Letter to speaker of the House Thomas P. O'Neill regarding H.R. 1, the Ethics in Government Bill · Les AuCoin Collection

Identifier: PUA_MS147_313
Title: Letter to speaker of the House Thomas P. O'Neill regarding H.R. 1, the Ethics in Government Bill
Description: A letter to U.S. Speaker of the House Thomas P. O'Neill, Jr. signed by several members of Congress, including U.S. Congressman Les AuCoin, meant to express concerns regarding the pulling of the Ethics in Government Bill, H.R. 1. The Ethics in Government bill was created during the 95th Congress in the years following the Watergate scandal. The representatives advocated for the rescheduling of a vote for the bill. This is one of a collection of digitized objects from the Les AuCoin Papers (MS.147) at the Pacific University Archives. AuCoin served in the Oregon House of Representatives (1971-1975) and in the United States House of Representatives from Oregon's 1st District (1975-1993).
Creator: AuCoin, Les
Date: Year(s): 1978
Date: Display: May 16, 1978
Subject: United States. Congress. House.; Legislators--United States; Bills, Legislative; Watergate Trial, Washington D.C., 1973.
Place: United States
Source: Les AuCoin Papers, Pacific University Archives
Copyright: http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-CR/1.0/
Type: Text