Cohen sponsors ethnic legislation

Associated Press

Article recognizing Congressman William Cohen's (R-Maine) contribution to the Emergency School Aid Act of 1975. His authorship of an amendment to the bill, which in passing would offer the same financial and educational benefits to Franco Americans as those extended to other ethnic minority groups included in the bill's language. Some of Cohen's comments on the sizeable Maine Franco American population, and the impact that Federal monies would have on the development of educational programs better suited to certain cultural specificities.

1975 February 5

English

Newspaper Article

1975, Maine, United States

Madawaska, Maine

St. John Valley Times