Date: October 14, 1971
Time: 9:00 am - 9:12 am
Location: White House Telephone
John N. Mitchell talked with the President.
[See Conversation No. 592-1]
Supreme Court nominations
-Appointments
-American Bar Association [ABA] report
-Publicity to names submitted
-The President's instructions
-Dean of law school
-Jewish names
-Edward H. Levi
-Frank M. Johnson
-Charles Clark
-Law school person
-Texas
-Charles Alan Wright
-Lewis F. Powell, Jr.
-Possible problems
-The ABA's assessments
-Warren E. Burger
-Harry A. Blackmun
-The President’s view
-John D. Ehrlichman's check
-Mitchell's objectives with the ABA
-Herschel H. Friday
-Mildred L. Lillie
-Timing
-Lawrence E. (\"Ed\") Walsh
-Richard H. Poff
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Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
-White House strategy
-Publicity
-The President's instructions for Mitchell
-Walsh
-Friday
-Lillie
-ABA timetable
-The President's intention
-Comments for the press
-Ronald L. Ziegler
-Possiblity of a woman
-Robert C. Byrd
-Mitchell's conversation with Burger
-Possiblity of a woman
-Media comments on mediocrity
-Burger
-Hugo L. Black
-Friday
-New York Times
-Headline
-[Forename unknown] Graham
-Editorials
-Schedule of submission of names
-White House strategy
-Friday
-Lillie
-Earl Warren appointee
-Friday