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Title: Data sheet, Modification of previously authorized McGee Bend Dam, undated
Identifier: camh-dob-002293
Topic: Dams
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Copy of a data sheet sent by Jack Brooks to his Congressional colleagues detailing some financial aspects of the McGee Bend Dam project.

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
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: Memo: 7/13/71, To: BJ, From: JB, re: Public Works Projects in our District
Identifier: camh-dob-002021
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Contributor: Jones, Bill
Topic: Public works, Legislation
Dates: 1971-07-31
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Memorandum written by Jack Brooks for his aide, Bill Jones, advising that Congressman Joe Evins, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Public Works, told Brooks he approved every project from the 9th Congressional District.

Title: Memo from Jack Brooks to Lyndon B. Johnson on joint television show, February 16, 1959
Identifier: camh-dob-001694
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Contributor: Johnson, Lyndon Baines, 1908-1973
Topic: Interviews, Television programs
Dates: 1959-02-16
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Memorandum from Jack Brooks that contains encouragement regarding Senator Lyndon B. Johnson's television appearance, as well as advice for future television appearances.

Title: Memo from Jack Brooks to Lyndon Johnson, January 19, 1960
Identifier: camh-dob-001070
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Contributor: Johnson, Lyndon Baines, 1908-1973
Topic: Political Campaigns
Dates: 1960-01-19
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Memo from Jack Brooks relating all the positive press appearing in Southeast Texas about Senator Lyndon B. Johnson over the years and detailing Brooks's long history of support for Johnson.

Title: Memo on McGee Bend Dam, undated
Identifier: camh-dob-002285
Topic: Dams
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Copy of a memorandum detailing the benefits of McGee Bend Dam sent by Jack Brooks to A.H. Holt, Mayor of Kountze, for Holt to use as a statement of support of the project.

Title: Memo sent to high school principals and professors of chemistry and physics at Lamar College, April 21, 1959
Identifier: camh-dob-001693
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Nuclear energy
Dates: 1959-04-21
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Announcement that Jack Brooks had arranged an expert from the Atomic Energy Commission to demonstrate a nuclear-powered generator on his regular television report from Washington to the Second Congressional District.

Title: Memo to Congressman Jack Brooks, undated
Identifier: camh-dob-001408
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Cattle, Screwworm--Control
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Memorandum from the Southwest Animal Health Research Foundation regarding the joint declaration of livestock producers of Mexico and the United States regarding the eradication of screwworms.

Title: Memorandum entitled ¥The Liberty - Discrepancies Between Israeli Inquiry and U.S. Navy Inquiry,¥ undated
Identifier: camh-dob-014410
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Foreign affairs, Governmental Investigations
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: An information memorandum comparing the findings of the Israeli Judge and U.S. Navy in regards to the Liberty incident. The report points out that it is unlikely that the Liberty was mistaken for an Egyptian supply ship.

Title: Memorandum in support of S.1077 as amended by House Judiciary Committee, 1955
Identifier: camh-dob-001449
Topic: Federal aid, Industrial accidents
Dates: 1955
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Memorandum discussing Jack Brooks's support for amending Senate legislation regarding financial relief for those affected by the Texas City disaster. The disaster was the deadliest industrial accident in United States history. The Senate drafted legislation to provide compensation for the victims in 1955 after the Supreme Court ruled against a class action lawsuit brought on their behalf. Brooks worked to make the victims the beneficiaries of the legislation, rather than insurance companies and large corporations.

Title: Memorandum on Profile of General Richard V. Secord, May 4, 1987
Identifier: camh-dob-014567
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Iran-Contra Affair (1985-1990), Governmental Investigations
Dates: 1987-05-04, 1987-05-04
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A memorandum on the profile of Gen. Richard V. Secord, a retired Air Force General to testify. The memorandum details his role in Iran-Contra support and arms-hostage deals.

Title: Memorandum on Select Committee Meeting, January 16, 1987
Identifier: camh-dob-014502
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Iran-Contra Affair (1985-1990), Governmental Investigations
Dates: 1987-01-16, 1987-01-16
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A memorandum detailing an Iran-Contra Investigative Committee meeting slated to consider the adoption of committee rules.

Title: Memorandum to Congressman Jack Brooks, December 14, 1972
Identifier: camh-dob-011169
Creator: United States. Congress
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Computers, Standardization
Dates: 1972-12-14, 1972-12-14
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Memorandum to Congressman Jack Brooks for a meeting request from House Appropriations Committee staff members, Keith Mainland and Hunter Spillan, regarding progress on standardized fiscal and budgetary systems in the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and the General Accounting Office (GAO). They advise Congressman Brooks that the OMB "has no intention of developing a [computer] informational system," and says "some other agency will have to," as they do not feel they are equipped to handle the task. They asked for leadership from Brooks on the matter to "straighten out the mess we are in."

Title: Memorandum to Congressman Jack Brooks, January 15, 1973
Identifier: camh-dob-011168
Creator: United States. Congress. House
Topic: Computers, Standardization
Dates: 1973-01-15, 1973-01-15
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A memorandum to Congressman Jack Brooks addressing issues with progress in computer technology.

Title: Sam Rayburn Dam contract signing preliminary check list, February 7, 1964
Identifier: camh-dob-002176
Topic: Dams, Contracts--Government
Dates: 1964-02-07
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A typed list of things to have ready for the contract signing ceremony at the McGee Bend Dam.