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Abe Fortas — Part 1
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UNITED STATIS DEPARTMENT OF TU flak
FEDERAL BURB4AL OF INVESIIGATION
In Reply, Please Refer to Washi ngton, D. C. 20535
File No
August 8, 1968
UNITED = SUPREME =
JUSTICE ABE FORTAS - VICPIM
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United States Secret Service furnished the Federal
Bureau of Investigation (FBI) a threatening-type letter
addressed to Justice Abe Fortas, United States Supreme Court
Justice, The Secret Service received this letter from the
office of the United States Marshal, United States Supreme
Court, Washington, D.C. (WDC). The envelope in which this
letter was received was postmarked Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
and dated July 15, 1968, The letter was handwritten and the
contents of it is set forth as follows:
“Justice Abe Fortas "Phila, Pa.,
Supreme Court
"Dear Sir:
"In ref, to your rather lengthy article on law
appearing in the Phila Inquirer the White Racist Majority isn't
buying what you are trying to sell them. You are a Jew, and a
member of the Minority. Therefore it is logical to assume your
knowledge of law is one sided in favor of the Minority, which
makes the rule of law oppressive against the White majority,
This is quite obvious to every school boy. When the rights of
the ballot box and laws passed by State legislators ofthe South
one ruled unConstitutional the entire population of these States
has lossed their basic rights in our so called Free Society,
Therefore the White Racist Society opposes your appointment as
chief justice, We consider you one of the most dangerous men
ever to arrive on the American scene. This will be the first
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