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Oral history transcript, Harry C. McPherson, interview 1 (I), 12/5/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)

-- Interview I, Tape 1 -- 19 lives, yielding to each other with expressions of dismay, outrage, wonderment, bewilderment, and the best at this were Kerr and Pastore and [Hubert H.] Humphrey [D.-Minn.], Monroney, [Albert] Gore [D.-Tenn.], [Wayne] Morse [R

Oral history transcript, William F. Knowland, interview 1 (I), 3/23/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

in a disadvantaged position to follow [them]. F: And at that stage I'm sure a lot of Oregonians were still voting for Wayne Morse as a Republican. LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories

Oral history transcript, James C. Gaither, interview 5 (V), 5/12/1980, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Oral history transcript, Dr. Ralph K. Huitt, interview 1 (I), 7/12/1972, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

of that. I've thought about this, and so far as I'm concerned, not participating, not debating, is not being a senator. And I'm going to be a senator like Wayne and Paul"--meaning Morse and Douglas--"I'm going to talk whenever I want to, on whatever subject I

Oral history transcript, Jake Jacobsen, interview 4 (IV), 3/28/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

was going out and Johnson was making up the list, that was a consideration. And certainly Air Force One, nobody got on there just for the heck of it. G: Really? J: There was some reason for it. I remember one time he took [Wayne] Morse somewhere, which

Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 26 (XXVI), 1/9/1982-1/10/1982, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

selected the other members? J: Well, I'm sure the chairman, Tydings, did. I remember there were some that Lyndon felt he could work with--I mean, he felt he could work with all of them. I believe even [Wayne] Morse was on there, but first and last Lyndon

Oral history transcript, Harry C. McPherson, interview 3 (III), 1/16/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

of conduit between Mr. Johnson and his outstanding critics in Congress--men like Morse and Fulbright and Mansfield? M: I tried a little with Fulbright, but it didn't work much. I had known Fulbright, and had been something of a friend of his, but I think

Oral history transcript, George E. Reedy, interview 5 (V), 10/27/1982, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

on the floor. (Interruption) G: --because that is an interesting point. You were talking about [Wayne] Morse and moving his seat. R: Yes. G: Why did he request it, first of all? R: Morse had gotten at loggerheads with the Republican Party. that point he

Oral history transcript, Roger Blough, interview 1 (I), 7/29/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

Wayne Morse and Under Secretary of Labor Collins as special mediators in the middle of this . Did they do anything other than just sort of give a public image that things were going on? Senator Morse was not well thought of . He was able, ingenious

Oral history transcript, Hubert H. Humphrey, III, interview 1 (I), 8/13/1979, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

to Senator Wayne Morse's. He had a farm somewhere around Washington. I remember going out to Senator Morse's home, and I remember some of the people that Dad used to have over for dinner, and I don't recall whether Senator Johnson was one. We used to have

Oral history transcript, Lincoln Gordon, interview 1 (I), 7/10/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

Oral history transcript, Walter Jenkins, interview 11 (XI), 4/18/1984, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

enthusiastic people about investigating was [Wayne] Morse. Republican in those days. I think he was still a He later became a Democrat. mistaken, he was a Republican then. If I'm not There's another Republican that- G: Styles Bridges was one. J

Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 31 (XXXI), 3/29/1982, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

three, looking like a Texan, and, undoubtedly, loving his state as much as any man they could find. The Democratic Party got a very uncertain blessing at that time. Wayne Morse, 4 LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY

Oral history transcript, Clark M. Clifford, interview 2 (II), 7/2/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

Wayne Morse and Gruening of Alaska, I guess those were the two who voted against it, they both had the reputation of being mavericks, so nobody paid too much attention. The rest of the Legislative Branch of the government was absolutely solid. They said

Oral history transcript, James O. Eastland, interview 1 (I), 2/19/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

as I recall. E: Yes sir, there was. Wayne Morse and Senator (Herbert) Lehman from New York opposed me, and I had Lyndon's support all the way. F: Now you had seniority, as far as seniority was concerned you were definitely in line. But you have

Oral history transcript, George D. Aiken, interview 1 (I), 10/10/1968, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

lined up. It was in those years, I recall, that Wayne Morse left the Republican Party and went over first as an Independent and then as a Democrat. M: Did Mr. Johnson, in cases where the Democratic Party would break--did he have to depend

Oral history transcript, W. True Davis, interview 1 (I), 3/4/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

your problems were? D: A lot of people. Bill Fulbright was very understanding in this area. Wayne Morse was helpful in the area. Over on the House side, particularly Congressman Mayard of California, and Armistead from Alabama--although he got

Oral history transcript, David Dubinsky, interview 1 (I), 5/7/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

, in the country_ And I haven't attended conventions. conventions and one Republican. I attended only two Democratic That's the time when Wayne Morse--I asked him how in the world does he belong to the Republican party. And you remember a few years later

Oral history transcript, Robert G. Lewis, interview 1 (I), 2/6/1986, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

decided that the people that he admired in the Senate were Paul Douglas and Wayne Morse, and both were loners. Senator [Herbert] Lehman from New York was not psychologi- cally a loner but his issues made him a loner, too. But I think Prox consciously

Oral history transcript, Harry C. McPherson, interview 9 (IX), 2/7/1986, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

done the same thing? M: No. He didn't. I didn't pursue it, because he said, "He's a Kleberg," and I knew that Johnson had worked with him. G: How about the Clare Boothe Luce incident with Wayne Morse? M: I don't remember much about it. I don't

Oral history transcript, Drew Pearson, interview 1 (I), 4/10/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

Wayne Morse and Senator Paul Douglas of Illinois, who were all very active. My belief is that it was a composite job for which they all deserve great credit. Lyndon deserved credit because, of course, he was a Southerner, but in addition to that he had

Oral history transcript, R. Conrad Cooper, interview 1 (I), 6/10/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

. This was Senator Wayne Morse as the chairman and LeRoy Collins. The third one slips my mind. ~1: That IS verifi ab 1e, too, without too much trouble. C: Yes. M: They came here to Pittsburgh? And then did they deal for him for Well, he was sending this trio

Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 33 (XXXIII), 9/4/1983, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Party "one of many faces." When you took a look at it you didn't know whether you were looking at the Republican Party of President Eisenhower, or the Republican Party of Senator Taft, or the Republican Party of Senator [Wayne] Morse, or the Republican

Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 7 (VII), 6/17/1970, by Joe B. Frantz and Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

: And also, if you were the president and you're in a steel negotiation or you're in a big airline or railroad problem, you talk to the Wirtzes and Connors and maybe the Goldbergs and the Wayne Morses of the world. I think the only way a guy like Simkin

Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 18 (XVIII), 1/6/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

, that there was a chance that what had happened to the French could happen to us. But at that meeting and for some time thereafter, Mansfield was the only skeptic. I mean Wayne Morse and Senator Ernest Gruening from Alaska, I guess they even voted against the LBJ

Oral history transcript, Walter Jenkins, interview 10 (X), 10/6/1983, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

by wC111en or cripples. G: Wayne Morse called for an investigation of Lackland Air Force Base, said it was poor training conditions, et cetera, et cetera. Eugene Zuckert and John Connally and Horace Busby and others went down there and spent SCITle time

Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 19 (XIX), 4/22/1987, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

, February, of 1967? G: Yes. O: Was it Wayne Morse, Clark? And there was a third senator. G: I think Gaylord Nelson. O: Yes, it was Nelson, who became involved in trying to establish a sense of the Senate on escalation. In that early stage

Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 8 (VIII), 4/8/1986, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Oral history transcript, William A. Reynolds, interview 1 (I), 7/26/1978, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

by presidential veto." It depends on how you approach it, but Douglas never did really get much legislation passed because he and Wayne Morse just wouldn't compromise. They worked hard but they didn't know how to compromise and work. The rest of the senators were

Oral history transcript, George E. Reedy, interview 26 (XXVI), 11/16/1990, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Oral history transcript, R. Sargent Shriver, interview 4 (IV), 2/7/1986, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Shriver -- IV -- 4 [Philip] Hart's state of Michigan, and especially Fort Benoit in Oregon, which made Wayne Morse so furious. Do you recall any of these other than

Oral history transcript, Frederick O'Reilly Hayes, interview 2 (II), 10/10/83, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Oral history transcript, Ralph G. Newman, interview 1 (I), 9/2/1974, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

ignore it. Ultimately we did come up, after conferences with the lawyers and everyone, with a procedure that he would approve so I could just keep working without checking constantly. F: Now, was Wayne Grover involved in this? N: No. He

Oral history transcript, George E. Reedy, interview 1 (Ia), 12/12/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)

Oral history transcript, Sam Houston Johnson, interview 5 (V), 6/23/1976, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Oral history transcript, Kenneth E. BeLieu, interview 1 (I), 10/11/1984, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

that was built because Missouri gave Roosevelt that one. Well, maybe there was six of one and a half a dozen of the other as to where that base went. I was asked by Wayne Morse and [Richard] Neuberger, two senators, to go out to Oregon and look at a B-52

Oral history transcript, S. Douglass Cater, interview 4 (IV), 4/24/1981, by Clarence Lasby (Item)

that he had. But he was the only one of them that I came across that was really unabashedly trying to make that kind of wheeling and dealing. For example, Wayne Morse, who was chairman of the subcommittee on education, I had very close and cooperative

Oral history transcript, Paul C. Warnke, interview 1 (I), 1/8/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

. I think the first occasion was back in 1950, and that was when he came by and shook hands with the people who were sitting at my table at a luncheon intended to raise funds for Senator Wayne Morse. Third party: (This is Capt. Robert Pace, Military

Oral history transcript, Joseph L. Rauh, Jr., interview 1 (I), 7/30/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

that the Senate should have majority rule so that the filibuster can't prevail. In that December a group was assembled--it was Paul Douglas, Hubert Humphrey, Wayne Morse, Herbert Lehman--that all agreed to a proposal that I had made some time back. The proposal

Oral history transcript, Newton Minow, interview 1 (I), 3/19/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

they were a little afraid of talking to the chairman of the FCC about broadcasting things, you know. I think they thought, "Well, it's a Kennedy guy, and we can't trust him." F: Wayne Morse and Ralph Yarborough, as well as others, had conducted