Word: democratization
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...civil rights, South Africa, and student power he was one of the pioneers in bringing his practical political style to bear. The Kennedys and the McCarthys later followed his trail markers leading to new liberal outposts. New York writer Jack Newfield likes to think of his fellow Manhattan Reform Democrat as "the last and best liberal, one who always goes into revolutionary situations, but yet always stays a liberal...
...presidency, he stirred complaints that he was becoming "King Lyndon." Historians and Congressmen alike began wondering whether the presidency had not grown too strong. Next month a group of historians led by Arthur Schlesinger Jr. will meet in Manhattan to consider that very subject. In the Senate, North Carolina Democrat Sam Ervin began an inquiry into the division of federal powers, while Fulbright looked into the "overextension of executive powers...
Rather proudly, Oregon Democrat Wayne Morse notes that during four terms in the Senate "I have violated all the political rules." And then some. He has switched parties in midcareer, practically accused Lyndon Johnson of murder for sending American boys to die in Viet Nam, infuriated his own state party by endorsing the 1966 Republican senatorial candidate. For all his contrary ways, he has always been invincible on election day. Yet, if polls are even an approximate indication of voter sentiment, Morse, 67, may now be vincible. Last week, home for the holidays, the Senate's rule breaker went...
...Duncan generally supports the war. On the other hand, no one else in Congress-not even Arkansas' J. William Fulbright-has been so consistently and vociferously opposed as Wayne Morse, who calls U.S. policy "immoral and illegal." Morse is one of only two Senators-with Alaska Democrat Ernest Gruening-who voted against the Tonkin Gulf Resolution of 1964, one of only three who voted last year against defense appropriations. Challenging anyone else with such a record, Duncan might expect at least covert help from the White House. As it happens, Wayne Morse and Lyndon Johnson are the closest...
Secret Admirers. Morse's skill as a parliamentarian has helped save many Administration bills, and last month it helped the Democratic majority push through the biggest school-aid-authori-zation bill in history. By the time he takes the floor with a bill, Morse, No. 2 Democrat on the Labor and Public Welfare Committee, knows not only every detail in the bill but also who will oppose it-and just when he must compromise. He is consulted by the President on every important labor dispute. But primarily because of his Viet Nam policy, Morse's longtime supporter, Oregon...