Secret White House Tapes

Conversation with ABE FORTAS and TELEPHONE OPERATOR, October 1, 1968

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  • ABE FORTAS
  • TELEPHONE OPERATOR
October 1, 1968
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DISCUSSION OF FAILURE OF CLOTURE VOTE TO END DEBATE ON FORTAS' CONFIRMATION AS SUPREME COURT CHIEF JUSTICE; OPPOSITION TO FORTAS FROM RIGHT; FORTAS SAYS HE WILL WITHDRAW HIS NAME; DISCUSSION OF WHETHER LBJ SHOULD SUBMIT ANOTHER NOMINEE; POSSIBLE NOMINEES