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Title: Congressman Jack Brooks (D-Tex.), U.S. House of Representatives, January 19, 1977
Identifier: camh-dob-001532
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: United States. Congress, United States. Congress. House
Dates: 1977-01-19
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Brooks speaks before the House of Representatives about a Report on the Activities of the Joint Committee on Congressional Operations. He says, "Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks and insert extraneous material." Material attached [camh-dob-001533].

Title: Congressman Jack Brooks (D-Tex.), U.S. House of Representatives, January 19, 1977, Report on the Activities of the Joint Committee on Congressional Operations in the 94th Congress
Identifier: camh-dob-001533
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: United States. Congress, United States. Congress. House
Dates: 1977-01-19
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Jack Brooks, Chairman of the Joint Committee on Congressional Operations, reports on the Committee's activities. It includes highlights of what the Committee has accomplished in the past two years, summaries of its continuing activities, and descriptions of projected future activities.

Title: Congressman Jack Brooks, U.S. House of Representatives, March 17, 1976, Today in Congress
Identifier: camh-dob-002428
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: United States. Congress
Dates: 1976-03-17
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Jack Brooks's remarks as Chairman of the Joint Committee on Congressional Operations regarding a pilot program for booklets distributed to Capitol tourists titled "Today in Congress" containing information about the daily hearings and happenings of Congress.

Title: Copy of draft legislation, undated
Identifier: camh-dob-001757
Topic: Legislation, United States. Congress
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Typewritten copy of legislation to reorganize certain Congressional operations proposed by the Joint Committee on the Organization of the Congress. List of sponsors attached.

Title: Copy of draft legislation, undated
Identifier: camh-dob-001756
Topic: Legislation, United States. Congress
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Copy of draft legislation to reorganize certain Congressional operations proposed by the Joint Committee on the Organization of the Congress. Includes handwritten notes.

Title: Excerpt from a summary of Senate proceedings printed by a Western Union Data Services EDT 300 communication terminal, [June 1973]
Identifier: camh-dob-002035
Topic: United States. Congress, Electronic data processing
Dates: 1973-06
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: An excerpt of Senate proceedings printed on a communication terminal that was part of a pilot program in Congress to use such terminals to keep members and staff informed on proceedings and debate.

Title: Excerpts from an address by Leonard W. Hall, Chairman of the Republican National Committee, Before the Texas-Oklahoma Kiwanis Convention at Houston, Texas, October 13, 1953
Identifier: camh-dob-001422
Creator: Hall, Leonard W. (Leonard Wood), 1900-1979
Topic: United States. Congress, Democratic party (U.S.)
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: The speech discusses accusations made by Republican Party members regarding what they saw as the Communist leanings of Democratic Congressmen.

Title: The Feasibility of a Congressional Staff Journal as a "Process for Communication," a Report of the House Commission on Information Facilities, Washington: 1976
Identifier: camh-dob-001980
Topic: United States. Congress, Interpersonal communication
Dates: 1976
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Report discussing the efficacy of using a staff journal as a way to improve congressional communication. Jack Brooks, as the chairman of the House Commission on Information and Facilities, headed the project.

Title: Important notice for Member from John J. Rhodes regarding paying tribute to Gerald R. Ford, January 27, 1977
Identifier: camh-dob-001534
Topic: United States. Congress
Dates: 1977-01-27
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A notice from Minority Leader John J. Rhodes to fellow Representatives alerting them of a special order on February 1, 1977 to pay tribute to President Gerald R. Ford. This notice is attached to Brooks's statement [camh-dob-001535].

Title: Interview answers from Jack Brooks, February 21, 1975
Identifier: camh-dob-001931
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: United States Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations, United States. Congress
Dates: 1975-02-21
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Jack Brooks's answers to interview questions for the National Society of Public Accountants regarding the Government Operations Committee and his new role as its Chairman. Brooks details the principal goals of the 94th Congress, the goals of his Committee, and his goals as Chairman.

Title: Interview questions from the National Society of Public Accountants, undated [1975]
Identifier: camh-dob-001932
Topic: United States Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations, United States. Congress
Dates: 1975
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Questions for Chairman Jack Brooks from the National Society of Public Accountants. The questions address the goals of the 94th Congress, the goals of the Government Operations Committee, and Brooks's role in achieving those goals. They also address the representation of small business in the Government Operations Committee, discrimminatory policies that impact the licensing of accountants, and Brooks's opinion on the role of accounting in the 1970s.

Title: Legislation on Reorganization of Congress, undated
Identifier: camh-dob-001755
Topic: Legislation, United States. Congress
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Typewritten notes with handwritten emendations regarding proposed legislation to change certain committee and Congressional policies on staffing, voting, organization, and transparency.

Title: Letter from a constituent to Jack Brooks, March 30, 1973
Identifier: camh-dob-001190
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: United States. Congress
Dates: 1973-03-30
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A letter from constituent Martha Innocenti expressing her disapproval of Jane Fonda's use of congressional facilities. Annotated newspaper clippings are attached to the letter.

Title: Letter from Dolph Briscoe, Sr. to Jack Brooks, June 23, 1954
Identifier: camh-dob-001128
Creator: Briscoe, Sr., Dolph
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: United States. Congress
Dates: 1954-06-23
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A personal letter from Dolph Briscoe, Sr. thanking Jack Brooks for a book on grasses that he could use to identify grasses on his ranch. He mentions his wife and his son's family and says he is doing well. He predicts that Brooks will be in Congress a long time and that he will make "a very fine representative for our country."

Title: Letter from Dolph Briscoe to Jack Brooks, April 2, 1973
Identifier: camh-dob-001377
Creator: Briscoe, Dolph
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: United States. Congress, Thank-you notes
Dates: 1973-04-02
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Texas Governor Dolph Briscoe thanks Jack Brooks for helping him with congressional issues, describing Brooks's finesse in getting Briscoe past "sticky" situations.

Title: Letter from Jack Brooks to a constituent, April 5, 1973
Identifier: camh-dob-001191
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: United States. Congress
Dates: 1973-04-05
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Copy of a letter Jack Brooks sent in reply to constituent Martha Innocenti. Brooks explains why Jane Fonda was able to use congressional facilities and whether the taxpayer funded her activity.

Title: Letter from Jack Brooks to a constituent, February 18, 1959
Identifier: camh-dob-001072
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Dams, United States. Congress
Dates: 1959-02-18
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Letter from Jack Brooks to constituent David Henderson of Jasper, TX regarding an editorial that appeared in a local Beaumont paper questioning Brooks's loyalties to his district. Brooks also mentions the McGee Bend Dam project, Lyndon Johnson, and Congressional politics.

Title: Letter from Jack Brooks to Congressional colleagues, November 17, 1976
Identifier: camh-dob-001979
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: United States. Congress, Interpersonal communication
Dates: 1976-11-17
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Jack Brooks, as chairman of the House Commission on Information and Facilities, announces the publication of an enclosed report on a pilot project regarding the creation of a staff journal as a way to improve congressional communication.

Title: Letter from Prentiss Walker to Jack Brooks, September 22, 1965
Identifier: camh-dob-001387
Creator: Walker, Prentiss, 1917-1998
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: United States. Congress, Democratic party (U.S.)
Dates: 1965-09-22
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Congressman Prentiss Walker of Mississippi thanks Jack Brooks for supporting a motion to dismiss a Contest of Election for Mississippi's five congressional delegates. Contesting the election was spearheaded by the Mississippi Freedom Party in an effort to unseat the all white, pro-segregation delegation elected by the official Mississippi Democratic Party, which only allowed white people to vote.

Title: Letter from Stephen A. Mitchell to Sam Rayburn, January 7, 1954
Identifier: camh-dob-000927
Contributor: Rayburn, Sam, 1882-1961
Topic: United States. Congress
Dates: 1954-01-07
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: The letter outlines accusations made by the Republican Party regarding what they saw as the Communist leanings of Democratic Congressmen.

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