A long video recording featuring multiple televised debates, advertisements, and interviews between the candidates of the 1984 and 1986 congressional race for Oregon's 1st Congressional District, Democratic incumbent Les AuCoin and Republican challengers Bill Moshofsky and Tony Meeker. The first debate featured in the video was between AuCoin and Moshofsky and was held at the City Club of Portland in 1984; topics discussed in the debate included the logging industry, tax reform, federal spending, the federal budget and the Oregon state budget, the Metropolitan Area Express (MAX) light rail system, school prayer, and environmental protection for the Columbia River Gorge, among other issues. The second clip featured in the video was a KATU 2 joint interview between AuCoin and Meeker from 1986; discussed topics included the logging and fishing industries in Oregon, the federal and state budget, federal spending, and tax reform. The third clip featured in the video was a KGW 8 program that individually interviewed candidates AuCoin and Moshofsky for the 1984 election; the candidates discussed the issues of tax reform, the federal budget and spending, the Nicaraguan Revolution, and a Columbia River hatcheries program. The fourth clip featured in the video was a KPTV 12 program called "Your Choice '84," a program in which several candidates for various Oregon elections are quickly interviewed in a cheery atmosphere; in this interview, candidates for Oregon's 1st District were featured. AuCoin, Moshofsky, and Philip Logan discussed the situations in El Salvador and Nicaragua, the arms race, tax reform, and the national budget deficit. The final clips are various televised AuCoin campaign ads from the 1976 and 1978 elections.
A collection of television programs and news stories from 1979 and 1980 featuring US Congressman Les AuCoin, lasting 54 minutes. The collection includes news stories on the 1980 congressional race for Oregon's 1st Congressional District between Democratic incumbent Les AuCoin and Republican challenger Lynn Engdahl; a KOIN 6 Mid-Morning interview featuring Congressman AuCoin on Egypt-Israel relations and US-China relations and economic opportunities following AuCoin's delegation trip to China in 1979; a news story on the controversial Campell amendment of a real estate bill in 1979 featuring comments from AuCoin on the issue of special interest funding related to the bill; a KGW News 8 story on a volunteer program by the Northwest Pilot Project that helped the handicapped; a news story featuring AuCoin's endorsement of the Carter-Mondale ticket in the 1980 presidential election; news stories on the 1970s national housing, inflation, and oil crises and its effects on Oregon and AuCoin's housing program proposal; a KOIN Mid-Morning interview featuring Les AuCoin and his wife Sue on the their personal relationship, the Afghan-Soviet War, the CIA, and the Moscow 1980 Summer Olympics Boycott; a KGW News 8 news story on social program cuts from the 1981 federal budget featuring comments from Congressmen Bob Duncan and Les AuCoin; news stories on an experimental commuter train called the Willamette Express from Portland to Eugene; a news story on the Pacific Northwest Power Bill featuring Congressman AuCoin's comments on the US House floor.
A collection of televised advertisements, news stories, and other video clips from the late 1970s through the late 1980s featuring US Congressman Les AuCoin's reelection campaigns for Oregon's 1st Congressional District. Each advertisement is sponsored by the Re-Elect Les AuCoin Committee and ends with the slogans "Les AuCoin. He's there when we need him," "Les AuCoin. He stands up for Oregon," "Keep Les AuCoin in Congress," or "Results for Oregon. Congressman Les AuCoin." The advertisements feature political topics such as the energy crisis, the federal budget and federal spending, the timber industry, trade, the fishing industry, US-China relations, the housing crisis, abortion, and the 1980 Mount Saint Helens eruption, and the environment, among other topics. News stories featured in this collection include one on the 1980 congressional race for Oregon's 1st Congressional District between Democratic incumbent Les AuCoin and Republican challenger Lynn Engdahl; a KOIN Mid-Morning interview featuring Les AuCoin and his wife Sue on the their personal relationship, the Afghan-Soviet War, the CIA, and the Moscow 1980 Summer Olympics Boycott. Brief clip from the 1982 and 1984 debates between AuCoin and his Republican challenger Bill Moshofsky is also shown. The collection includes some repeat of video clips. Notably, footage of Naum Chernobelsky and his family arriving at the Portland airport in October 1988 is featured at the 31:51-35:11 minute mark. Chernobelsky and his family were among thousands of "refuseniks," Soviet Jews of the era who faced discrimination and were denied visas to emigrate by the Soviet government.
A campaign advertisement titled "Mud" from the early 1980s (likely 1980) for one of US Congressman Les AuCoin's re-election campaigns for Oregon's 1st Congressional District. The ad shows mud being slung at a photograph of AuCoin, while a voiceover recounts negative allegations that his opponent has made against him. The voiceover rebuts the negative comments and closes with the slogan: "Les AuCoin. He stands up for Oregon."
A video recording of a 1981 televised program called "The AuCoin Report" in which US Congressman Les AuCoin addresses various prominent political issues in Congress. Interviewed by two reporters, AuCoin discusses Social Security and the retirement age, tax reform during the Reagan administration, the federal budget, women's rights and the Equal Rights Amendment, EXIM Bank, the eruption of Mount St. Helens, the timber industry, Amtrak, and college financial aid cuts by the Reagan administration.
A video recording of a 1982 televised program called "The AuCoin Report", in which US Congressman Les AuCoin discusses various prominent political issues in Congress. The program primarily centered around economic issues facing Oregon and the nation as a whole in the early 1980s: the housing crisis, the federal budget deficit, the decline of the timber industry, and a high unemployment rate. AuCoin also advocated for the MAX light rail project.
A video featuring a debate between the candidates of the 1982 congressional election for Oregon's 1st Congressional District, Democratic incumbent Les AuCoin and Republican challenger Bill Moshofsky. In his opening statement, AuCoin criticized Reaganomics and supply side theory for its creation of one the largest national budget deficits in history. The federal budget -- especially defense spending -- and the early 1980s recession were the top issues discussed in the debate; other topics included the timber industry in Oregon, the Salvadoran Civil War, a proposed immigration bill that required a national identification card, abortion rights, the Equal Rights Amendment, prayer in school, and Social Security. The debate was hosted by the Times Publishing Company.
A video compilation of three rough drafts of campaign ads from US Congressman Les AuCoin's 1984 re-election campaign for Oregon's 1st district. The video notably lacks audio, though the three ads are titled "3 T's," "Roots," and "Discipline."
A video recording of a debate between the candidates of the 1980 congressional race for Oregon's 1st Congressional District, Democratic incumbent Les AuCoin and Republican challenger Bill Moshofsky, at Beaverton High School on September 15, 1984. Such topics discussed in the debate include the 1984 presidential election, the issue of the federal budget, campaign funding, the Nicaraguan Revolution, a federal fisheries program, inflation, social security, the environment, immigration policy, the Equal Rights Amendment, abortion, prayer in schools, and the Star Wars program during the Cold War. Compared to the similar PUA_MS147_vid_002 video file, this version is of slightly lesser quality, but includes the footage of the aftermath of the debate at the very end and a clip of KGW 8 evening news discussing the debate.
A video recording featuring two Les AuCoin campaign advertisements for the 1984 congressional race for Oregon's 1st District, sponsored by Friends of Les AuCoin. The first ad is titled "Defense," in which AuCoin discusses the military budget; the second is titled "Straight Talk" and focuses on AuCoin's history voting against large tax increases.
A video recording featuring a KPTV 12 program titled "Your Choice '84" featuring various Oregon political candidates in the 1984 election and their thoughts on specific political issues. Congressman Les AuCoin does not appear in this portion of the program.
A video titled "Let's Stop the Arms Race" featuring a community workshop held in Oregon on arms control policy and preventing nuclear war with the Soviet Union during the final years of the Cold War. The workshop took place on April 14, 1984. As a Congressman, Les AuCoin served as the moderator of the workshop. Speakers include strategic analyst and researcher on US-Soviet relations Brian Green, Associate Director for space policy at the Federation of American Scientists John Pike, congressional staffer Robert Sherman, and retired Admiral and Commander of Pacific Command Noel A. M. Gayler. Audio is missing for a few seconds towards the very beginning of the video.
A video featuring a workshop held in Oregon on arms control policy and preventing nuclear conflict with the Soviet Union during the final years of the Cold War. The workshop took place on April 14, 1984. As a Congressman, Les AuCoin served as the moderator of the workshop. Speakers include strategic analyst and researcher on US-Soviet relations Brian Green, Associate Director for space policy at the Federation of American Scientists John Pike, congressional staffer Robert Sherman, and retired Admiral and Commander of Pacific Command Noel A. M. Gayler. Audio is missing for a few seconds towards the very beginning of the video.
A video recording of a debate between the candidates of the 1984 congressional race for Oregon's 1st Congressional District, Democratic incumbent Les AuCoin and Republican challenger Bill Moshofsky, at Beaverton High School on September 15, 1984. Topics discussed in the debate include the 1984 presidential election, the federal budget, campaign funding, the Nicaraguan Revolution, a federal fisheries program, inflation, social security, the environment, immigration policy, the Equal Rights Amendment, abortion, prayer in schools, and the Star Wars program during the Cold War.
A video of Les AuCoin speaking at a private campaign or fundraiser dinner related to the O&C (Oregon and California Railroad Revested Lands) program in Oregon in the 1980s, including an introduction by Peter Defazio addressing the federal budget. In his speech, AuCoin addresses the then recent political affairs in Congress and the Oregon government, especially those related to the timber industry and the federal budget.
A video clip of The Oregon Coast Show from the 1980s or early 1990s featuring rescue swimmers of the US Coast Guard on the Oregon Coast. The video clip is missing audio.
A televised Oregon Public Broadcasting program featuring an interview between the two candidates of the 1986 congressional race for Oregon's 1st District, Democratic incumbent Les AuCoin and Republican challenger Anthony "Tony" Meeker. An intertitle at the beginning of the program states: "The following program is a debate between the candidates for the First Congressional District, recorded earlier today, Friday, October 24th, at the Westin-Benson Hotel." Topics discussed in the debate include economic opportunities for Oregon, nuclear energy, social justice issues, workers' rights, the federal and state budget, education, the Cold War and the Star Wars program, unemployment, crime and incarceration, handicapped parking legislation, and abortion.
Televised KOIN 6 and KGW 8 interviews of the two candidates of the 1986 congressional race for Oregon's 1st District, Democratic incumbent Les AuCoin and Republican challenger Anthony "Tony" Meeker. The first half of the clip provided is the KOIN 6 interview featuring both candidates, the second half is the one-on-one KGW 8 interview with AuCoin. Topics discussed in the programs include legislation in Congress, campaign funding, and the federal budget and federal spending, the Hanford Site and nuclear energy, and the Star Wars program.
A video primarily featuring footage of a C-SPAN interview of US Congressman Les AuCoin on the Star Wars program (officially known as the Strategic Defense Initiative) and the Anti-Ballistic Missile (ABM) Treaty in 1987. In the interview, AuCoin advocates for arms control and the ABM Treaty, which would help restrain the Star Wars program, stating that "the ABM treaty means stability, and the Star Wars program means vulnerability." Various other video clips are included at the 58 minute mark until the end of the recording, including a speech by US Senator Gary Hart and news coverage of the 1984 election, including an interview with Bill Moshofsky.
A video featuring a KATU 2 news story recapping the history of the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde's Restoration as a federally recognized tribe in 1983, followed by developments through 1987 as the tribe was working to regain previously held reservation lands. The news story points out how US Congressman Les AuCoin had helped to organize a local hearing at Grand Ronde elementary school for both tribal leaders to address their hopes for a reservation and for anti-reservation lumber mill leaders to express their concerns. An advocate for the tribe, Congressman AuCoin had sponsored H.R.3885, the Grand Ronde Restoration Act of 1983, and H.R.4143, the Grand Ronde Reservation Act of 1988, which restored a small portion of the reservation lands that the news story in the video was referring to.
A video clip of CNN's (Cable News Network) congressional profile for US Congressman Les AuCoin in the 100th Congress (1987-1988). It features AuCoin's views on the Star Wars program, which he disagrees with, and his congressionally passed arms control measure, a moratorium on anti-satellite weapon testing. The show also highlights the topic of forestry in Oregon, and AuCoin's role in the Interior Appropriations Committee.
A video featuring footage of a NBC News story covering a 1989 "Timber Summit" held in Salem, Oregon organized by the Oregon congressional delegation. The news story included an interview with US Congressman Les AuCoin. The 1980s and early 1990s in Oregon were marked by a declining timber industry, including a large-scale debate between environmentalists (including members of the ESA Committee, the "God Squad") concerned about protecting the habitat of the endangered northern spotted owl and the members of the logging industry who argued that the Endangered Species Act and its regulations reduced the number of jobs for timber workers.
A video of a special order US House of Representatives floor speech by Congressman Les AuCoin calling for the end to funding for the B-2 Stealth Bomber program. The speech was given sometime in the years leading up to the fall of the Soviet Union, between 1989-1991.
A video featuring footage of NBC and ABC news coverage of a 1989 "Timber Summit" organized by the Oregon congressional delegation, including an interview with US Congressman Les AuCoin, and the Gulf War. The 1980s and early 1990s in Oregon were marked by a declining timber industry, including a large-scale debate between environmentalists (including members of the ESA Committee, the "God Squad") concerned about protecting the habitat of the endangered northern spotted owl and the members of the logging industry who argued that the Endangered Species Act and its regulations reduced the number of jobs for timber workers. The footage is likely from between 1989 and 1991.
