SIXTEEN MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE
Monday, July 13. 19S7
Chasm Between Morse a nd Neuberger on Politic al Issues Continues To Widen
By A. ROBERT SMITH
Mail Tribun Correspondent
Washington A chasm has
been slowly but surely widening
between the respective positions
of O r e g o n s
two Democrat
ic Senators on
the most im
portant legisla
tion that has
confronted the
Senate.
As often as
not. Senators
W a yne Morse
a. aobt smitu and Richard L
Neuberger have differed on the
major bills of this session of
congress. They have differed in
the past on big and controversial
O issues, but never before on such
a wide range or great number
of pieces of substantive legisla
tion.
While acknowledging that
they frequently do not see eye-
to-eye. both deny that this is in
dicative of any political rift be
tween them and their closest
followers in the ranks of Ore
gon's Democratic party.
"I think it would be proper to
describe our relationship as one
of very deep, intimate friend
ship," remarked Morse of his
colleague.
Baiic Agreement Reached
Neuberger said much the same
thing, saying that he and Morse
have what amounts to "a basic
political agreement" a kind of
rapport or meeting of ' minds
on things political which hasn't
been disturbed by their coming
to different conclusions on how
to vote on key bills.
"It is part of maturity, I think,
to be able to separate political
issues from personal friend
ship," added Neuberger.
The major area of disagree
ment between the two senators
is over foreign policy. They
have been more strongly united
on domestic issues.
As a generalization, this has
been true of all three sessions of
Congress since Neuberger came
to Washington in 1955 and
Morse became a Democrat that
same year. It has been far more
pronounced of late, however.
Echo Park Vote Split
The first evidence that Ore
gon's two Democrats would ride
separate horses, which might
dash off in different directions
instead of always pulling the
same wagon, came not too long
after their senatorial relation
ship began and Neuberger came
out against the Echo Park dam
project.
This was a controversial part
of the vast Upper Colorado stor
age project. Echo Park dam
would have flooded out part of
Dinosaur national monument
and was vigorously opposed by
the organized conservationists.
Morse supported Echo Park, and
the Senate approved it, although
later it was deleted from the
bill when the House passed it.
This was probably the first
and last significant issue on
which Morse opposed the posi
tion taken by the conservation
groups. Neuberger is always in
their corner, and, ever since,
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Morse has been there too.
Neuberger Backs President
Their differences over foreign
policy showed up first when
President Eisenhower asked for
the so-called Formosa resolution
in 1955 when it was feared Com
munist China might invade the
island stronghold of the Nation
alist Chinese. Morse came out
hard against the resolution (one
of only three who opposed it)
and sought means of limiting
the presidents authority cov
ered by the resolution. Neuber
ger supported the president.
Ever since then, early in Neu-
bergcr's term, he has generally
backed Eisenhower's foreign
policy requests; and Morse has
more and more opposed the pol
icics of Eisenhower and Secre
tary of State John Foster Dulles
Morse has lambasted the admin
istration on virtually all of the
points of international crisis,
Asia, the Middle East, Europe.
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WAYNE MORSE
Intimate Friendship
Morse Percentage Drops
But not until this year has
Morse's criticism been reflected
in "nay" votes down the line on
the key foreign policy issues
Last year, for example, Morse
backed Eisenhower 77 per cent
of the time on 22 foreign policy
votes and the year before it was
73 per cent (Neuberger's back
ing was 95 and 80 per cent for
those same years).
This year Morse's percentage
s bound to show a big drop, for
he has in recent months done
the following:
1. Voted against the passage
of the mutual security (foreign
aid) bill.
2. Voted for a series of amend
ments, two of which he person
ally sponsored, to cut down the
amount of foreign military and
loan funds.
3. Voted against the presi
dent's Middle East doctrine,
which was a blank check for the
president to use U.S. military
might and- funds to avert a war
in Suez.
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Quotes From the News
By UNITED PRESS
Cairo Communist Chinese Premier Chou En-lal quoted in an
Egyptian newspaper on the prospects of a long cold war with
America:
"China won't be harmed if United States officials do not recog
nize her for one or two or three hundred years."
Washington Sen. Karl E. Mundt (R.-S.D.) on the possibility
thai southern Negroes may get civil rights by political pressure
through a guaranteed vote: .
"Discrimination in the South will disappear like fog before
the sunshine."
New York Heavyweight champion Floyd Patterson on the
fickleness of sports fans:
"When a king dies, the people of the country yell, The king is
dead long live the king meaning the new king . . . but when a
new champion comes along they say, 'Who's this guy. Who'd he
ever lick.' "
Washington U.S. Surgeon General Leroy E. Burney, in re
sponse to a query as to whether the government's recent reports
on cigarettes and cancer amounted to a warning:
"It amounts to a warning to stop smoking cigarettes, but we
would like to have more positive proof before issuing a warning
as such."
Jerusalem Premier David Ben-Gurion, on the outlook for
peace in the Middle East:
"Peace possibilities will come closer once the Arab leaders are
convinced that Israel is here to stay."
Washington Ralph J. Cordiner, chairman of a committee to
study the armed services, on the economic effectiveness of the
committee's plan if it were implemented wholeheartedly:
"You could take about one-tenth, about 10 per cent, of the
people off the payroll that are now in the military establishments."
4. Voted for a move to chop
out authority to use military and
economic aid in Middle East un
der this doctrine.
5. Voted for an amendment
which he sponsored to require
the president to get permission
from Congress before commit
ting U.S. troops in Middle East.
6. Voted for a reduction in
funds for the U.S. Information
agency, which includes the
Voice of America.
7. Voted for efforts to cut the
defense budget,
RICHARD NEUBERGER
No Political Rift
Neuberger Stands Alone
In all, these issues brought
forth about a dozen significan)
roll call votes on foreign policy.
On all of them Morse opposed
the stand taken by the adminis
tration, and Neuberger support
ed the administration. On one
occasion, Neuberger was the
only Democrat to support the
president on the successful
move to trim funds for USIA.
In past years, Morse has de
fended foreign aid bills against
most efforts to reduce or cripple
their effect. This year marked
the first time he joined that
sizable minority which usually
opposes foreign aid. Why?
Foreign aid in its present
form is a fantastic formula for
futility," explained Morse. "It is
costing us our dollars, our pres
tige in many piaces, and unless
we make the changes that must
be made in this legislation, I
fear it is going to cost us Amer
ican lives."
Morse said America should
ovehaul its military program be
cause "we have entered the nu
clear age" and "we are wasting
manpower. He said we are
sending too many American
troops abroad.
He pointed out that a task for
eign relations committee, of
which Morse is a member, was
critical of the aid we are giving
to the totalitarian governments
which helps entrench them in
power and impedes the cause of
freedom and democracy. Anoth
er .task force, he said, pointed
out that too often foreign aid
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funds are being used to enrich
the ruling class and "the integ
rity of democratic government
is being shaken by the spectacle
of the undeserved enrichment
of a favored group.
Morse said he isn't opposed to
foreign aid as such, but has
come out against the program
as it has been administered by
the Eisenhower administration.
Soil Bank Survives ,
Although Morse and Neuber
ger are closer in their thinking
on domestic political affairs
and both of them about equi
distant from the administration
in this area they have differed
here, too.
Neuberger joined the move to
kill the soil bank. Morse was
among the heavy majority
which kept it alive. And Neu
berger stayed with the northern
liberal Democrats and most Re
publicans on the procedural
questions of what to do with trie
House-passed civil rights bill.
Their votes put it on the calen
dar, from which it could be
called for debate. Morse voted
to send the bill to the Senate
judiciary committee according
to customary practice.
The Senators were united on
such issues as Hells Canyon, the
housing bill and amendments to
it to increase public housing and
federal mortgage authority; the
corn bill to establish a base
acreage for that crop; corpora
tion taxes extension, and to re
duce the tax on small businesses
earning less than $225,000; in fa
vor of ratifying the interna
tional atomic energy treaty an.i
the pink salmon protocol;
against confirmation of Ambas
sador Scott McLeod to Ireland.
Both Oppose Dam
They also were in agreement
on opposing Bruces Eddy dam
in the omnibus rivers and har
bors authorization bill; in sup
porting increased public assist
ance grants; in supporting ratifi
cation of the Austrian bond trea
ty; in opposing the Knowland
move to ban barter of surplus
agricultural commodities with
Communist satellite countries:
favoring a $30,000,000 strategic
minerals purchase program; and
in trying to increase school
funds and federal aid for the
District of Columbia.
Last year Morse supported the
administration's domestic poli
cies only 23 per cent of the time,
on 43 roll call votes. Neuber
ger's percentage of support was
30 per cent. The year before
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they stood respectively at 32
and 36 per cent.
An analysis of the way the
Oregon Senators voted also
shows that they both have had
fairly high records of support
of the stand their party has tak
en in the Senate Morse dis
playing party unity 83 per cent
of the time on 69 votes, Neu
berger 87 per cent of the time
last year.
Finally, this overall analysis
Holmes Appoints
Three to State Board
Salem (IP) Gov. Robert D.
Holmes has appointed Rob
ert C. Birkes, electrical engin
eer with the Pacific Power and
Light company of Portland,' to
the State Board of Engineering
Examiners.
Reappointment of Professor
Glenn W. Holcomb and Profes
sor Arthur fD. Hughes, both of
the Oregon State college engin
eering school faculty, to new
four-year terms on the board was
announced at the same time by
the Governor.
Birkes, 15 years with the pow
er firm, is now head of its sys
tem planning and communica
tions planning section. He is a
graduate of Washington State
college with additional study at
the University of Pittsburgh and
Oregon State college.
All three appointees had the
endorsement of the Oregon Tech
nical council.
Artist to Paint
Festival Scenes ,
Ashland Artist Robert Ban
nister is expected to be in Ash
land the middle of August. to
do a series of paintings on the
Shakespearean Festival for Ford
Motor publications, it was an
nounced today.
The paintings and an article
on the summer theater and
scenic attractions of . southern
Oregon are to be published in
the Ford Times and in other
national publications.
Bannister has' been art direc
tor on the special services staff
of the Fifth U.S. Army head
quarters in Chicago. However,
he resigned recently to work in
the art education department of
the Salt Lake City public
schools.
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shows that Morse has been less
of a lonely dissenter than many
suppose. Last year, on 61 roll
calls, he stood with the biparti
san majority which prevailed 61
Nixon Speaks at
Jamboree Opening
Valley Forge, Pa. HP) Vice
President Richard M. Nixon told
50,000 Boy Scouts here that they
stood for ""the things that make
America great."
Nixon spoke at ceremonies
making the opening of the
fourth National Boy Scout Jam
boree on the historic ground
where Gen. George Washington
and his poorly-clothed colonial
army suffered during the winter
of 1777-78.
The vice president said the
Scouts would remember the jam
boree "as one of the finest ex
periences of your life."
"The things that make Amer
ica great are the things that the
Boy Scouts of America stand
for."
Earlier, Dr. Arthur A. Shuck,
chief scout executive, read a
telegram from President Eisen
hower who said the Scouts
would return home "better citi
zens" as a result of camping at
Valley Forge.
The huge jamboree began
when an aerial bomb burst over
the 2,000-acre campsite.
The Scouts, representing each
state and virtually every nation
of the free world, snapped to at
tention and delivered their
famed three-finger salute as the
Stars and Stripes was unfurled
while a 160-piece band played
the National Anthem. Then the
official jamboree flag, showing
Washington kneeling in prayer
at Valley Forge was raised.
The ceremonies opened a full
week of activities and contests
designed to keep the Scouts go
ing until the jamboree ends
next Thursday.
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ner cent of the time. Neuberger
was on the winning side 72 per
cent of the time. The year be
fore Morse was with the major
ity 70 per cent, Neuberger uu
per cent.
Four years ago when Oregon
had two Republican Senators,
they had the highest record of
vntinff Hiffprpnre of all states.
That was understandable be
cause Guy Cordon, an orthodox
conservative ReDublican. and
Wayne Morse, then a maverick
liberal Republican, held thor
nnphpoine differences of rjoliti-
cal and social philosophy. It was,
indeed, a remarkable and rare
occasion when they could agree
for long on any issue of political
controversy.
At that time, the administra
tion was Democratic and yet
Mnrsp was personally friendly
and often a supporter of Presi
dent Truman. Cordon had little
use for this regime.
Mnrsp and Neuberger hold
much closer political philoso
phies, both being memoers oi
ho nnrthom liheral bloc. What
has impelled many of the voting
differences between tnem nas
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been a fierce opposition on the
part of Morse for the Eisenhow
er administration's foreign poli
cies, whereas in this area Neu
berger has not ventured to be
come a critic and more often
than not has resolved any doubts
in favor of the president.
Not Anxious To Be Expert
As a freshman Senator, Neu
berger has demonstrated no
anxiety to become a foreign af
fairs expert. Possibly in time
that may change. But to date he
has concentrated almost exclu
sively on resource, conservation
and social issues the areas of
concern which have engaged his
attention as a writer for years.
But both Senators have shown
themselves to be independently
unpredictable not voting as the
"Morseberger" team some tup
posed would be the case and
therefore, as members of the
Senate, they have been dis
dained by those who wish they
would "stay put" and courted
by those who recognize them to
be free wheeling operators who
may wind up on opposite sides
of any issue by the time the last
word has been said.
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