Although he was a proponent of civil rights, Senator Wayne Morse of Oregon (pictured), objected to placing the civil rights bill directly on the calendar. 'If I ever saw a bill that needed to be clarified for the courts by way of a committee report, (it is) the one before the Senate,' he contended. On March 26, 1964, Morse introduced a motion to refer the bill to the Judiciary Committee, but his motion failed.