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...first since the basic law of the land was framed in 1787, to consider the no-deficit amendment. At least twelve states are expected to join the bandwagon by late spring, easily meeting the constitutional requirement that petitions be approved by 34 states. Said Oregon State Senator Jason Boe, president of the National Conference of State Legislatures, which has led the convention campaign: "It's going to come on like a freight train...
Morse has been a long time in coming back from his 1968 defeat-an attempt two years ago failed-but this time he might just make it. His victory in last week's primary over State Senate President Jason Boe, 45, and two other candidates was a shrewdly wrought upset. Boe is a popular liberal with whom Morse has no policy quarrel. So Morse focused on his own record during his long (1944-68), colorful Senate career. He constantly reminded voters that he was an enemy of excessive presidential power long before President Nixon unintentionally made that a popular...
...While Boe ran a vigorous and highly visible fight that took him to each part of the state three times, Morse did little more than nudge the populace with a carefully paced effort. He appeared mostly before little groups of people in the state's many small communities. His press interviews were generally limited to local television and radio stations and weekly newspapers. His only major speech was at the commencement exercises at the University of Oregon School of Law, where he once was dean for 13 years...
...mood this spring. In a state known for its enthusiastic acceptance of progressive politics, the primary produced a number of unexpected results. They suggested that Morse was aided by a feeling of distrust and antipathy toward government-attitudes he has long expressed. He won 153,176 votes, compared with Boe's 123,393. (Two minor candidates together polled fewer than...
Although Adams remained close at hand, he no longer took an active part in the negotiations. Adams was not the first clergyman that Wilson forced from the reservation. Rev. Paul Boe, a Lutheran minister, left Pine Ridge during the third week of the occupation after Wilson allegedly threatened him with physical violence. Wilson denied Boe's charges...