"Oregonians Demonstrate Americanism" speech given on the U.S. House floor · Les AuCoin Collection

Identifier: PUA_MS147_362
Title: "Oregonians Demonstrate Americanism" speech given on the U.S. House floor
Description: A speech by U.S. Congressman Les AuCoin titled "Oregonians Demonstrate Americanism" and given on the U.S. House floor. In his speech, Congressman AuCoin expressed his support for the welcoming of "Indochinese refugees", noting Oregon's high per capita concentrations of refugees from countries such as Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, and China. He applauded Oregon Governor Bob Straub's efforts in supporting the refugees, as well as the Oregonians to Save the Boat People organization for sponsoring the refugees. 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: 1979
Subject: United States. Congress. House.; Legislators--United States; Speeches, addresses, etc.; Refugees; Oregon; Southeast Asia--History
Place: Oregon; United States; Southeast Asia
Source: Les AuCoin Papers, Pacific University Archives
Copyright: http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-CR/1.0/
Type: Text