A clipping of a Corvallis Gazette-Times op-ed article titled "Quit making tritium, redirect spending" by US Congressman Les AuCoin, published on December 30, 1991. In the article, Congressman AuCoin criticizes the Department of Energy's then recent decision to restart the Savannah River K reactor to produce tritium for nuclear weapons, and instead calls for arms control in the context of the fall of the Soviet Union four days earlier on December 26, 1991.
A clipping of an Oregonian newspaper article by staff writer Les AuCoin covering the defeat of Howard Morgan for the Democratic nomination in the 1968 US Senate primary election in Oregon. The article's title is cut off from the clipping, but it may perhaps be "The Annoucement of Defeat" or "The Statement of Defeat."
A statement by Oregon House Majority Leader Les AuCoin regarding his previous affiliation and employment with The Oregonian newspaper. AuCoin states that he had worked during for The Oregonian for a short time in 1960 during a strike, "having no comprehension of the real meaning of a strike," before being employed again by the newspaper after the strike had ended in November 1965. A handwritten note on the front page, which was presumbly written years later, states: "During first primary, Demo [sic] opponents used my Oregonian employment against me."
A memorandum from Oregon House Majority Leader Les AuCoin to news media executives regarding Oregon's then recently passed subdivision law, the Land Development Consumer Protection Act (HB 2607), which was due to go into affect on January 1, 1974. A news release statement by State Representative AuCoin stated that "Specifically, the Land Development Consumer Protection Act: (1) insures that prospective purchasers of land development interests have all pertinent information concerning conditions on and in the vicinity of the property; (2) places the buyer and seller on an equal footing regarding the transaction; and (3) registers land developments, particularly promotional land sales."
An AuCoin Report letter titled "Update: Salmon Seasons" published by the office of US Congressman Les AuCoin in August 1982. In the letter, Congressman AuCoin advocating for more fisheries research on salmon seasons in Oregon -- the limiting of commercial and recreational fishing for coho salmon when quotas allowed by the Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission and the Pacific Fisheries Management Council were exceeded -- and the Oregon Production Index (OPI). Attached to the letter is a copy a speech by Congressman AuCoin found in the Congressional Record titled "Gao Asked to Study Fisheries Quotas," delivered on August 13, 1982.
Extension of Remarks of US Congressman Les AuCoin containing letters regarding the Ronald Reagan Administration's proposal to sell off "surplus" Oregon public lands, published on September 14, 1982. The Extension of Remarks statement includes a copy of a letter which was sent to Congressman AuCoin by one of his constituents, Joe Reinhart of Portland, Oregon. Both Reinhart and Congressman AuCoin criticized the Reagan Administration's plan.
Extension of Remarks by US Congressman Les AuCoin containing an insert of Oregon Business magazine article "The Threat of Waterway User Charges" by Dan Poush. In his Extension of Remarks statement published on September 15, 1981, Congressman AuCoin stated: "I am seriously concerned that [the "user charges"] proposals now being considered will cripple shipping commerce and international trade on the West Coast and in my own state of Oregon."
Address of US Congressman Les AuCoin delivered before the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) convention in Oregon in 1982. In his address, Congressman AuCoin discussed President Reagan vetoing an anti-recession housing bill, unemployment, and the 1982 midterm elections, stating "This, my friends, is a fight, a fight over who is going to run America. Is it going to be rich men who have never stood in unemployment lines and have no understanding of what it means to be a construction boiler maker, the ranks of whom today are 90 per cent unemployed? Is this country going to be run by rich men and ultraconservatives who have no conception of what Reaganomics are doing to devastate the communities and families across this state and across this country? Or instead, is this great country going to be run by you, and your neighbors, and by workers everywhere...?"
Testimony of US Congressman Les AuCoin regarding legislation to resolve the issues of RARE (Roadless Area Review and Evalutions) II in Oregon, delivered before the House Interior Subcommittee on Public Lands and National Parks on December 6, 1982.
US Congressman Les AuCoin's remarks delivered at a luncheon hosted by the Izaak Walton League in Portland, Oregon on October 29, 1982. The League was an environmental conservation organization with a special focus on clean water. In his speech, Congressman AuCoin discussed the state of the timber based economy, his then recent experiences as a member of the Appropriations Committee in Congress, and an upcoming vote for the National Forest Service Budget.
US Congressman Les AuCoin's remarks before the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Monopolies and Commercial Law on September 9, 1982. In his speech, US Congressman AuCoin described the struggling Oregon economy, which suffered from high unemployment, a floundering timber industry, and the economic policies of the Ronald Reagan Administration. AuCoin expressed his opposition towards the Antitrust Equal Enforcement Act, which he deemed to be a bailout for -- and organized by -- timber companies.
US Congressman Les AuCoin's House floor remarks on September 16, 1982 advocating for H.R. 562, which would have provided urgent supplemental appropriation to help aid unemployed Americans, and Oregonians especially, in getting back to work. Critical of Ronald Reagan's economic policies, AuCoin asserted that the Reagan Administration had "cleaned the economy of jobs and businesses faster than any administration since Herbert Hoover's."
An Extension of Remarks statement by US Congressman Les AuCoin condemning Reaganomics and its impact on Oregonians, on the occasion of what Congressman AuCoin calls the first anniversary of Reaganomics on August 4, 1982.
A speech delivered by US Congressman Les AuCoin at a labor convention in Coos Bay, Oregon on June 29, 1982. In his speech, Congressman AuCoin advocated for the "tax-paying, middle-American person" who he argued was ignored by the Ronald Reagan Administration, further criticizing Reaganomics and how Raegan had then recently vetoed an anti-recession housing bill.
A brief speech delivered by US Congressman Les AuCoin introducing colleagues at a hearing on the question of a nuclear weapons freeze in Portland, Oregon in the early 1980s. In his speech, Congressman AuCoin specifically mentions by name Congressman Jim Weaver, though states that "each one of the members of the Congress who are participating in this hearing has fought against the arms race throughout his career in the House of Representatives and each of us has been committed from the beginning, to the question of a Nuclear Weapons Freeze.
The remarks of US Congressman Les AuCoin announcing his candidacy for a fifth term in Congress at a press conference at the Hilton Hotel in Portland, Oregon on March 8, 1982.
The remarks of US Congressman Les AuCoin at the Small Business Hearings in Oregon sometime in the early years of the Ronald Reagan administration. In his remarks, Congressman AuCoin discussed the notable economic debates of the era and their impacts on both the national level and the local level. Criticizing what is now known as Reaganomics, AuCoin questioned and stated "Is it fair or workable to have an economic policy which exempts oil companies from windfall profits taxes and allows the largest corporations to sell their paper tax losses -- while offering no relief to small business from history's largest peacetime tax increase, the 1977 payroll tax hike? Is it fair or workable to have an economic strategy that abandons the 1984 goal of a balanced budget, produces projected deficits of $300 billion in three years and, with that, the continuation of high interest rates? I believe it clearly is not workable -- the collapse of the housing timber, automobile, and thrift industries is clear evidence."
The remarks of US Congressman Les AuCoin delivered at the Oregon AFL-CIO State Labor Convention on September 17, 1981. In his speech, Congressman AuCoin advocated for organized labor and the working class, and discussed his dissatisfaction with the union busting movement and overall federal budget cuts proposed by the Reagan Administration.
A long video recording featuring multiple televised debates, advertisements, and interviews between the candidates of the 1984 and 1986 congressional race for Oregon's 1st Congressional District, Democratic incumbent Les AuCoin and Republican challengers Bill Moshofsky and Tony Meeker. The first debate featured in the video was between AuCoin and Moshofsky and was held at the City Club of Portland in 1984; topics discussed in the debate included the logging industry, tax reform, federal spending, the federal budget and the Oregon state budget, the Metropolitan Area Express (MAX) light rail system, school prayer, and environmental protection for the Columbia River Gorge, among other issues. The second clip featured in the video was a KATU 2 joint interview between AuCoin and Meeker from 1986; discussed topics included the logging and fishing industries in Oregon, the federal and state budget, federal spending, and tax reform. The third clip featured in the video was a KGW 8 program that individually interviewed candidates AuCoin and Moshofsky for the 1984 election; the candidates discussed the issues of tax reform, the federal budget and spending, the Nicaraguan Revolution, and a Columbia River hatcheries program. The fourth clip featured in the video was a KPTV 12 program called "Your Choice '84," a program in which several candidates for various Oregon elections are quickly interviewed in a cheery atmosphere; in this interview, candidates for Oregon's 1st District were featured. AuCoin, Moshofsky, and Philip Logan discussed the situations in El Salvador and Nicaragua, the arms race, tax reform, and the national budget deficit. The final clips are various televised AuCoin campaign ads from the 1976 and 1978 elections.
A collection of television programs and news stories from 1979 and 1980 featuring US Congressman Les AuCoin, lasting 54 minutes. The collection includes news stories on the 1980 congressional race for Oregon's 1st Congressional District between Democratic incumbent Les AuCoin and Republican challenger Lynn Engdahl; a KOIN 6 Mid-Morning interview featuring Congressman AuCoin on Egypt-Israel relations and US-China relations and economic opportunities following AuCoin's delegation trip to China in 1979; a news story on the controversial Campell amendment of a real estate bill in 1979 featuring comments from AuCoin on the issue of special interest funding related to the bill; a KGW News 8 story on a volunteer program by the Northwest Pilot Project that helped the handicapped; a news story featuring AuCoin's endorsement of the Carter-Mondale ticket in the 1980 presidential election; news stories on the 1970s national housing, inflation, and oil crises and its effects on Oregon and AuCoin's housing program proposal; a KOIN Mid-Morning interview featuring Les AuCoin and his wife Sue on the their personal relationship, the Afghan-Soviet War, the CIA, and the Moscow 1980 Summer Olympics Boycott; a KGW News 8 news story on social program cuts from the 1981 federal budget featuring comments from Congressmen Bob Duncan and Les AuCoin; news stories on an experimental commuter train called the Willamette Express from Portland to Eugene; a news story on the Pacific Northwest Power Bill featuring Congressman AuCoin's comments on the US House floor.
A collection of televised advertisements, news stories, and other video clips from the late 1970s through the late 1980s featuring US Congressman Les AuCoin's reelection campaigns for Oregon's 1st Congressional District. Each advertisement is sponsored by the Re-Elect Les AuCoin Committee and ends with the slogans "Les AuCoin. He's there when we need him," "Les AuCoin. He stands up for Oregon," "Keep Les AuCoin in Congress," or "Results for Oregon. Congressman Les AuCoin." The advertisements feature political topics such as the energy crisis, the federal budget and federal spending, the timber industry, trade, the fishing industry, US-China relations, the housing crisis, abortion, and the 1980 Mount Saint Helens eruption, and the environment, among other topics. News stories featured in this collection include one on the 1980 congressional race for Oregon's 1st Congressional District between Democratic incumbent Les AuCoin and Republican challenger Lynn Engdahl; a KOIN Mid-Morning interview featuring Les AuCoin and his wife Sue on the their personal relationship, the Afghan-Soviet War, the CIA, and the Moscow 1980 Summer Olympics Boycott. Brief clip from the 1982 and 1984 debates between AuCoin and his Republican challenger Bill Moshofsky is also shown. The collection includes some repeat of video clips. Notably, footage of Naum Chernobelsky and his family arriving at the Portland airport in October 1988 is featured at the 31:51-35:11 minute mark. Chernobelsky and his family were among thousands of "refuseniks," Soviet Jews of the era who faced discrimination and were denied visas to emigrate by the Soviet government.
A campaign advertisement titled "Mud" from the early 1980s (likely 1980) for one of US Congressman Les AuCoin's re-election campaigns for Oregon's 1st Congressional District. The ad shows mud being slung at a photograph of AuCoin, while a voiceover recounts negative allegations that his opponent has made against him. The voiceover rebuts the negative comments and closes with the slogan: "Les AuCoin. He stands up for Oregon."
A video recording of a 1981 televised program called "The AuCoin Report" in which US Congressman Les AuCoin addresses various prominent political issues in Congress. Interviewed by two reporters, AuCoin discusses Social Security and the retirement age, tax reform during the Reagan administration, the federal budget, women's rights and the Equal Rights Amendment, EXIM Bank, the eruption of Mount St. Helens, the timber industry, Amtrak, and college financial aid cuts by the Reagan administration.
A video recording of a 1982 televised program called "The AuCoin Report", in which US Congressman Les AuCoin discusses various prominent political issues in Congress. The program primarily centered around economic issues facing Oregon and the nation as a whole in the early 1980s: the housing crisis, the federal budget deficit, the decline of the timber industry, and a high unemployment rate. AuCoin also advocated for the MAX light rail project.
