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Title: Additional Federal Costs Associated with the Operation of President Nixon's Properties at Key Biscayne and San Clemente, undated
Identifier: camh-dob-002096
Topic: United States Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations, Governmental Investigations
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Copy of a numbered list of additional expenditures at President Richard Nixon's private homes in San Clemente, CA and Key Biscayne, FL.

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: Annotated statement regarding Richard Nixon's noncompliance with subpeonas requesting White House tapes, undated
Identifier: camh-dob-001107
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: United States Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary, Governmental Investigations
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: An annotated draft of a statement by Jack Brooks regarding his frustration with President Richard Nixon's noncompliance with subpeonas during the impeachment inquiry against Nixon.

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: Answers to possible arguments posed by minority against emoluments charge, undated
Identifier: camh-dob-001243
Topic: United States Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary, Impeachment
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: List of arguments defending President Richard Nixon and responses to those arguments. Unattributed, but likely compiled by Jack Brooks or staff.

Title: The appearance of guilt, Washington Post, Monday, April 22, 1974
Identifier: camh-dob-001318
Creator: Alsop, Joseph, 1910-1989
Topic: Watergate Affair (1972-1974), Impeachment
Dates: 1974-04-22
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: An article by Joseph Alsop arguing that President Richard Nixon appears guilty. This article may have been used by Jack Brooks to push Congressman Peter Rodino, Chairman of the Judiciary Committee, towards impeachment.

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: Architectural plans and itemized summary of costs for the construction of a redwood fence on Richard Nixon's San Clemente property, June 1969
Identifier: camh-dob-001277
Topic: California-Yorba Linda-Richard M. Nixon Historical Site, Governmental Investigations
Dates: 1969-06
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: The Secret Service requested the installation of a security fence to protect President Richard Nixon's private home in San Clemente. The architect insisted on makiing it match the rest of the house, which increased the expense of the taxpayer-funded project.

Title: Background Information: White House Staff and President Nixon's Campaign Organizations, May 9, 1974
Identifier: camh-dob-001099
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Watergate Affair (1972-1974), Impeachment
Dates: 1974-05-09
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Research material used by Jack Brooks during the impeachment inquiry against President Richard Nixon. Highlighted and annotated by Brooks.

Title: Breakdown of votes in Senate for the override of President Nixon's veto of the OMB bill, [May 1973]
Identifier: camh-dob-002130
Topic: Legislation, United States. Congress. House
Dates: 1973-05
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: The document lists the breakdown of votes to override President Nixon's veto of a bill that would require Senate confirmation of appointees to the Office of Management and Budget.

Title: CBS Survey, January 10, 1974
Identifier: camh-dob-001734
Topic: Impeachment, Surveys
Dates: 1974-01-10
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: C.G. Rebozo Expenditure for Improvements and Furnishings to the President's Homes in Key Biscayne, Florida, undated
Identifier: camh-dob-001760
Topic: Governmental Investigations
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Document detailing money spent by C.G. Rebozo on updates to President Nixon's home in Key Biscayne, FL and asserting that the money used may have been campaign contributions originally.

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: Congressional Record - House, May 1, 1973
Identifier: camh-dob-002129
Topic: Legislation, United States. Congress. House
Dates: 1973-05-01
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: The annotated page from the Congressional Record was used to calculate the amount votes needed to override the veto of a bill passed by the House on May 1, 1973. The bill would require Senate confirmation of appointees to the Office of Management and Budget.

Title: Congressional Record - Senate, May 22, 1973
Identifier: camh-dob-002131
Topic: Legislation, United States. Congress. House
Dates: 1973-05-22
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: The annotated page from the Congressional Record lists the breakdown of votes to override President Nixon's veto of a bill that would require Senate confirmation of appointees to the Office of Management and Budget.

Title: Congressman Peter W. Rodino announces the results of the January 24 meeting of the Judiciary Committee's Advisory Committee on its impeachment inquiry, January 24, 1974
Identifier: camh-dob-001014
Topic: Watergate Affair (1972-1974), United States Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary
Dates: 1974-01-24
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A summary of the January 24, 1974 meeting of the Judiciary Committee with its Advisory Committee to receive a progress report from Special Counsel John Doar. The Advisory Committee agreed it was necessary for the Judiciary Committee to introduce a resolution to the House of Representatives to explicitly confirm the Judiciary Committee's responsibility and jurisdiction to investigate the conduct of the President and whether or not the President had committed Constitutionally impeachable offenses.

Title: Contract from the General Services Administration regarding the building of a fence on Richard Nixon's San Clemente property, July 23, 1969
Identifier: camh-dob-001441
Topic: Governmental Investigations, Contracts--Government
Dates: 1969-07-23
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A contract outlining the difficulties involved in completing the project at President Richard Nixon's private home and keeping it under budget.

Title: Contract from the General Services Administration regarding the building of a fence on Richard Nixon's San Clemente property, November 6, 1969
Identifier: camh-dob-001442
Topic: Governmental Investigations, Contracts--Government
Dates: 1969-11-06
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A contract outlining the difficulties involved in completing the project at President Richard Nixon's private home and keeping it under budget.

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].

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