Telephone conversation # 13148, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 6/28/1968, 8:53AM

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Title:

Telephone conversation # 13148, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 6/28/1968, 8:53AM

Duration: (min: sec):

15:23

Reference No.:

13148

Description:

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

Contributor:

Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973; Fortas, Abe, 1910-1982

Collection:

Recordings and Transcripts of Telephone Conversations and Meetings

Collection Description:

Go to List of Holdings

Series:

White House Telephone Recordings and Transcripts

Speaker 1:

LBJ

Who Placed the Call?:

Speaker 2

Speaker 2:

ABE FORTAS

Other Speaker(s):

OFFICE CONVERSATION

Location of Speaker 1:

Mansion, White House, Washington, DC

Subject:

Appointments and nominations; Business; Congressional relations; Crime and law enforcement; Judiciary; LBJ reminiscences; Legislation; Pre-Presidential; Press relations; Religion; Texas politics

Archivist's General Note:

VERY POOR SOUND QUALITY; FORTAS IS ALMOST INAUDIBLE; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN; LBJ SPEAKS TO SOMEONE IN HIS OFFICE DURING CALL; DAILY DIARY INDICATES LBJ IS MEETING WITH LARRY TEMPLE, JIM JONES AT TIME OF CALL; CONTINUES ON NEXT RECORDING

Rights:

Possibly copyright restricted, see copyright note in Collection Description

Specific Item Type:

Telephone conversation

Type:

Audio

Format:

Dictation belt

Identifier:

tel-13148

Date:

1968-06-28

Location(s):

Washington, DC

Time Period:

Presidential (Nov. 22, 1963-Jan. 20, 1969)

Citation

Telephone conversation # 13148, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 6/28/1968, 8:53AM, Recordings and Transcripts of Telephone Conversations and Meetings, LBJ Presidential Library, accessed April 20, 2024, https://www.discoverlbj.org/item/tel-13148