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Title: Letter from Emanuel Celler to Jack Brooks, August 15, 1960
Identifier: camh-dob-001635
Creator: Celler, Emanuel, 1888-1981
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: United States Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary, Governmental Investigations
Dates: 1960-08-15
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Congressmen Emanuel Celler, Edwin E. Willis, and William M. McCulloch clarify the reasons why the Judiciary Committee chose to cite three Port of New York Authority officials for contempt of Congress. The letter was written in order to address widespread concern that the federal government was overstepping its jurisidiction in relation to this matter.

Title: Letter from Emanuel Celler to Jack Brooks, June 25, 1959
Identifier: camh-dob-001804
Creator: Celler, Emanuel, 1888-1981
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: United States Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary, Governmental Investigations
Dates: 1959-06-25
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Judiciary Committee Chairman Emanuel Celler writes to Jack Brooks to let him know that he has been assigned to a new Judiciary Committee subcomittee tasked with investigating state taxation of income derived from interstate commerce.

Title: Office memo regarding Port of New York Authority, August 16, 1960
Identifier: camh-dob-001802
Topic: United States Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary, United States. Congress
Dates: 1960-08-16
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A memo outlining the Judiciary Committee's involvement in a jurisdictional issue between the state governments of New York and New Jersey regarding the Port Authority.

Title: Press release, June 25, 1959
Identifier: camh-dob-001805
Creator: Celler, Emanuel, 1888-1981
Topic: United States Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary, Governmental Investigations
Dates: 1959-06-25
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: The press release announces the creation of a new Judiciary Committee subcomittee tasked with investigating state taxation of income derived from interstate commerce. Jack Brooks is listed as one of the members.

Title: Two concepts of impeachable offenses regarding the attempted impeachment of Justice Douglas, November 26, 1973
Identifier: camh-dob-000957
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012, Celler, Emanuel, 1888-1981, Rogers, Byron G. (Byron Giles), 1900-1983
Topic: Impeachment, United States Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary
Dates: 1973-11-26
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: The summary discusses a report regarding the nature of impeachable offenses in relation to the impeachment proceedings against Supreme Court Associate Justice William O. Douglas. The report was signed by Congressmen Jack Brooks, Emanuel Celler, and Byron Rogers.