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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: Answers to charges concerning the President's personal finances, December 8, 1973
Identifier: camh-dob-000948
Creator: Ziegler, Ronald L. (Ronald Louis), 1939-2003
Topic: Watergate Affair (1972-1974), Financial statements--analysis
Dates: 1973-12-08
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A detailed set of answers released by White House Press Secretary Ron Ziegler in response to various allegations regarding President RIchard Nixon's finances.

Title: Appropriations Subcommittee Hearing, June 27, 1973
Identifier: camh-dob-001990
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: United States Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations, Governmental Investigations
Dates: 1973-06-27
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Handwritten notes taken by Jack Brooks during an Appropriations Subcommittee hearing regarding public funds spent on the private homes of President Richard Nixon.

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: Copy of a House of Representatives resolution regarding peace in Vietnam, November 3, 1969
Identifier: camh-dob-001216
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012, Wright, Jim, 1922-2015
Topic: Vietnam War (1961-1975), United States. Congress. House
Dates: 1969-11-03
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A copy of the House of Representatives resolution supporting President Nixon and his efforts to negotiate a just peace in Vietnam. This resolution copy was attached to Jim Wright's November 3, 1969 letter to Jack Brooks [camh-dob-00138], in addition to a list of fifty Democratic co-sponsors [camh-dob-001217].

Title: Copy of letter from Richard Nixon to Raymond Lapin, November 26, 1969
Identifier: camh-dob-001703
Creator: Nixon, Richard M. Richard Milhous, 1913-1994
Contributor: Lapin, Raymond H.
Topic: Mortgages, Employees--Dismissal of
Dates: 1969-11-26
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Copy of letter sent by Richard Nixon informing Raymond Lapin he was being removed for cause. The copy was an enclosure in Brooks's letter to John A. Blatnik.

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: Form letter from Jack Brooks to constituents, undated [1970]
Identifier: camh-dob-001776
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Vietnam War (1961-1975)
Dates: 1970
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A standard letter sent by Jack Brooks to constituents who wrote to his office to express their disapproval with the expansion of the Vietnam War into other regions of Southeast Asia including Cambodia.

Title: Gallup Poll regarding Richard Nixon's Vietnam policies speech, November 5, 1969
Identifier: camh-dob-001200
Topic: Vietnam War (1961-1975), Speeches
Dates: 1969-11-05
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A two-page Gallup Poll detailing public approval ratings of President Nixon after his November 3, 1969 Vietnam policies speech. It reports that Nixon won a vote of confidence of seventy-seven percent of Americans on his Vietnam policies. The report says that although the public had a "highly favorable" initial reaction, public opinion in the coming weeks would largely depend on the actual withdrawal rate of U.S. troops from Vietnam. This Gallup Poll was attached to a November 5, 1969 letter from Special Assistant Bryce Harlow to Congressman Jack Brooks regarding President Nixon's public approval ratings [camh-dob-001141].

Title: Gift of "La Casa Pacifica", December 8, 1973
Identifier: camh-dob-000953
Creator: Ziegler, Ronald L. (Ronald Louis), 1939-2003
Topic: Watergate Affair (1972-1974), United States Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary
Dates: 1973-12-08
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A statement released by White House Press Secretary Ron Ziegler announcing that after the deaths of President Richard Nixon and First Lady Patricia Nixon, the Nixons' personal home and property in San Clemente, California will be given to the people of the United States.

Title: Government Operations Committee news release announcing congressional investigation, July 12, 1973
Identifier: camh-dob-001371
Topic: United States Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations, Governmental Investigations
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A news release announcing the investigation into the use of federal funds for improvements to President Richard Nixon's Key Biscayne and San Clemente properties.

Title: Handwritten draft of a resolution, March 7, 1974
Identifier: camh-dob-001869
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: United States Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary, Impeachment
Dates: 1974-03-07
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Handwritten draft of a resolution to send a letter to Judge John Sirica regarding materials the grand jury determined should be sent to the House Judiciary Committee. Handwriting appears to belong to Jack Brooks.

Title: Handwritten notes, April 4, 1974
Identifier: camh-dob-001887
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: United States Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary, Impeachment
Dates: 1974-04-04
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Handwritten notes on House Judiciary Committee notepaper regarding the impeachment inquiry. Notes are unsigned, but they appear to be written by Jack Brooks.

Title: Handwritten notes, February 14, 1974
Identifier: camh-dob-001874
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: United States Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary, Impeachment
Dates: 1974-02-14
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Handwritten notes on House Committee on Government Operations notepaper. Notes relate to the House Judiciary Committee's impeachment inquiry. Notes are unsigned, but handwriting appears to belong to Jack Brooks.

Title: Handwritten notes from Judiciary Committee meeting, April 11, 1974
Identifier: camh-dob-001866
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: United States Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary, Impeachment
Dates: 1974-04-11
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Handwritten notes on House Judiciary Committee notepaper regarding subpoenas. Notes are unsigned and in both pen and pencil, but handwriting may belong to Jack Brooks.

Title: Handwritten notes from Judiciary Committee meeting, April 25, 1974
Identifier: camh-dob-001865
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: United States Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary, Impeachment
Dates: 1974-04-25
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Handwritten notes on House Judiciary Committee notepaper regarding the status of the impeachment inquiry. Notes are unsigned, but handwriting may belong to Jack Brooks.

Title: Handwritten notes from Judiciary Committee meeting, March 14, 1974
Identifier: camh-dob-001868
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: United States Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary, Impeachment
Dates: 1974-03-14
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Handwritten notes regarding developments in the House Judiciary Committee's impeachment inquiry. Notes are unsigned, but handwriting may belong to Jack Brooks.

Title: Handwritten notes from Judiciary Committee meeting, March 5, 1974
Identifier: camh-dob-001871
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: United States Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary, Impeachment
Dates: 1974-03-05
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Handwritten notes regarding developments in the House Judiciary Committee's impeachment inquiry. Notes are unsigned, but handwriting may belong to Jack Brooks.

Title: Handwritten notes from Judiciary Committee meeting, March 7, 1974
Identifier: camh-dob-001870
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: United States Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary, Impeachment
Dates: 1974-03-07
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Handwritten notes regarding developments in the House Judiciary Committee's impeachment inquiry. Notes are unsigned, but handwriting may belong to Jack Brooks.

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