Letter to congressional colleague rejecting proposed amendment to the Panama Canal Act · Les AuCoin Collection

Identifier: PUA_MS147_346
Title: Letter to congressional colleague rejecting proposed amendment to the Panama Canal Act
Description: In a letter to a congressional colleague, U.S. Congressman Les AuCoin rejected a proposed amendment to the Panama Canal Act, which would "prohibit the payment of any money to Panama under the 1977 Treaty as long as a U.S. investor had a claim against Panama which had not been settled to the satisfaction of the investor." The proposed amendment was controversial, as it was lobbied by the attorneys of U.S. billionaire D.K. Ludwig, who would have benefited from such an amendment. 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): 1979
Date: Display: June 8, 1979
Subject: United States. Congress. House.; Legislators--United States; Bills, Legislative; United States--Foreign relations--Panama; Ludwig, Daniel Keith, 1897-1992
Place: United States; Panama
Source: Les AuCoin Papers, Pacific University Archives
Copyright: http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-CR/1.0/
Type: Text