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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)
Box: 2007-255/326
Folder: File V
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: Annotated draft of press release, September 23, 1964
Identifier: camh-dob-001811
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: United States Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary, Governmental Investigations
Dates: 1964-09-23
Box: 2007-255/112
Folder: 88.17
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Draft of a press release regarding a proposal by House Republicans and members of the Southern Bloc to create a special subcommittee of the Judiciary Committee to investigate the Justice Department. The Teamsters union, including its leader James R. Hoffa, pressed for such an investigation.

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
Box: 2007-255/326
Folder: 0.22
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 subcommittee approves report on air traffic control development program, July 8, 1970
Identifier: camh-dob-002196
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Aircraft accidents
Dates: 1970-07-08
Box: 2007-255/124
Folder: Brooks Press Releases and Statements, 1969-1970
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A news release announcing the Government Activities Subcommittee's report on air traffic control systems under the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). Jack Brooks was the chairman of the subcommittee and engaged in a lengthy investigation of the FAA. Four months after this report was released, the plane carrying the Marshall University football team crashed in Huntington, West Virginia killing all on board. See item camh-dob-002195 for Brooks's statement on the crash.

Title: CBS Survey, January 10, 1974
Identifier: camh-dob-001734
Topic: Impeachment, Surveys
Dates: 1974-01-10
Box: 2007-255/302
Folder: 254.22
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Survey sent by CBS News to House members regarding their views on President Richard Nixon's potential impeachment and their sense of what their district thinks. Jack Brooks marks Inflation and the Oil Crisis as the two most important issues in his district at the time. He indicates that his district would be for impeachment, that impeachment would help his own re-election, and that his opinion of President Nixon has lowered. He does not answer whether he would vote for impeachment.

Title: Closing statement of Congressman Jack Brooks ending hearings on increased efficiency and effectiveness in the management and use of data processing techniques, July 20, 1967
Identifier: camh-dob-002185
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: United States Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations, Electronic data processing
Dates: 1967-07-20
Box: 2007-255/124
Folder: Speeches-Press Releases 1967-1968
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Closing statement delivered by Jack Brooks, chairman of the Government Activities Subcommittee, on the progress made in his subcommittee's hearings on electronic data processing.

Title: Count on Iran mail, undated
Identifier: camh-dob-002347
Topic: Iran-Contra Affair (1985-1990), Letters
Box: 2007-255/620
Folder: Legis: Iran, 1987 (handwritten)
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Handwritten note tallying up letters received by Jack Brooks regarding the Iran-Contra investigation.

Title: Draft -- Additional Views of Congressman Jack Brooks, August 5, 1974
Identifier: camh-dob-001893
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: United States Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary, Impeachment
Dates: 1974-08-05
Box: 2007-255/329
Folder: File V
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Typed draft of Jack Brooks's view that Richard Nixon violated the emoluments clause of the Constitution and that the articles of impeachment should have included this violation. Future drafts of this statement were signed by other Democratic members of the House Judiciary Committee.

Title: Draft of Statement regarding Special House Judiciary Subcommittee, July 22, 1959
Identifier: camh-dob-001803
Topic: United States Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary, Governmental Investigations
Dates: 1959-07-22
Box: 2007-255/78
Folder: Sp. Jud. Sub.
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Annotated draft of a statement that outlines the objectives of a new subcommittee to investigate state taxation of income derived from interstate commerce. Jack Brooks was a member of the subcommittee.

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
Box: 2007-255/325
Folder: 0.25
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Draft of Jack Brooks's opening statement during impeachment hearings in the Judiciary Committee.

Title: Draft, remarks of Congressman Jack Brooks on the Ford confirmation, undated
Identifier: camh-dob-001856
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: United States. Congress. House, United States Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary
Box: 2007-255/326
Folder: 0.28
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Draft remarks by Jack Brooks on his vote to approve Gerald Ford's nomination as Vice President.

Title: Government Activities Subcommittee activities report, 91st Congress, August 6, 1970
Identifier: camh-dob-002191
Topic: United States Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations, Governmental Investigations
Dates: 1970-08-06
Box: 2007-255/124
Folder: Brooks Magazine Articles, 1967-1971
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Progress report on various investigations undertaken by the Government Activities Subcommittee of which Jack Brooks was the chairman. A handwritten note at the top of the first page indicates this may have been used in some Brooks publications (these would likely be newsletters or press releases).

Title: Handwritten note from Barbara Jordan to Jack Brooks, May 31, 1974
Identifier: camh-dob-002417
Creator: Jordan, Barbara, 1936-1996
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: United States Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary
Dates: 1974-05-31
Box: 2007-255/325
Folder: Rep. Jack Brooks
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A note from Congresswoman Barbara Jordan granting Jack Brooks her proxy on all votes before the Judiciary Committee on May 31, 1974.

Title: Handwritten notes regarding goals of the subcomittee investigating James Hoffa allegations, [1964]
Identifier: camh-dob-001812
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: United States Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary, Governmental Investigations
Dates: 1964
Box: 2007-255/112
Folder: 88.17
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Notes written in Jack Brooks's handwriting discussing a Judiciary subcommittee tasked with investigating the Justice Department. The notes assert that the subcommittee was created because of a pressure campaign by the Teamsters Union, led by James R. Hoffa. The notes indicate that Brooks supported a motion excluding pending court cases from the investigation. That motion was defeated by one vote during the committee meeting.

Title: House Judiciary Committee begins probe of Waco standoff, APril 28, 1993
Identifier: camh-dob-001000
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: United States Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary, Governmental Investigations
Dates: 1993-04-28
Box: 2007-255/746
Folder: 12
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: News release summarizing the beginning of the House Judiciary Committee hearing, chaired by Jack Brooks, on the Waco Standoff, featuring quotes from Attorney General Janet Reno, ATF Director Stephen E. Higgins, FBI Director William S. Sessions, and Chairman Jack Brooks.

Title: The Huntington air crash - a tragic consequence of false economy, extension of remarks of Hon. Jack Brooks of Texas in the House of Representatives, November 16, 1970
Identifier: camh-dob-002195
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Aircraft accidents
Dates: 1970-11-16
Box: 2007-255/124
Folder: Brooks Press Releases and Statements, 1969-1970
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Remarks by Jack Brooks regarding the plane crash in Huntington, West Virginia that took the lives of the Marshall University football team two days earlier. Brooks warns that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has not moved quickly enough to install safety equipment at the nation's airports. The Government Activities Subcommittee, of which Brooks was the chairman, engaged in extensive investigations of the FAA.

Title: Includes mail JB received today, undated
Identifier: camh-dob-002346
Topic: Iran-Contra Affair (1985-1990), Letters
Box: 2007-255/620
Folder: Legis: Iran, 1987 (handwritten)
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Handwritten note tallying up the letters Jack Brooks received regarding the Iran-Contra hearings and breaking them down into pro and con categories. This was in response to a request from Jim Cullen of the Beaumont Enterprise (camh-dob-002345)

Title: Jack Brooks remarks to Gerald Ford, undated
Identifier: camh-dob-001857
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Contributor: Ford, Gerald R., 1913-2006
Topic: United States. Congress. House, United States Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary
Box: 2007-255/326
Folder: 0.28
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Copy of remarks responding to Gerald Ford's answers to Brooks'ss 52 questions.

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
Box: 2007-255/326
Folder: 0.22
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Longer version of statement found in camh-dob-001834 regarding impeachment and President Richard Nixon's offenses.

Title: Judiciary Committee directory with handwritten annotations, September 22, 1964
Identifier: camh-dob-001813
Topic: United States Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary, Governmental Investigations
Dates: 1964-09-22
Box: 2007-255/112
Folder: 88.17
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Jack Brooks's annotated pamphlet features a tally of the Judiciary Committee's votes regarding the resolution to appoint an official subcommittee to investigate James R. Hoffa's allegations against the Justice Department. Brooks was a member of an ad hoc, five member subcommittee originally tasked with investigating the matter as well as the official, ten member subcommittee that replaced it.

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