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Title: Additional Views of Congressman Jack Brooks, undated
Identifier: camh-dob-001850
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Impeachment, Watergate Affair (1972-1974)
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Statement laying out Jack Brooks's views on President Richard Nixon's impeachment and the alleged crimes committed.

Title: Address by Joseph A. Califano, Jr. before the Harvard Law School Association of the District of Columbia at the Washington Hotel, January 17, 1974
Identifier: camh-dob-001145
Creator: Califano, Joseph A., 1931-
Topic: Watergate Affair (1972-1974), Impeachment
Dates: 1974-01-17
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Joseph Califano was a former aid to President Lyndon Johnson and powerful Washington lawyer. His speech, titled "On the Impeachable Offenses of Richard Nixon." Califano disimisses the argument that Nixon was simply misled by his advisors. "Reasonable men," Califono said, "may doubt [Nixon's] advance involvement in the DNC Watergate bugging and burglary; they must recognize that he would have been unworthy of his political success if he were not deeply involved in everything that folllowed the capture of the burglars on June 17, 1972." He also lays out a constitutional and statutory basis for impeaching the president.

Title: Annotated speech excerpts, July 24, 1974-July 30, 1974
Identifier: camh-dob-002100
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: United States Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary, Impeachment
Dates: 1974-07-30
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Speech urging the House Judiciary Committee pass Articles of Impeachment out of committee. The speeches are snippets of colloquy that Jack Brooks delivered during the hearings, most falling on Tuesday, July 29th. Brooks's focus in these speeches is on the charges of tax fraud against President Richard Nixon, and his personal efforts to induce the IRS to institute audits and investigations against his political enemies.

Title: Brooks statement, Judiciary Committee, July 29, 1974
Identifier: camh-dob-001834
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Impeachment, United States Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary
Dates: 1974-07-29
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Statement made by Jack Brooks regarding impeachment and the impacts of President Richard Nixon's offenses on the nation.

Title: Brooks statement, Judiciary Committee, undated
Identifier: camh-dob-001838
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Impeachment, United States Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Statement made by Jack Brooks during Judiciary Committee impeachment hearings regarding President Richard Nixon's use of the Internal Revenue Service as a political tool.

Title: Chairman statement second day, October 11, 1973
Identifier: camh-dob-001995
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: United States Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations, Governmental Investigations
Dates: 1973-10-11
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Statement delivered by Jack Brooks during Arthur Sampson, Administrator of the Government Services Administration's, appearance before the Government Activities Subcommittee hearing as it investigated federal spending on President Richard Nixon's private homes.

Title: Draft of Jack Brooks's speech to the House of Representatives regarding the Vietnam Resolution, November 3, 1969
Identifier: camh-dob-001202
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Vietnam War (1961-1975), Legislation
Dates: 1969-11-03
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A draft with handwritten edits of Jack Brooks's remarks to the House of Representatives regarding a Vietnam Resolution which he was co-sponsoring with fifty other Democrats. His speech calls for Americans and Congress to support President Richard Nixon's efforts to negotiate a "lasting peace in Vietnam." A copy of the resolution is attached to Congressman Jim Wright's November 3, 1969 letter to Brooks [camh-dob-001138].

Title: Draft opening statement of Jack Brooks, Impeachment Hearing, July 24, 1974
Identifier: camh-dob-002422
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: United States Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary, Governmental Investigations
Dates: 1974-07-24
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Draft of Jack Brooks's opening statement during impeachment hearings in the Judiciary Committee.

Title: Draft Remarks: The Nixon Pardon, September 11, 1974
Identifier: camh-dob-002419
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Impeachment
Dates: 1974-09-11
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Draft statement regarding President Gerald Ford's pardon of former President Richard Nixon.

Title: Draft statement, August 1, 1973
Identifier: camh-dob-002049
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Governmental Investigations
Dates: 1973-08-01
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Draft statement juxtaposing President Richard Nixon's use of federal funds on his private homes with the difficulty average Americans faced in owning their homes.

Title: The Issue of the Present Economic Situation, July 19, 1974
Identifier: camh-dob-001220
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Economic policy
Dates: 1974-07-19
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A draft statement with handwritten notes and edits in which Jack Brooks addresses the economic situation of inflation in the United States in 1974. Brooks analyzes past unsuccessful policies and recent economic statistics released by the Department of Labor. He acknowledges the connections between slowing economic activity, the "depressing effects of energy shortages," and unemployment, and how those factors, combined with continuing inflation, could cause "another period of stagflation." He states that it is up to the government to make progress towards curbing inflation, and he criticizes the Nixon Administration's policy errors for the economic difficulties that the country faces. Brooks proposes possible steps towards correcting the economy.

Title: Jack Brooks statement, Judiciary Committee, undated
Identifier: camh-dob-001835
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Impeachment, United States Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Longer version of statement found in camh-dob-001834 regarding impeachment and President Richard Nixon's offenses.

Title: JB's comments, December 18, 1973
Identifier: camh-dob-002170
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: United States Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations, Governmental Investigations
Dates: 1973-12-18
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Copy of a statement made by Jack Brooks in response to the release of the Government Accountability Office's audit of federal spending on the private property of Presidents of the United States.

Title: Misuse of IRS, undated
Identifier: camh-dob-001837
Topic: Impeachment, United States Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Typewritten statement with some edits regarding President Richard Nixon's misues of the Internal Revenue Service.

Title: Opening Statement of Congressman Jack Brooks, hearing on expenditure of federal funds in support of Presidential properties (second day), October 11, 1973
Identifier: camh-dob-001994
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: United States Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations, Governmental Investigations
Dates: 1973-10-11
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Opening statement delivered by Jack Brooks on the second day of hearings investigating the expenditure of federal funds on President Richard Nixon's private homes.

Title: Proposed statement - burden of proof for impeachment proceedings in the House, undated
Identifier: camh-dob-001852
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Impeachment, United States Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Statement from Jack Brooks to the House Judiciary Committee on the question of whether impeachment needs to meet the burden of proof beyond a reasonable doubt. He argues that it does not.

Title: Remarks of Congressman Jack Brooks, commencement exercises of the University of Texas Medical Branch, Moody Civic Center, Galveston, Texas, Saturday, May 27, 1978
Identifier: camh-dob-001552
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Dates: 1978-05-27
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Jack Brooks's commencement speech in which he draws parallels between the functions, problems, and expectations of politicians and physicians. Brooks notes that they are both public servants. Brooks analyses former Presidents as leaders and draws lessons from their successes and failures. A doctor later reached out to Brooks to commend him on this speech [camh-dob-001548].

Title: Remarks of Congressman Jack Brooks, Democratic Get-Out-The-Vote Rally, Masonic Temple, Port Arthur, Texas, Monday, October 19, 1970
Identifier: camh-dob-002012
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Political Campaigns, Elections
Dates: 1970-10-19
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Remarks delivered by Jack Brooks highlighting his record, criticizing the Nixon Administration, and encouraging his constituents to vote.

Title: Remarks of Congressman Jack Brooks, Federal Executive Board seminar, Arlington, Texas, January 17, 1974
Identifier: camh-dob-002198
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Watergate Affair (1972-1974), Electronic data processing
Dates: 1974-01-17
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Remarks made by Jack Brooks touching on the impacts of the Watergate scandal, government corruption, and the promise of automatic data processing.

Title: Remarks of Congressman Jack Brooks, Galveston Chamber of Commerce Legislative Breakfast, Monday, March 30, 1970
Identifier: camh-dob-002003
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Economic policy
Dates: 1970-03-30
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Remarks delivered by Jack Brooks regarding the Nixon Administration's economic policy and its impact on the 9th Congressional District.

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