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'''Frank Bradford Morse''' became [[Under Secretary General for Political and General Assembly Affairs]] at the [[United Nations]] from 1972-1976. He was then promoted to be the third Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme from 1976-1986.
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'''Frank Bradford Morse''' was a US [[Republican]] congressman who opposed the [[Vietnam War]].
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He attended the [[1966 Bilderberg meeting]] where one of the discussion subjects was "The future of world economic relations especially between industrial and developing countries" regarding aid and diplomacy, where he must have distinguished himself, as he eventually became Administrator of the [[UNDP|United Nations Development Programme]] from 1976-1986.
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==Biography==
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Morse was born to a working class family in [[Lowell, Massachusetts]] on August 7, 1921<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/1972/03/29/archives/new-under-secretary-at-the-un-frank-bradford-morse.html</ref>, and graduated from [[Boston University]] in 1948 and from [[Boston University School of Law]] in 1949. He served in [[World War II]] in the [[United States Army|Army]] from 1942-1946 and was discharged as a second lieutenant.
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==Career==
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After the war, he worked as a private practice lawyer, business executive, law clerk to the Chief Justice of the [[Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts]], and professor at Boston University School of Law, 1949-1953. He was elected to the [[Lowell City Council]] in 1952 and worked there until 1953 when he was employed as a staff member for [[United States Senate Committee on Armed Services|United States Senate Armed Services Committee]], a position he held until 1955. From 1955 until 1958 he was executive secretary and chief assistant to United States Senator [[Leverett Saltonstall]], and later as a deputy administrator of [[United States Department of Veterans Affairs|Veterans Administration]] from 1958-1960.
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==Congress==
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After the death of [[Edith Nourse Rogers]] in September 1960, he was selected by the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]] to take her place on the ballot and was elected as a Republican in November 1960. He was then re-elected to the five succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1961- May 1, 1972.  In 1966, along with three Republican Senators and four other Republican Representatives, Morse signed a telegram sent to Georgia Governor [[Carl Sanders|Carl E. Sanders]] regarding the Georgia legislature's refusal to seat the recently elected [[Julian Bond]] in their state House of Representatives. This refusal, said the telegram, was "a dangerous attack on representative government. None of us agree with Mr. Bond's views on the [[Vietnam War]]; in fact, we strongly repudiate these views. But unless otherwise determined by a court of law, which the Georgia Legislature is not, he is entitled to express them."<ref>http://www.aavw.org/protest/bond_election_abstract04.html</ref>
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During his time in the House, Morse supported the [[Twenty-fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution|24th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution]],<ref>https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/87-1962/h193|title=S.J. RES. 29. CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT TO BAN THE USE OF POLL TAX AS A REQUIREMENT FOR VOTING IN FEDERAL ELECTIONS.</ref> the [[Civil Rights Act of 1964]],<ref>https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/88-1964/h182</ref> the [[Voting Rights Act of 1965]],<ref>https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/89-1965/h87</ref> the [[Medicare (United States)|Medicare]] program for the elderly,<ref>https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/89-1965/h35</ref> the [[Civil Rights Act of 1968]],<ref>https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/90-1967/h113</ref> and alongside fellow House Republicans [[Seymour Halpern]], [[Charles Adams Mosher]] and [[Ogden Reid]], co-sponsored the Health Security Act, a bipartisan health care bill that would have established a government-run health insurance program to cover every person in America.<ref>Congressional Record: Proceedings and Debates of the 92nd Congress, First Session, Volume 117-Part 1; January 21, 1971, to February 1, 1971 (Pages 3 to 1338), Page 491.</ref>
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He had friendly correspondence with CIA-director [[Allen Dulles]] in 1961.<ref>https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/document/cia-rdp80b01676r000700200031-1</ref>
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After the [[Bay of Pigs]] invasion of [[Cuba]], Morse supported bill to create a Joint Congressional Oversight Committee on the affairs of the [[Central Intelligence Agency]].<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/1987/08/05/opinion/watching-secret-operations.html</ref><ref>https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP75-00149R000700170028-0.pdf</ref>
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==United Nations==
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He became Under Secretary General for Political and General Assembly Affairs at the [[United Nations]] from 1972-1976. He was then promoted to be the third Administrator of the [[United Nations Development Programme]] from 1976-1986.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20110826102552/http://www.undp.org/about/helen-clark-bio.shtml</ref> 
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In the mid-[[1980s]], when droughts ravaged [[Ethiopia]] and [[the Sudan]], Morse organized a large-scale relief effort with help from a Canadian official, [[Maurice F. Strong]], executive coordinator of the United Nations Office for Emergency Operations in Africa.<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/1994/12/19/world/bradford-morse-is-dead-at-73-held-high-ranking-un-posts.html</ref>
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From 1986-1991, he was president of the [[Salzburg Global Seminar]], a [[non-profit organization]] based in [[Salzburg]], [[Austria]]. 
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He died at his home in [[Naples, Florida]] on December 18, 1994, and was cremated and placed in [[Arlington National Cemetery]] in [[Arlington, Virginia]].
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Person.png Brad Morse   SourcewatchRdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
(politician)
Frank B. Morse.jpg
BornFrank Bradford Morse
August 7, 1921
Lowell, Massachusetts, U.S.
DiedDecember 18, 1994 (Age 73)
Florida, U.S.
NationalityUS
Alma materBoston University
PartyRepublican
Attended the 1966 Bilderberg as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives. Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme from 1976-86.

Employment.png UNDP/Administrator Wikipedia-icon.png

In office
1976 - 1986

Frank Bradford Morse was a US Republican congressman who opposed the Vietnam War.

He attended the 1966 Bilderberg meeting where one of the discussion subjects was "The future of world economic relations especially between industrial and developing countries" regarding aid and diplomacy, where he must have distinguished himself, as he eventually became Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme from 1976-1986.

Biography

Morse was born to a working class family in Lowell, Massachusetts on August 7, 1921[1], and graduated from Boston University in 1948 and from Boston University School of Law in 1949. He served in World War II in the Army from 1942-1946 and was discharged as a second lieutenant.

Career

After the war, he worked as a private practice lawyer, business executive, law clerk to the Chief Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, and professor at Boston University School of Law, 1949-1953. He was elected to the Lowell City Council in 1952 and worked there until 1953 when he was employed as a staff member for United States Senate Armed Services Committee, a position he held until 1955. From 1955 until 1958 he was executive secretary and chief assistant to United States Senator Leverett Saltonstall, and later as a deputy administrator of Veterans Administration from 1958-1960.

Congress

After the death of Edith Nourse Rogers in September 1960, he was selected by the Republican Party to take her place on the ballot and was elected as a Republican in November 1960. He was then re-elected to the five succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1961- May 1, 1972. In 1966, along with three Republican Senators and four other Republican Representatives, Morse signed a telegram sent to Georgia Governor Carl E. Sanders regarding the Georgia legislature's refusal to seat the recently elected Julian Bond in their state House of Representatives. This refusal, said the telegram, was "a dangerous attack on representative government. None of us agree with Mr. Bond's views on the Vietnam War; in fact, we strongly repudiate these views. But unless otherwise determined by a court of law, which the Georgia Legislature is not, he is entitled to express them."[2]

During his time in the House, Morse supported the 24th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution,[3] the Civil Rights Act of 1964,[4] the Voting Rights Act of 1965,[5] the Medicare program for the elderly,[6] the Civil Rights Act of 1968,[7] and alongside fellow House Republicans Seymour Halpern, Charles Adams Mosher and Ogden Reid, co-sponsored the Health Security Act, a bipartisan health care bill that would have established a government-run health insurance program to cover every person in America.[8]

He had friendly correspondence with CIA-director Allen Dulles in 1961.[9]

After the Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba, Morse supported bill to create a Joint Congressional Oversight Committee on the affairs of the Central Intelligence Agency.[10][11]

United Nations

He became Under Secretary General for Political and General Assembly Affairs at the United Nations from 1972-1976. He was then promoted to be the third Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme from 1976-1986.[12]

In the mid-1980s, when droughts ravaged Ethiopia and the Sudan, Morse organized a large-scale relief effort with help from a Canadian official, Maurice F. Strong, executive coordinator of the United Nations Office for Emergency Operations in Africa.[13]

From 1986-1991, he was president of the Salzburg Global Seminar, a non-profit organization based in Salzburg, Austria.

He died at his home in Naples, Florida on December 18, 1994, and was cremated and placed in Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia.


 

Event Participated in

EventStartEndLocation(s)Description
Bilderberg/196625 March 196627 March 1966Germany
Wiesbaden
Hotel Nassauer Hof		Top of the agenda of the 15th Bilderberg in Wiesbaden, Germany, was the restructuring of NATO. Since this discussion was held, all permanent holders of the position of NATO Secretary General have attended at least one Bilderberg conference prior to their appointment.
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References

  1. ↑ https://www.nytimes.com/1972/03/29/archives/new-under-secretary-at-the-un-frank-bradford-morse.html
  2. ↑ http://www.aavw.org/protest/bond_election_abstract04.html
  3. ↑ https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/87-1962/h193%7Ctitle=S.J. RES. 29. CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT TO BAN THE USE OF POLL TAX AS A REQUIREMENT FOR VOTING IN FEDERAL ELECTIONS.
  4. ↑ https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/88-1964/h182
  5. ↑ https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/89-1965/h87
  6. ↑ https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/89-1965/h35
  7. ↑ https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/90-1967/h113
  8. ↑ Congressional Record: Proceedings and Debates of the 92nd Congress, First Session, Volume 117-Part 1; January 21, 1971, to February 1, 1971 (Pages 3 to 1338), Page 491.
  9. ↑ https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/document/cia-rdp80b01676r000700200031-1
  10. ↑ https://www.nytimes.com/1987/08/05/opinion/watching-secret-operations.html
  11. ↑ https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP75-00149R000700170028-0.pdf
  12. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20110826102552/http://www.undp.org/about/helen-clark-bio.shtml
  13. ↑ https://www.nytimes.com/1994/12/19/world/bradford-morse-is-dead-at-73-held-high-ranking-un-posts.html
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