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Title: House approves legislation to combat hate crimes
Identifier: camh-dob-000999
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Legislation
Box: 2007-255/746
Folder: 11
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: News release detailing Jack Brooks's proposed bill, H.R. 1152, which would direct the U.S. Sentencing Commission to adopt sentencing guidelines to increase, by three offense levels, the sentence imposed on those convicted of hate crimes.

Title: Letter from a constituent to Jack Brooks, April 22, 1965
Identifier: camh-dob-002267
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Civil Rights, Legislation
Dates: 1965-04-22
Box: 2007-255/133
Folder: Legis: Judiciary Voting Rights
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A letter sent by constituent Margie Cole asking Jack Brooks to send her information on Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Ms. Cole alleges discrimination on the basis of sex in certain promotions at her place of work.

Title: Letter from a constituent to Jack Brooks, August 11, 1959
Identifier: camh-dob-001621
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Legislation, Labor unions
Dates: 1959-08-11
Box: 2007-255/75
Folder: 9
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Charles M. Beard, a constituent and a member of the AFL-CIO, writes to Jack Brooks to ask him to support the Shelley Bill, a weaker bill that he believes will address graft and racketeering in unions while still allowing organized labor to advocate for its members.

Title: Letter from a constituent to Jack Brooks, August 11, 1959
Identifier: camh-dob-001612
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Legislation, Labor unions
Dates: 1959-08-11
Box: 2007-255/75
Folder: 7
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A constituent, David L. Davidson, writes in support of H.R. 8400, also known as the Landrum-Griffin Resolution, which was intended to curtail the strength of labor unions. He describes the three billls relating to labor that were currently before Congress: the Kennedy Bill, the Elliot Bill, and the Landrum-Griffin Bill.

Title: Letter from a constituent to Jack Brooks, August 11, 1959
Identifier: camh-dob-001611
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Legislation, Labor unions
Dates: 1959-08-11
Box: 2007-255/75
Folder: 7
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A constituent, W.H. Coffey, writes in support of H.R. 8400, also known as the Landrum-Griffin Resolution, which was intended to curtail the strength of labor unions. He criticizes Sam Rayburn's proposals regarding labor legislation.

Title: Letter from a constituent to Jack Brooks, August 12, 1959
Identifier: camh-dob-001613
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Legislation, Labor unions
Dates: 1959-08-12
Box: 2007-255/75
Folder: 7
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A constituent, S.F. O'Neal, writes in support of H.R. 8400, also known as the Landrum-Griffin Resolution, which was intended to curtail the strength of labor unions, particularly in terms of their leadership. A member of the local pipefitters union, O'Neal explains that he supports the bill because he believes it will provide protection to union members who are currently being exploited.

Title: Letter from a constituent to Jack Brooks, August 12, 1959
Identifier: camh-dob-001620
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Legislation, Labor unions
Dates: 1959-08-12
Box: 2007-255/75
Folder: 9
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: William Free, a constituent and a member of a railway labor union, writes to Jack Brooks to ask that he oppose any restrictive labor legislation. He writes that it is unfair for the mistakes of certain unions to lead to punishing all unions.

Title: Letter from a constituent to Jack Brooks, August 7, 1959
Identifier: camh-dob-001610
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Legislation, Labor unions
Dates: 1959-08-07
Box: 2007-255/75
Folder: 7
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A constituent, C.M. Scott, writes in support of H.R. 8400, also known as the Landrum-Griffin Resolution, which was intended to curtail the strength of labor unions, particularly in terms of their leadership.

Title: Letter from a constituent to Jack Brooks, August 7, 1959
Identifier: camh-dob-001614
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Legislation, Labor unions
Dates: 1959-08-07
Box: 2007-255/75
Folder: 7
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A constituent, Joe H. Bradley, writes in support of H.R. 8400, also known as the Landrum-Griffin Resolution, which was intended to curtail the strength of labor unions. He complains that it was expensive to build the apartment building he owns in Beaumont because of the cost of labor and that while he was eating dinner in New York City, union members picketting outside the restaurant insulted him and his wife.

Title: Letter from a constituent to Jack Brooks, August 8, 1959
Identifier: camh-dob-001615
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Legislation, Labor unions
Dates: 1959-08-08
Box: 2007-255/75
Folder: 7
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A constituent, A.E. Rosenthal, writes in support of H.R. 8400, also known as the Landrum-Griffin Resolution, which was intended to curtail the strength of labor unions. He complains that labor unions engage in "civil warfare."

Title: Letter from a constituent to Jack Brooks, May 10, 1969
Identifier: camh-dob-001585
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Protest movements
Dates: 1969-05-10
Box: 2007-255/188
Folder: Education and Labor Apr.-June 1969
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Letter from N.A. Merry regarding campus protests and federal funding.

Title: Letter from a constituent to Jack Brooks, May 27, 1960
Identifier: camh-dob-001619
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Legislation, Laundries
Dates: 1960-05-27
Box: 2007-255/75
Folder: 8
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Constituent Ellie Poole writes to Jack Brooks in order to ask him to exclude the laundry industry from the Fair Labor Standards Act. She explains that she works as a seamstress at a laundry and that if the minimum wage goes up, the laundry's prices will go up, and that will lead to a loss of business and therefore the loss of jobs.

Title: Letter from a constituent to Jack Brooks, May 5, 1969
Identifier: camh-dob-001584
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Protest movements
Dates: 1969-05-05
Box: 2007-255/188
Folder: Education and Labor Apr.-June 1969
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Letter from Joseph Louvier regarding campus protests and federal funding.

Title: Letter from a reporter to Jack Brooks, October 9, [1970]
Identifier: camh-dob-001763
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: United States Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary, School integration
Dates: 1970-10-09
Box: 2007-255/216
Folder: 191.9
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A letter from Grace Foote of the Port Arthur News asking Jack Brooks to answer questions for the newspaper's "Box 7-8-9" feature. Foote asks about the investigation of Justice William O. Douglas and school integration.

Title: Letter from Jack Brooks to a constituent, April 29, 1965
Identifier: camh-dob-002266
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Civil Rights, Legislation
Dates: 1965-04-25
Box: 2007-255/133
Folder: Legis: Judiciary Voting Rights
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A copy of a letter sent in reply by Jack Brooks to a constituent, Margie Cole, who wrote to him asking about employment protections in the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

Title: Letter from Jack Brooks to a reporter, October 22, 1970
Identifier: camh-dob-001764
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: United States Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary, School integration
Dates: 1970-10-22
Box: 2007-255/216
Folder: 191.9
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Copy of a letter written in response by Jack Brooks to a query from Grace Foote of the Port Arthur News. Brooks responds to Foote's questions regarding the investigation of Justice William O. Douglas and school integration.

Title: Letter from Jack Brooks to Peter Rodino, April 28, 1975
Identifier: camh-dob-001166
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Contributor: Rodino, Peter W.
Topic: Legislation, United States Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary
Dates: 1975-04-28
Box: 2007-255/349
Folder: 286.1
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Jack Brooks requests support from Judiciary Committee Chairman Peter Rodino in regards to a proposed amendment to the Voting Rights Act extension. The amendment was intended to avoid penalizing states like Texas that had already ratified bilingual ballots.

Title: Letter from Oil Workers International Union, C.I.O., to Jack Brooks, June 18, 1953
Identifier: camh-dob-001783
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Labor unions
Dates: 1953-06-18
Box: 2007-255/11
Folder: Personal - Congratulations Received
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Letter from the Oil Workers International Union commending Jack Brooks for his voting record on labor issues impacting the union.

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
Box: 2007-255/125
Folder: 118.1
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 the Texas Forestry Association to Jack Brooks, June 6, 1960
Identifier: camh-dob-001618
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Legislation, Forests and forestry
Dates: 1960-06-06
Box: 2007-255/75
Folder: 8
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: E.R. Waggoner, the Executive Secretary of the Texas Forestry Association, writes to Jack Brooks to thank him for considering the retention of the 12 man forestry and logging exception to the Fair Labor Standards Act.

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