Speech delivered to the Forest Grove United Church in 1979 · Les AuCoin Collection

Identifier: PUA_MS147_381
Title: Speech delivered to the Forest Grove United Church in 1979
Description: A speech by U.S. Congressman Les AuCoin given at the Forest Grove United Church in Forest Grove, Oregon on November 4, 1979. In his speech, Congressman AuCoin discusses the issue of world hunger, specifically stating the examples of mass starvation in Cambodia and Vietnam. His speech drew from "the books of Exodus, Ezekiel and Matthew, a study called Goals for Mankind published by the Club of Rome, and congressional studies." 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: November 4, 1979
Subject: United States. Congress. House.; Legislators--United States; Bills, Legislative; Speeches, addresses, etc.; Hunger
Place: Forest Grove, Oregon; Cambodia; Vietnam
Source: Les AuCoin Papers, Pacific University Archives
Copyright: http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-CR/1.0/
Type: Text