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Title: The Huntington air crash - a tragic consequence of false economy, extension of remarks of Hon. Jack Brooks of Texas in the House of Representatives, November 16, 1970
Identifier: camh-dob-002195
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Aircraft accidents
Dates: 1970-11-16
Box: 2007-255/124
Folder: Brooks Press Releases and Statements, 1969-1970
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Remarks by Jack Brooks regarding the plane crash in Huntington, West Virginia that took the lives of the Marshall University football team two days earlier. Brooks warns that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has not moved quickly enough to install safety equipment at the nation's airports. The Government Activities Subcommittee, of which Brooks was the chairman, engaged in extensive investigations of the FAA.

Title: Letter from the Deputy Administrator for Operations at the Federal Aviation Administration to Jack Brooks, May 2, 1969
Identifier: camh-dob-002245
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Aircraft accidents
Dates: 1969-05-02
Box: 2007-255/183
Folder: 167.4
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A letter from C. W. Walker by request of FAA Director John H. Shaffer to provide Jack Brooks with safety information regarding the Bell Jet Ranger, Model 206A, a helicopter that former President Lyndon B. Johnson used.

Title: Opening statement of Congressman Jack Brooks at hearing on "Problems Confronting FAA in the Development of an Air Traffic Control System for the 1970's," Tuesday, January 27, 1960
Identifier: camh-dob-002197
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Aircraft accidents
Dates: 1960-01-26
Box: 2007-255/124
Folder: Brooks Press Releases and Statements, 1969-1970
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Opening statement delivered by Jack Brooks during a hearing highlighting safety issues in air travel and the need for the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to develop an air traffic control system that could handle the increase in air traffic.

Title: Photograph of Jack Brooks, 1962
Identifier: camh-dob-002496
Topic: United States Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations, Governmental Investigations
Dates: 1962
Box: 2007-255/750
Folder: Subcommittee Hearings FAA 1962
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Black and white photograph of Jack Brooks pointing at a display of photographs used during one of his Government Activities Subcommittee's hearings into the FAA. In this case the hearing dealt with misbehavior by pilots.

Title: Remarks of Congressman Jack Brooks, Airline Representatives Federal Affairs Committee, Democratic Club, Washington, D.C., Wednesday, October 4, 1972, 12:00 P.M.
Identifier: camh-dob-002237
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Aircraft accidents, Governmental Investigations
Dates: 1972-10-04
Box: 2007-255/263
Folder: 310.12
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Speech delivered by Jack Brooks reflecting on his years investigating the Federal Aviation Administration as chairman of the Government Activities Subcommittee.

Title: Statement of Congressman Jack Brooks before the Electronic Industries Association, Tuesday, September 19, 1972
Identifier: camh-dob-002234
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: United States Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations, Governmental Investigations
Dates: 1972-09-19
Box: 2007-255/263
Folder: 310.12
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Remarks delivered by Jack Brooks regarding his role as the chairman of the Government Activities Subcommittee, its investigation of the Federal Aviation Administration and oversight of the Department of Transportation.