Speech delivered to the Forest Grove United Church in 1979

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: Display

November 4, 1979

Identifier

PUA_MS147_381

Subject

United States. Congress. House.
Legislators--United States
Bills, Legislative
Speeches, addresses, etc.
Hunger

Place

Forest Grove, Oregon
Cambodia
Vietnam

Copyright

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

Source

Les AuCoin Papers, Pacific University Archives

Type

Text