Letter to congressional colleague rejecting proposed amendment to the Panama Canal Act

Title

Letter to congressional colleague rejecting proposed amendment to the Panama Canal Act

Description

In a letter to a congressional colleague, U.S. Congressman Les AuCoin rejected a proposed amendment to the Panama Canal Act, which would "prohibit the payment of any money to Panama under the 1977 Treaty as long as a U.S. investor had a claim against Panama which had not been settled to the satisfaction of the investor." The proposed amendment was controversial, as it was lobbied by the attorneys of U.S. billionaire D.K. Ludwig, who would have benefited from such an amendment. 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: Display

June 8, 1979

Identifier

PUA_MS147_346

Subject

United States. Congress. House.
Legislators--United States
Bills, Legislative
United States--Foreign relations--Panama
Ludwig, Daniel Keith, 1897-1992

Place

United States
Panama

Copyright

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-CR/1.0/

Source

Les AuCoin Papers, Pacific University Archives

Type

Text