Word: oregon
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Committee, Fulbright's move left the Administration in some thing of a quandary. Democratic Whip Russell Long, an 8½-year member of the committee, is an outspoken critic of the entire foreign aid program. So is Montana's Mike Mansfield, the Democratic floor leader. So is Oregon Democrat Wayne Morse. Alabama's John Sparkman, next in seniority to Fulbright, was reluctant as any to take on the task. Only after much cajoling did he finally agree to accept, even while warning that he is sympathetic with Fulbright's views and that "I think a majority...
Lyndon, meanwhile, journeyed to a Governors' reception at the Sheraton-Park Hotel. Mrs. Mark Hatfield, wife of Oregon's Republican Governor, pinned a red carnation on Johnson's lapel. Leaving the Michigan booth, Lyndon called to Republican George Romney, "Pick up the phone and call me any time!" He lingered long, speaking softly to Governor Paul Johnson at the Mississippi booth. Connecticut's John Dempsey urged Lady Bird, with a nod at the President: "Take care of him, sweet Lady...
University of Oregon...
There is a certain amount of sentiment for getting out of Viet Nam at once and at all costs. The leading congressional spokesmen for this view had been Senators Wayne Morse of Oregon and Ernest Gruening of Alaska until they were suddenly and surprisingly joined two weeks ago by Georgia's Richard Russell, a heretofore generally fervent supporter of a strong U.S. position in the world and a close friend of President Johnson's. South Dakota's George McGovern recently added his voice. "We are on a dead-end street," he said, "and ours is a bankrupt...
...Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Florida, Massachusetts, Oregon, South Dakota...