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Title: Typed and handwritten notes regarding proposed exceptions to a bill raising the minimum wage, June 1, 1960
Identifier: camh-dob-001616
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Legislation, Minimum wage--Law and legislation
Dates: 1960-06-01
Box: 2007-255/75
Folder: 8
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Jack Brooks discusses the exemptions he believes are important for various industries, including laundry services and lumber.

Title: Typed and handwritten notes regarding proposed exceptions to a bill raising the minimum wage, undated
Identifier: camh-dob-001617
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Legislation, Minimum wage--Law and legislation
Box: 2007-255/75
Folder: 8
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Jack Brooks discusses the minimum wage exemptions to laundry services and lumber.

Title: UPI wire statement regarding the Judiciary Committee approving legislation to limit the amount of money spent on private presidential homes, November 29, 1974
Identifier: camh-dob-001116
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Legislation, Governmental Investigations
Dates: 1974-11-29
Box: 2007-255/314
Folder: 266.7
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Jack Brooks introduced the legislation in response to Richard Nixon's use of federal funds at his Key Biscayne and San Clemente properties.

Title: Vote in Senate on Override, undated
Identifier: camh-dob-002076
Topic: United States. Congress. Senate., Legislation
Box: 2007-255/291
Folder: H.R. 3932, House Floor, May 1, 1973
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Carbon copy of a list of votes for and against overriding the President's veto on S. 518 (the Senate version of H.R. 3932). The bill, introduced by Jack Brooks, would have made the director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a position requiring Senate approval. The President vetoed the bill. The Senate voted to override, but the House vote failed.

Title: Voting Rights Act of 1965, undated
Identifier: camh-dob-002269
Topic: African Americans--Civil Rights, Legislation
Box: 2007-255/133
Folder: Legis: Judiciary Voting Rights
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A copy of the Voting Rights Act sent to Jack Brooks by Harold "Barefoot" Sanders. Certain passages of the bill are underlined in pencil, but it is not clear whether this was done by Brooks or a member of his staff.

Title: White House press release, August 1, 1977
Identifier: camh-dob-002392
Topic: Legislation
Dates: 1977-08-01
Box: 2007-255/398
Folder: 324.8
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Press release issued by the White House announcing President Jimmy Carter's reorganization and consolidation plan for consumer agencies within the federal government.