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Title: Equal Employment Opportunity Commission decision regarding unlawful employment practices at the Neches station of Gulf States Utilities, August 8, 1968
Identifier: camh-dob-001210
Topic: Civil Rights, Governmental Investigations
Dates: 1968-08-08
Box: 2007-255/168
Folder: 150.28
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A copy of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's (EEOC) decision regarding unlawful employment practices under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 at the Neches Station of Gulf States Utilities. The document lists the Charging Parties vs. Gulf States Utilities Company, Port Neches, TX. A summary of the charge indicates that the Neches station continues to segregate its employees and "employs testing procedures that discriminate against Negroes in violation of Section 703 (a) (1) and (2) of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964." The Neches station of Gulf State Utilities was in Port Neches, Jefferson County, which was part of Brooks's district.

Title: Letter from a constituent to Jack Brooks, August 11, 1959
Identifier: camh-dob-001621
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Legislation, Labor unions
Dates: 1959-08-11
Box: 2007-255/75
Folder: 9
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Charles M. Beard, a constituent and a member of the AFL-CIO, writes to Jack Brooks to ask him to support the Shelley Bill, a weaker bill that he believes will address graft and racketeering in unions while still allowing organized labor to advocate for its members.

Title: Letter from a constituent to Jack Brooks, August 11, 1959
Identifier: camh-dob-001612
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Legislation, Labor unions
Dates: 1959-08-11
Box: 2007-255/75
Folder: 7
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A constituent, David L. Davidson, writes in support of H.R. 8400, also known as the Landrum-Griffin Resolution, which was intended to curtail the strength of labor unions. He describes the three billls relating to labor that were currently before Congress: the Kennedy Bill, the Elliot Bill, and the Landrum-Griffin Bill.

Title: Letter from a constituent to Jack Brooks, August 11, 1959
Identifier: camh-dob-001611
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Legislation, Labor unions
Dates: 1959-08-11
Box: 2007-255/75
Folder: 7
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A constituent, W.H. Coffey, writes in support of H.R. 8400, also known as the Landrum-Griffin Resolution, which was intended to curtail the strength of labor unions. He criticizes Sam Rayburn's proposals regarding labor legislation.

Title: Letter from a constituent to Jack Brooks, August 12, 1959
Identifier: camh-dob-001613
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Legislation, Labor unions
Dates: 1959-08-12
Box: 2007-255/75
Folder: 7
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A constituent, S.F. O'Neal, writes in support of H.R. 8400, also known as the Landrum-Griffin Resolution, which was intended to curtail the strength of labor unions, particularly in terms of their leadership. A member of the local pipefitters union, O'Neal explains that he supports the bill because he believes it will provide protection to union members who are currently being exploited.

Title: Letter from a constituent to Jack Brooks, August 12, 1959
Identifier: camh-dob-001620
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Legislation, Labor unions
Dates: 1959-08-12
Box: 2007-255/75
Folder: 9
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: William Free, a constituent and a member of a railway labor union, writes to Jack Brooks to ask that he oppose any restrictive labor legislation. He writes that it is unfair for the mistakes of certain unions to lead to punishing all unions.

Title: Letter from a constituent to Jack Brooks, August 7, 1959
Identifier: camh-dob-001610
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Legislation, Labor unions
Dates: 1959-08-07
Box: 2007-255/75
Folder: 7
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A constituent, C.M. Scott, writes in support of H.R. 8400, also known as the Landrum-Griffin Resolution, which was intended to curtail the strength of labor unions, particularly in terms of their leadership.

Title: Letter from a constituent to Jack Brooks, August 7, 1959
Identifier: camh-dob-001614
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Legislation, Labor unions
Dates: 1959-08-07
Box: 2007-255/75
Folder: 7
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A constituent, Joe H. Bradley, writes in support of H.R. 8400, also known as the Landrum-Griffin Resolution, which was intended to curtail the strength of labor unions. He complains that it was expensive to build the apartment building he owns in Beaumont because of the cost of labor and that while he was eating dinner in New York City, union members picketting outside the restaurant insulted him and his wife.

Title: Letter from a constituent to Jack Brooks, August 8, 1959
Identifier: camh-dob-001615
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Legislation, Labor unions
Dates: 1959-08-08
Box: 2007-255/75
Folder: 7
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A constituent, A.E. Rosenthal, writes in support of H.R. 8400, also known as the Landrum-Griffin Resolution, which was intended to curtail the strength of labor unions. He complains that labor unions engage in "civil warfare."

Title: Letter from a constituent to Jack Brooks, May 10, 1969
Identifier: camh-dob-001585
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Protest movements
Dates: 1969-05-10
Box: 2007-255/188
Folder: Education and Labor Apr.-June 1969
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Letter from N.A. Merry regarding campus protests and federal funding.

Title: Letter from a constituent to Jack Brooks, May 27, 1960
Identifier: camh-dob-001619
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Legislation, Laundries
Dates: 1960-05-27
Box: 2007-255/75
Folder: 8
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Constituent Ellie Poole writes to Jack Brooks in order to ask him to exclude the laundry industry from the Fair Labor Standards Act. She explains that she works as a seamstress at a laundry and that if the minimum wage goes up, the laundry's prices will go up, and that will lead to a loss of business and therefore the loss of jobs.

Title: Letter from a constituent to Jack Brooks, May 5, 1969
Identifier: camh-dob-001584
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Protest movements
Dates: 1969-05-05
Box: 2007-255/188
Folder: Education and Labor Apr.-June 1969
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Letter from Joseph Louvier regarding campus protests and federal funding.

Title: Letter from a reporter to Jack Brooks, October 9, [1970]
Identifier: camh-dob-001763
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: United States Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary, School integration
Dates: 1970-10-09
Box: 2007-255/216
Folder: 191.9
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A letter from Grace Foote of the Port Arthur News asking Jack Brooks to answer questions for the newspaper's "Box 7-8-9" feature. Foote asks about the investigation of Justice William O. Douglas and school integration.

Title: Letter from constituents to Richard Nixon and Jack Brooks, May 17, 1970
Identifier: camh-dob-001777
Contributor: Nixon, Richard M. Richard Milhous, 1913-1994, Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Protest movements
Dates: 1970-05-17
Box: 2007-255/216
Folder: 191.22
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A copy of a letter from Elton and Helen Eubanks of Port Arthur, TX sent to President Richard Nixon and copied to Jack Brooks. The Eubanks' express their disapproval of campus protests and resultant opposition to the lowering of the voting age to eighteen. The 26th amendment to the Constitution, lowering the voting age to eighteen, was ratified the following year.

Title: Letter from executive director of the Edna Gladney Home to Charlotte Brooks, March 12, 1970
Identifier: camh-dob-001770
Contributor: Brooks, Charlotte Collins, 1935-2014
Topic: Moody Foundation (Galveston, Tex.)
Dates: 1970-03-20
Box: 2007-255/216
Folder: 191.12
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Letter from Ruby Lee Piester, executive director of the Edna Gladney Home, thanking Charlotte Brooks for welcoming Piester during a recent home visit with the Brooks family. Piester asks Mrs. Brooks to pass on her thanks to Jack Brooks for his advice regarding the Moody Foundation.

Title: Letter from Harold "Barefoot" Sanders to Jack Brooks, March 17, 1965
Identifier: camh-dob-002268
Creator: Sanders, Barefoot, 1925-2008
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Civil Rights, Legislation
Dates: 1965-03-17
Box: 2007-255/133
Folder: Legis: Judiciary Voting Rights
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Letter from Harold "Barefoot" Sanders, Assistant Deputy Attorney General, to Jack Brooks attached to a copy of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

Title: Letter from Jack Brooks to a constituent, May 19, 1969
Identifier: camh-dob-001583
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Protest movements
Dates: 1969-05-19
Box: 2007-255/188
Folder: Education and Labor Apr.-June 1969
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Carbon copy of a response from Jack Brooks to a constituent letter regarding campus protests. Same letter sent to two constituents.

Title: Letter from Jack Brooks to a reporter, October 22, 1970
Identifier: camh-dob-001764
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: United States Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary, School integration
Dates: 1970-10-22
Box: 2007-255/216
Folder: 191.9
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Copy of a letter written in response by Jack Brooks to a query from Grace Foote of the Port Arthur News. Brooks responds to Foote's questions regarding the investigation of Justice William O. Douglas and school integration.

Title: Letter from Jack Brooks to constituents, June 5, 1970
Identifier: camh-dob-001778
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Protest movements
Dates: 1970-06-05
Box: 2007-255/216
Folder: 191.22
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Copy of a letter written in response to a letter sent by Elton and Helen Eubanks of Port Arthur, TX to President Richard Nixon and Jack Brooks. Brooks expresses his support for the first amendment right to free expression though he is dismayed by the violence that occurred at protests. This letter is a standard response sent by Brooks to constituents regarding this issue.

Title: Letter from Jack Brooks to the executive director of the Edna Gladney Home, September 22, 1969
Identifier: camh-dob-001768
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Moody Foundation (Galveston, Tex.)
Dates: 1969-09-22
Box: 2007-255/216
Folder: 191.12
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A letter from Jack Brooks advising Ruby Lee Piester, executive director of the Edna Gladney Home, regarding the Moody Foundation. Brooks explains the materials and information Piester should provide to increase her chances of receiving funding for the Edna Gladney Home.

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