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- 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 "…
- 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…
- 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
- 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
- LBJ DISCUSSES BILL TO PROVIDE FUNDS TO ANSWER MAIL RECEIVED BY JACQUELINE KENNEDY; MCCORMACK DISCUSSES BILL TO GIVE HER LIFETIME FRANKING PRIVILEGE, COVER OTHER EXPENSES, SECRET SERVICE PROTECTION; DISCHARGE PETITION FOR CIVIL RIGHTS BILL; HOWARD…
- DISCUSSION OF VP NOMINEES; LBJ SUGGESTS HHH CONSIDER JOSEPH ALIOTO IN ORDER TO CARRY CALIFORNIA, NEW YORK, CITIES, ITALIAN VOTE; DALEY RECOMMENDS SARGENT SHRIVER; SELECTION OF NEW DEMOCRATIC PARTY CHAIRMAN TO REPLACE JOHN BAILEY
- CONTINUED DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE COMMUNIST INVOLVEMENT IN RIOTS AT DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION IN CHICAGO AND IN RIOTS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD; NIXON ASKS FOR MEETING WITH LLEWELLYN THOMPSON ABOUT CZECHOSLOVAKIA CRISIS
- 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
- LBJ ASKS CLARK TO CONSIDER TEACHING AFTER ADMINISTRATION ENDS; ABE FORTAS' CONFIRMATION; WAYNE MORSE'S RE-ELECTION; LBJ DISCUSSES STRATEGY FOR CONFIRMING FORTAS, NEED TO CHALLENGE ROBERT GRIFFIN'S OPPOSITION TO FORTAS, PARTISAN NATURE…
- HOWARD CANNON'S REQUEST THAT FBI HELP PROTECT BALLOTS IN CLOSE NEVADA SENATE RACE; INTIMIDATION OF NEGRO VOTERS IN TEXAS; FBI INVESTIGATION OF LBJ'S 1948 SENATE RACE; DEMOCRATIC GAINS IN CONGRESS; POSSIBILITY OF CHANGING HOUSE 21-DAY RULE…