A photograph featuring the Henry Hagg Lake road landslides, taken by a staff member of US Congressman Les AuCoin in early 1982. Multiple slides were discovered on the roads bordering Henry Hagg Lake, including SW Scoggins Valley Road and SW West Shore Drive.
A photograph featuring the Henry Hagg Lake road landslides, taken by a staff member of US Congressman Les AuCoin in early 1982. Multiple slides were discovered on the roads bordering Henry Hagg Lake, including SW Scoggins Valley Road and SW West Shore Drive.
A photograph featuring the Henry Hagg Lake road landslides, taken by a staff member of US Congressman Les AuCoin in early 1982. Multiple slides were discovered on the roads bordering Henry Hagg Lake, including SW Scoggins Valley Road and SW West Shore Drive.
A photograph featuring the Henry Hagg Lake road landslides, taken by a staff member of US Congressman Les AuCoin in early 1982. Multiple slides were discovered on the roads bordering Henry Hagg Lake, including SW Scoggins Valley Road and SW West Shore Drive.
A photograph featuring the Henry Hagg Lake road landslides, taken by a staff member of US Congressman Les AuCoin in early 1982. Multiple slides were discovered on the roads bordering Henry Hagg Lake, including SW Scoggins Valley Road and SW West Shore Drive.
A photograph featuring the Henry Hagg Lake road landslides, taken by a staff member of US Congressman Les AuCoin in early 1982. Multiple landslides were discovered on the roads bordering Henry Hagg Lake, including SW Scoggins Valley Road and SW West Shore Drive.
An article from a 1982 edition of The AuCoin Report newsletter titled "Congressional Hearing Comes to Oregon on Nuclear Arms Freeze." The article features photographs of Congressmen Don Bonker, Jim Weaver, Ron Dellums, and Les AuCoin at a hearing on nuclear arms control in Portland, Oregon.
An article from a 1982 edition of The AuCoin Report newsletter titled "Pushing For New ERA." The article features a photograph of Congressman AuCoin at a Portland rally dedicated to renewing the efforts for the Equal Rights Amendment. According to the article, AuCoin stated: "Some say fairness for women should be achieved, not by a constitutional amendment but rather statute by statute, state by state. Well, speaking as a father, I don't want my daughter to have to shop around, state by state, for her rights!"
A booklet from US Congressman Les AuCoin's 1982 re-election campaign for Oregon's 1st District. The booklet features numerous photos of Congressman AuCoin and his family, as well as a record of his then recent accomplishments in Congress. Pat McCormick, Chief of Staff for Oregon House Majority Leader Les AuCoin (1973-1974), had noted in private communications that this booklet is "an example of a tabloid-size mini newspaper with large photos and major messages in headlines, one to a page. We 'borrowed' that format from Joe Biden who'd used in his first (1972) campaign for the Senate."
A 1982 AuCoin re-election campaign ad printed in The Advocate magazine, describing US Congressman Les AuCoin's history of supporting the gay community. The first page is a message from the Human Rights Campaign Fund to the office of Les AuCoin regarding the details of the ad.
US Congressman Les AuCoin's typewritten journal from November and December 1982. The journal describes his everyday life as a member of Congress, such as giving an address to the Oregon Sierra Club, having a discussion with an anti-missile and nuclear freeze activist group, meeting with a political advisory committee regarding the Balanced Budget Constituional Amendment, talks surrounding an Oregon wilderness bill, meeting with the Interior and Insular Affairs Committee, meeting with Senator Mark Hatfield, voting against "the vaunted 'Infrastructure/Jobs Bill,'" giving a house floor speech on the Defense Appropriations Bill on the anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor, receiving a conference report for the Transportation Appropriations Bil, and his work on the "automobile 'domestic content' bill" that affected the Port of Portland and the electronics industry.
A photocopy of HR6026, the Columbia River Gorge Act of 1982. The bill was introduced by Representative James Weaver and supported by Representative Les AuCoin in the U.S. 97th Congress but never passed. A similiar bill introduced by Rep. Weaver passed and became law in 1986 in the 99th Congress as HR5705, the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area Act.
A handwritten list of dates in 1980 of US Congressman Les AuCoin's important speechs, accomplishments, events, and statements. A year seemingly focused on environmental and economic concerns, some notable subjects listed include "MFN Status of China," "Community Energy Conservation Act HR 7136," "Tillamook YMCA bill," several bills relating to the Siletz Indians, "Maritime Education and Training Act HR 5451," tesimony on the housing and timber industries, and the "Northwest Electric Power Bill."
Remarks by Mark Gaede on behalf of US Congressman Les AuCoin before the Oregon Chapter of the National Committee on the Prevention of Child Abuse, delivered on November 19th, 1982. In his remarks, Gaede discussed AuCoin's track record with the organization and in Congress, AuCoin's support of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act and the Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare Act, and AuCoin's opposition to the Family Protection Act supported by the Ronald Reagan Administration.
A speech by Paul Romain on behalf of US Congressman Les AuCoin at a candidates fair with employees of PGE, Intel, Floating Points, and General Telephone in Oregon on October 12, 1982. In his speech, Romain provided a track record of Congressman AuCoin's career and discussed the critical issues prioritized by his campaign for re-election in Oregon's 1st Congressional District, including the economy, unemployment, and the environment. Romain especially asserted that AuCoin had fought against the Reaganomics that had created large deficits in the federal budgets, weakened the economy, and bankrupted businesses and Americans.
A letter from US Congressman Les AuCoin to a congressional colleague regarding the formation of the new, bi-partisan, Congressional Housing Caucus. Congressman AuCoin states that "The group will transcend political, partisan, and ideological lines to provide a cohesive block of support for pro-housing legislation....The Caucus will push for the development and swift enactment of a multi-faceted housing production program to stimulate housing production and sales. The Housing Caucus -- working with the Homebuilders, Realtors, labor and volunteer advocacy groups -- will play a major role in this." The letter was also signed by Congressman Joseph McDade.
A letter by US Congressman Les AuCoin addressed to a "friend" -- perhaps a congressional colleague -- describing his intent to fight against a $120 billion federal budget deficit proposed by the Reagan Administration. Ccongressman AuCoin shared his proposals to reduce the deficit, which included cutting the proposed increase in defense spending, getting rid of tax loopholes, and deferring the third year of the personal income tax cut.
A Washington Post newspaper article clipping titled "Interior Again Weighs Leasing Off Scenic Coast" by Dale Russakoff published on March 26, 1982. The article describes the Interior Department's controversial consideration of allowing oil and gas development off of the Northern California coast. It notably mentions US Congressman Les AuCoin and his attempts to introduce legislation to ban leasing in the basins, with the article describing that "AuCoin read from reports that the area is unstable -- it is near the San Andreas fault -- and could be prone to oil spills. He also quoted from a study that rates the basins as relatively low in oil potential."
An AuCoin Report letter titled "Update: Social Security" published by the office of US Congressman Les AuCoin on August 18, 1982. In the letter, Congressman AuCoin advocated for protecting Social Security benefits from cuts by the Ronald Reagan Administration. Attached to the letter is a copy of a speech by Congressman AuCoin found in the Congressional Record titled "An All-Out Campaign to Cut Entitlements," delivered on the same day.
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.
An AuCoin Report letter titled "Update: Nuclear Power," published by the office of US Congressman Les AuCoin on August 1, 1982. In the letter, Congressman AuCoin criticized the Clinch River Breeder Reactor nuclear project and its $252 million budget proposed by the Ronald Reagan Administration. He also attached an excerpt from the Congressional Record containing his statement that he gave regarding the Clinch River Breeder Reactor nuclear project on July 29, 1982.
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 before the House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Public Assistance and Unemployment Compensation advocating for HR7327 - A bill to increase the number of weeks for which Federal supplemental unemployment compensation is payable. In his testimony delivered on December 8, 1982, Congressman AuCoin described how 11 million Americans were out of work, with the unemployment being higher in Oregon than the national average (11.5% versus 10.8%, respectively). He described how 12,500 Oregonians were expected to lose their unemployment benefits unless further legislation, specifically HR7327, was passed.
