LBJ and CARTHA "DEKE" DELOACH, 7/1/1968, 5:02PM
DELOACH'S VACATION; LBJ DISCUSSES SITUATION IN MERIDIAN, MISSISSIPPI, SAYS HE WANTS FBI TO INVESTIGATE BOMBING OF JEWS' HOMES; KKK THREAT TO BOMB FBI AGENT ROY MOORE'S HOME; BUILDING SUPPORT FOR SUPREME COURT APPOINTMENTS OF ABE FORTAS, HOMER…
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Telephone conversation # 13201, sound recording, LBJ and RAMSEY CLARK, 7/1/1968, 4:26PM
FBI, LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT RESPONSE TO SITUATION IN MERIDIAN, MISSISSIPPI; LBJ SAYS HE WANTS DOJ STATEMENT THAT FEDERAL GOVT WILL INVESTIGATE ATTACKS ON JEWS, NEGROES; NEED TO GET SUPPORT FOR SUPREME COURT NOMINATIONS OF ABE FORTAS, HOMER THORNBERRY
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Telephone conversation # 13149, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 6/28/1968, 8:53AM
CONTINUED DISCUSSION OF OPPOSITION TO SUPREME COURT APPOINTMENTS OF ABE FORTAS, HOMER THORNBERRY AND LBJ'S MEETING WITH TIME MAGAZINE REPORTER LAST NIGHT; LBJ'S PERSONAL ASSOCIATION WITH FORTAS; PRESS STORIES ON CHARGES OF CRONYISM IN NOMINATIONS
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Telephone conversation # 13148, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 6/28/1968, 8:53AM
DISCUSSION OF OPPOSITION TO SUPREME COURT APPOINTMENTS OF ABE FORTAS, HOMER THORNBERRY; NEED FOR SENATE LEADERSHIP ON NOMINATIONS; SENATE COMMITTEE VOTE YESTERDAY ON GUN CONTROL BILL; HEAD COUNT ON NOMINATIONS; LBJ'S PAST ASSOCIATION WITH FORTAS
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Telephone conversation # 13147, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 6/27/1968, 3:57PM
SAM ERVIN'S VIEW THAT ABE FORTAS CANNOT BE APPOINTED AS SUPREME COURT CHIEF JUSTICE UNTIL EARL WARREN RESIGNS; DISCUSSION OF SENATORS' VIEWS ON NOMINATIONS OF FORTAS, HOMER THORNBERRY; REPUBLICAN SENATORS' LETTER OPPOSING FORTAS' NOMINATION
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Telephone conversation # 13146, transcript, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 6/26/1968, 11:10AM
LBJ SAYS ABA HAS FOUND ABE FORTAS, HOMER THORNBERRY HIGHLY ACCEPTABLE APPOINTEES AS SUPREME COURT CHIEF JUSTICE, ASSOCIATE JUSTICE, ASKS DIRKSEN TO TALK WITH ROMAN HRUSKA ABOUT APPOINTMENTS; VIEWS OF RICHARD RUSSELL, JAMES EASTLAND ON FORTAS,…
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Telephone conversation # 13145, sound recording, LBJ and MIKE MANSFIELD, 6/26/1968, 9:44AM
LBJ DISCUSSES ABA APPROVAL OF SUPREME COURT APPOINTMENTS OF ABE FORTAS, HOMER THORNBERRY; BUILDING SENATE SUPPORT FOR NOMINATIONS; VIEWS OF EVERETT DIRKSEN, RICHARD RUSSELL, JAMES EASTLAND; LBJ ASKS MANSFIELD'S HELP WITH DEMOCRATS ON JUDICIARY…
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Telephone conversation # 13144, sound recording, LBJ and RAMSEY CLARK, 6/26/1968, 9:18AM
CLARK REPORTS ABA HAS CLEARED SUPREME COURT APPOINTMENTS OF ABE FORTAS, HOMER THORNBERRY; REVISIONS TO LBJ'S LETTER TO EARL WARREN; BUILDING SENATE SUPPORT FOR NOMINATIONS; WELLY HOPKINS' SUPPORT FOR HENRY "JOE" FOWLER; HEARINGS ON GUN CONTROL BILL
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Telephone conversation # 13143, sound recording, LBJ and LEON JAWORSKI, 6/25/1968, 5:56PM
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
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Telephone conversation # 13142, sound recording, LBJ and RALPH YARBOROUGH, 6/25/1968, 5:35PM
REPEAT OF FINAL PORTION OF REF #13141
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Telephone conversation # 13141, sound recording, LBJ and RALPH YARBOROUGH, 6/25/1968, 5:35PM
APPOINTMENT OF HOMER THORNBERRY AS SUPREME COURT ASSOCIATE JUSTICE; THORNBERRY'S BACKGROUND, EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE; CHARGE OF CRONYISM; YARBOROUGH ENDORSES THORNBERRY; YARBOROUGH DISCUSSES APPOINTMENT FOR HARRY WEAR?; JAMES ALLRED'S SUPPORT FOR LBJ
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Telephone conversation # 13140, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 6/25/1968, 4:53PM
DIRKSEN DISCUSSES MEETING ON SUPREME COURT APPOINTMENTS, PRECEDENTS ON RECESS APPOINTMENTS OF SUPREME COURT JUSTICES; LBJ SAYS HE WILL NAME ABE FORTAS AS CHIEF JUSTICE, HOMER THORNBERRY AS ASSOCIATE JUSTICE; DIRKSEN REPORTS ON MEETING WITH "JOHN"…
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Telephone conversation # 13139, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN PASTORE, 6/25/1968, 4:25PM
LBJ ASKS ABOUT SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS BILL; DISCUSSION OF REAPPOINTING GLENN SEABORG TO TWO-YEAR TERM AND JAMES RAMEY TO FIVE-YEAR TERM TO AEC; SEABORG'S RELUCTANCE TO SERVE FIVE-YEAR TERM IF NIXON IS ELECTED
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Telephone conversation # 13138, transcript, LBJ and EDWIN WEISL, SR., 6/25/1968, 1:05PM
DISCUSSION OF UNNAMED PERSON'S VIEWS ON CHANCES OF SENATE APPROVAL OF HOMER THORNBERRY, CYRUS VANCE OR HENRY "JOE" FOWLER AS SUPREME COURT ASSOCIATE JUSTICE; LBJ TELLS WEISL HE IS MEETING WITH AVERELL HARRIMAN ABOUT PARIS PEACE TALKS
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Telephone conversation # 13137, sound recording, LBJ and TELEPHONE OPERATOR, 6/23/1968, time unknown
LBJ SAYS "HELLO" SEVERAL TIMES; TELEPHONE OPERATOR ASKS ANOTHER OPERATOR IF UNIDENTIFIED SENATOR IS ON THE LINE
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Telephone conversation # 13136, sound recording, LBJ and JAMES EASTLAND, 6/23/1968, 9:09AM
REAPPOINTING TOM CLARK TO SUPREME COURT; QUESTION OF NEED TO CONFIRM ABE FORTAS AS CHIEF JUSTICE; LBJ'S DIFFERENCES WITH RAMSEY CLARK OVER RESURRECTION CITY, ALEXANDER LAWRENCE; LBJ'S OPTIONS INCLUDING NOT ACCEPTING WARREN'S RESIGNATION; OTHER…
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Telephone conversation # 13135, sound recording, LBJ and JAMES EASTLAND, 6/23/1968, 9:09AM
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…
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Telephone conversation # 13134, sound recording, LBJ and JAMES EASTLAND, 6/23/1968, 9:09AM
LBJ DISCUSSES WEATHER AND WILDFLOWERS IN TEXAS, THEN DISCUSSES EARL WARREN'S RESIGNATION AS CHIEF JUSTICE OF SUPREME COURT AND APPOINTMENT OF ABE FORTAS AS HIS SUCCESSOR; CANDIDATES TO REPLACE FORTAS, INCLUDING ARTHUR GOLDBERG
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Telephone conversation # 13133, sound recording, LBJ and MIKE MANSFIELD, 6/23/1968, 8:43AM?
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 OF…
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Telephone conversation # 13132, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 6/22/1968, 8:02AM
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
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Telephone conversation # 13131, sound recording, LBJ and TELEPHONE OPERATOR, 6/21/1968, 5:30PM?
LBJ ASKS TELEPHONE OPERATOR TO PLACE CALL TO RICHARD RUSSELL
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