Remarks on "Call to Conscience" vigil on behalf of refusenik Solomon Alber

Title

Remarks on "Call to Conscience" vigil on behalf of refusenik Solomon Alber

Description

The House floor remarks of US Congressman Les AuCoin regarding a "Call to Conscience" vigil on behalf of Solomon Alber, delivered on October 1, 1981. Solomon Alber and his family were among thousands of "refuseniks," or Soviet Jews of the era who were denied visas to emigrate by the Soviet government. The vigil was organized by Congressman Barnes to demonstrate the congressional concern for those oppressed by the Soviet Union.

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).

Identifier

PUA_MS147_498

Creator

AuCoin, Les

Date

1981

Date Created

October 1, 1981

Spatial Coverage

United States

Soviet Union

Subject

United States. Congress. House.

Legislators--United States

Refuseniks

Source

Les AuCoin Papers, Pacific University Archives

Rights

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/

Type

Text