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Title: News Release, June 5, 1975
Identifier: camh-dob-001944
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: United States Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations
Dates: 1975-06-05
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A news release announcing Jack Brooks's proposal that the Renegotiation Board be renewed for five more years with pressure to meet its purpose.

Title: News release, March 27, 1975
Identifier: camh-dob-001936
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: United States Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations, Legislation
Dates: 1975-03-27
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A news release announcing a hearing regarding proposed legislation limiting full-time Secret Service protection to one privately-owned Presidential property.

Title: News release, March 3, 1975
Identifier: camh-dob-001937
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: United States Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations, Governmental Investigations
Dates: 1975-03-03
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A news release from Jack Brooks calling on the Federal Aviation Administration to improve and enforce safety regulations for the air shipment of hazardous materials.

Title: News release, May 22, 1974
Identifier: camh-dob-001329
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: United States Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations, Governmental Investigations
Dates: 1974-05-22
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Press release issued by the Government Activities Subcommittee accompanying the release of the report the subcommittee wrote after its investigation of federal spending on President Richard Nixon's private homes in San Clemente and Key Biscayne. Jack Brooks was the chairman of the subcommittee.

Title: News release, May 5, 1975
Identifier: camh-dob-001934
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: United States Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations, Legislation
Dates: 1975-05-05
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A news release announcing the unanimous passage in the House of legislation sponsored by Jack Brooks limiting full-time Secret Service protection to only one privately-owned Presidential home.

Title: News release, May 6, 1975
Identifier: camh-dob-001935
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: United States Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations, Contracts--Government
Dates: 1975-05-06
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A news release announcing that the U.S. Army and IBM had agreed to terminate a mutli-million dollar computer contract.

Title: News release, October 17, 1966
Identifier: camh-dob-002063
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: United States Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations, Light bulbs
Dates: 1966-10-17
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: News release announcing the release of a report on the longevity of electric light bulbs. The report was part of a long investigation undertaken by the Government Activities subcommittee of the Government Operations committee. Jack Brooks chaired the subcommittee.

Title: News release, October 17, 1966
Identifier: camh-dob-002188
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: United States Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations, Light bulbs
Dates: 1966-10-17
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: News release announcing one of the findings of a report released by the Government Activities Subcommittee on light bulb efficiency. Jack Brooks was the chairman of the subcommittee.

Title: News release, October 18, 1973
Identifier: camh-dob-001998
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: United States Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations, Governmental Investigations
Dates: 1973-10-18
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: News release from Jack Brooks regarding taxpayer funding of Vice President Spiro Agnew's home. Brooks advocates for the establishment of a permanent residence for the Vice President.

Title: News release, October 7, 1975
Identifier: camh-dob-001950
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: United States Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations
Dates: 1975-10-07
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: News release from Jack Brooks regarding Administrator Arthur Sampson of the General Services Administration's appearance before the Government Operations Committee. A copy of this news release was included in correspondence with John P. Sensenig of the Pennsylvania Governor's D.C. office. This item is the original.

Title: News release, October 9, 1975
Identifier: camh-dob-001986
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: United States Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations
Dates: 1975-10-09
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A news release announcing that the Government Operations Committee, chaired by Jack Brooks, approved a bill 36-0 that would authorize the General Accounting Office to make audits of the Internal Revenue Service. Brooks co-sponsored the bill with Congressman Ben Rosenthal of New York.

Title: News release regarding San Clemente, February 22, 1974
Identifier: camh-dob-001732
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: United States Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations, Governmental Investigations
Dates: 1974-02-22
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: News release sent by Jack Brooks regarding President Richard Nixon's justification for using public funds to upgrade his residence in San Clemente, CA.

Title: News release, September 20, 1967
Identifier: camh-dob-002070
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Light bulbs, United States Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations
Dates: 1967-09-20
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: News release announcing that light bulb manufacturers agreed to market longer-lasting light bulbs. Jack Brooks led his Government Activities Subcommittee in an investigation of light bulb longevity.

Title: News release, September 21, 1975
Identifier: camh-dob-001951
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: United States Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations
Dates: 1975-09-21
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: News release from Jack Brooks announcing a hearing where Arthur Sampson, Administrator of the General Services Administration, will appear to discuss a federal office building in Laguna Niguel, CA.

Title: Nixon's Intention to Donate San Clemente to United States, undated
Identifier: camh-dob-001239
Topic: United States Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations, Governmental Investigations
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Unattributed notes, possibly written by Jack Brooks, regarding President Richard Nixon's stated intention to donate his San Clemente property to the United States government and why it does not affect his alleged violation of the emoluments clause of the Constitution.

Title: Note from Arthur Sampson to Jack Brooks, July 24, 1973
Identifier: camh-dob-002098
Creator: Sampson, Arthur F., 1926-
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: United States Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations, Governmental Investigations
Dates: 1973-07-24
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Handwritten note on General Services Administration stationery from Arthur F. Sampson, Administrator of the GSA, to Jack Brooks asking for a private meeting.

Title: Note from Clarence J. Brown, Jr. to Jack Brooks, March 11, 1976
Identifier: camh-dob-001832
Creator: Brown, Clarence J., 1927-
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: United States Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations
Dates: 1976-03-11
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Note given to Jack Brooks by Congressman Clarence J. Brown, a Republican colleague on the Government Operations Committee, during a mark-up session on revenue sharing. Brooks was the chairman.

Title: Objectives of Hearings, [1973]
Identifier: camh-dob-002048
Topic: United States Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations, Governmental Investigations
Dates: 1973
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: The document briefly lists the objectives of the hearings regarding the improper use of federal funds on President Richard Nixon's private property. The handwritten notes at the bottom were most likely written by Jack Brooks either during or in preparation for the hearings.

Title: Opening statement by Chairman Jack Brooks, Government Activities Subcommittee, Committee on Government Operations, at hearing on Department of the Interior, August 15, 1962
Identifier: camh-dob-001508
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: United States Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations, Governmental Investigations
Dates: 1962-08-15
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Opening statement on the third day of Brooks's subcommittee's hearings on economic efficiency in government agencies.

Title: Opening Statement by Max M. Kampelman, October 12, 1967
Identifier: camh-dob-002067
Creator: Kampelman, Max M., 1920-2013
Topic: Light bulbs, United States Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations
Dates: 1967-10-12
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Carbon copy of the opening statement made by Max Kampelman, the moderator of Washington Week in Review, regarding Jack Brooks's lightbulb investigation in his Government Activities Subcommittee hearings.

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