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TEN MTDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Thurday, February 27, 1958 Morse, By A. ROBERT SMITH Mail Tribun Correspondent Washington (Special) Sens. Wayne Morse and Rich ard L. Neuberger have thrown down the gauntlet to one an other in a fresh rupture of their personal relationship as Oregon's two Democratic sen ators. Morse claims Neuberger has violated the established prac tice by which Oregon sena tors heretofore have avoided open clashes. He indicates that Neuberger is asking for trouble if he doesn't conform Neuberger claims the price of getting along with Morse is too high for him to pay He says he won't remain sil ent about his convictions A Democratic party peace maker from Portland, C. Girard Davidson, Oregon's national committeeman meanwhile is seeking to heal the personal breach that has divided the senators for months, dating back to the Civil Rights debate of last August, and which was inten sified by events of this past week. The senators are sharply di vided over whether postal rates should be increased across the boards, but the heart of their new dispute is the manner in which each senator has expressed his dif ferences with the other. Pleas for Outlays It all began last week when Senator Neuberger announced in the Senate on Wednesday that he had decided to vote for the request of the Eisen hower administration for a postage increase bill that would boost first class out-of-town rates from 3 to 5 cents. Neuberger, who previously opposed higher postal rates, said after listening to much testimony he concluded the increase was in the "public interest." The first-class rate hasn't been increased since 1932. He noted that he is spon soring a postal workers' pay 838 W. 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H", Jlffi 'ft SENATOR MORSE Asking for Trouble increase bill and he favors a postal building program, and that there are constant de mands from the Pacific Northwest for river develop ment appropriations and re moval of the transportation tax. Neuberger's Vote Decisive "Legitimate as these needs are, we cannot always advo vate only the spending of pub lic funds and the lifting of burdensome taxes. We can not always evade the respon sibility of facing up to the need to collect revenue," averred Neuberger. Thursday morning, as a member of the Senate Post Office - Committee, Neuber- ger's vote gave the postal rate bill a favorable majority of 7-to-6. Six Republicans and Neuberger were for it, six Democrats against it. Thursday afternoon, Sena tor Morse took the Senate floor and roundly denounced the proposed increase in first class rates as "brazen" and 'unholy." Neuberger went immediate- Road Specials Fresh Plant JIM'S MARKET We Feature "Personal Serv ice" and Not Pre-Packaged Meats. HAMS HOME SMOKED WHOLE OR . PORK LOIN ROASTS CENTER CUT PORK CHOPS HAM SLICES CENTER CUTS 59 MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE erger (Slash ly to the Senate chamber, where Morse was saying that the proposed 5-cent stamp "is a brazen attempt on the part of newspaper editors and magazine publishers of this country to make a grab bag out of our nation's mail bags. I am one senator who does not propose to let the news paper editors and magazine publishers get by with this avarice, when they seek to impose upon the taxpayers of this country this unconscion able burden that we are al ready paying by way of the Post Office deficit." Later he called the pro posal "an unholy tax upon the heads of the American taxpayers which seeks to deny them free access to this channel of enlightenment and dissemination of educational information which is neces sary to keep this democracy strong. 'Vital' to Education "I do not take the position, either, that second and third class mail users should pay a higher rate. I take the posi tion that they could pay more than they do now. But I still say that second- and third- class mail is also vital to the educational processes of the nation." At length, Neuberger rose and interrupted Morse in an effort to determine just what he was for. As he explained in an interview later, Morse had criticized newspapers and magazines, chief users of second- and third-class mail, but later said he didn't take the position that these users "should pay a higher rate" but that "they should pay more." Neuberger: Does not the senator think he has been very outspoken in his criti cism, in view oi the iact mat he has not yet heard the evi dence? Morse: I have not been liv ing in a vacuum. I have been reading avidly on the subject. I think I know what the sena- tor has in mind as evidence Friday & Saturday MEATS LOIN ber in S SENATOR NEUBERGER Says Price Too High and if it is what I think it is not evidence at all. Neuberger: Then, if the sen ator is familiar with the evi dence Loyal Fondness Endures Morse: I am waiting to hear my colleague tell me what he thinks the evidence is. The burden of proof is his. Let us hear the evidence. Neuberger: The senator' junior colleague has not come to the floor to indulge in criti cism of anyone. Morse: The senator's senior colleage has, let me assure him. Subsequently, Morse said: want my colleague to know. first, that my difference with him on this issue and it is abysmal; I can imagine no bridge that can span it in any way indicates no lack of loyal fondness for my col league. On the contrary it demonstrates that the people of Oregon sent us here to ex ercise our honest judgment on issues. Having said that, I say most good naturedly and re spectfully to my colleague that I have listened to many non sequiturs in my 13 years in the Senate, but I have nev er listened to one that is more absurd than the one my col league has just made when he pointed out that the senators from the Northwest are sent to congress from time to time for the purpose of securing large public works and that therefore a 5-cent postage stamp ought , to be imposed upon the people of the United States in order to reduce the Post Office deficit." Billings Enjoy Reduced Rate Neuberger subseq u e n 1 1 y agreed that "there is nothing at all personal in this matter," for senators can express dif ferences "in the best of spirits." The debate then raged on. Neuberger said the hearings he attended showed that "by far the majority of the users of the mail, in terms of vol ume, including first-class mail, are . various businesses throughout the country. Friday, Morse took the floor again and said that "when we refer to the fact that busi nesses use first-class mail to send out their bills whether they are private utilities or department .stores or what not I wonder whether any one really thinks that the businesses pay for that post age." Burden on Consumer Morse argued that a busi ness simply tacks the postage charge onto the cost of its product or service to the con sumer so that "by increasing the rate on first-class mail we would be increasing the bur den on the so-called little fel low, the general consumer in the United States." Morse said he had cam paigned "all over the state of Oregon in opposition to an in crease in the first-class postal rate. I do not intend to walk out on my commitments in that campaign, unless some one can bring forth a prepon derance of evidence which will show that in 1956 I was mistaken. However, I am sat isfied that the people of my state did not think I was mis taken." Sunday night, at a dinner meeting held at Morse's apartment, attended by the five Democrats of the state's delegation, their wives and some staff assistants. C. Gir ard Davidson, Oregon's Dem ocratic National- Committee man, sought to turn the dis cussion to talk of the value of party unity, after a long dis cussion of the Snake river de velopment problem. Morse reportedly claimed he never would have taken off on Neuberger's position in the way he did had not Neu berger interrupted his pre pared manuscript by asking pointed questions. Neuberger reportedly re torted that Morse misjudged him if he thought Neuberger would sit silently in the cham while . Morse denounced a position of his as brazen and unholy. Morse reportedly contended emaie Over Increase m that Neuberger was challeng ing him on a major issue of his recent reelction campaign. Neuberger subsequently had his . Portland office check newspaper files of the 1956 campaign. He said they found no stories which would sup port Morse's contention he made postal rates a major issue. He said Morse also failed to mention postal rates among the issues in his state ment printed in the 1956 Voters' Pamphlet. In separate interviews, the senators frankly disclosed their feelings about the whole affair and threw down the gauntlet to one another. "I didn't start this hassle," declared Morse. 'The record will show that I have never taken the initiative to chal lenge my colleague. But when a senator challenges me, I'm going to def-nd myself, I don't care who he is." He said Neuberger had started the hassle by inter rupting his speech with ques tions. He said his attack on Neuberger's position was "definitely not" premeditated that he had a prepared text which contained none of the language Neuberger objected 'to. .The Congressional Record shows that Morse departed I . 1 r ; ; 1. Get this vv handsome ; j :;; j 'C: 1 ." 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And if in order to get along with Senator Morse I have to sit silently and in acquiesence while he describes an action that I have just taken as brazen and unholy, then that is also a price that is top high to pay." Neuberger said he regarded when - Cola! ecu compy b,THE COCA-COLA BOTTLING COMPANY as the "most difficult" he has had to make since becoming a senator. Davidson Wednesday pre dicted the Oregon senators would stick together on 90 per cent of the issues but par ried questions about how they would get along per sonally. . V Davidson has been acting in the role of peacemaker for the past few days in an at tempt to heal wounds inflicted by the two senators upon one another. The national committeeman said the debate "shows that Oregon has two independent minded senators.. That's what the people of Oregon ex pected. They take a position and are able to defend it. I'm proud of it. I don't expect that either one will call the shots:" RINGS DISAPPEAR ' " Syracuse, N. Y. 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