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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: Additional Views of Hon. John N. Erlenborn and Hon. John W. Wydler, undated
Identifier: camh-dob-002095
Creator: Erlenborn, John Neal, 1927-2005, Wydler, John W.
Topic: United States Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations, Governmental Investigations
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Copy of a statement released by Congressmen John Ernlenborn and John Wydler criticizing the leak of the Government Activities Subcommittee's draft report on federal spending on President Richard Nixon's private homes.

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
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: 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: 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: Approval of scheme authorizing commitment of unconstitutional and illegal acts
Identifier: camh-dob-002423
Topic: United States Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary, Governmental Investigations
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A memo by Jack Brooks's staff regarding President Nixon's approval of unconstitutional and illegal acts, including a domestic intelligence gathering operation and illegal entries into the offices of the Democratic National Committee.

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: Bloom County cartoon, August 10, 1987
Identifier: camh-dob-002335
Topic: Iran-Contra Affair (1985-1990), Governmental Investigations
Dates: 1987-08-10
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A cartoon strip from the Bloom County cartoon by Berke Brethed in the Washington Post satirizing the Iran-Contra hearings.

Title: Bloom County cartoon, undated
Identifier: camh-dob-002336
Topic: Iran-Contra Affair (1985-1990), Governmental Investigations
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A cartoon strip from the Bloom County cartoon by Berke Brethed in the Washington Post satirizing the Iran-Contra hearings.

Title: Brooks bill would reauthorize Independent Counsel statute, February 4, 1993
Identifier: camh-dob-001004
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Legislation, Governmental Investigations
Dates: 1993-02-04
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: News release about Jack Brooks introducing legislation, H.R. 811, to reauthorize the Independent Counsel provisions of the Ethics in Government Act for five years, allowing the Attorney General to appoint prosecutors outside of the Justice Department to handle criminal cases involving high-level Federal officials. The original legislation was inspired by the "Saturday Night Massacre" during the Watergate scandal, and was reauthorized twice during the Reagan Administration, but expired due to filibuster threat by Senate Republicans. Brooks criticizes former Attorney General [Barr] for his refusal to use Independent Counsel in the past, including during the INSLAW investigation, when there were allegations of criminal conspiracy by Justice officials documented by two Federal Courts.

Title: Brooks urges protection to public from radioactive material shipments, June 28, 1972
Identifier: camh-dob-002233
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Hazardous substances, Governmental Investigations
Dates: 1972-06-28
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: News release announcing the results of a hearing in the Government Activities Subcommittee, chaired by Jack Brooks, investigating the shipment of hazardous radioactive materials on passenger aircraft.

Title: Budget, undated
Identifier: camh-dob-002169
Topic: United States Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations, Governmental Investigations
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Typed budget for the Government Activities Subcommittee's investigation of federal spending on President Richard Nixon's private homes. The budget is unsigned and undated, but likely prepared by a staffer.

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: 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 note from Arthur Sampson to a newspaper columnist, March 22, 1974
Identifier: camh-dob-002090
Creator: Sampson, Arthur F., 1926-
Topic: Governmental Investigations
Dates: 1974-03-22
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A copy of a note sent by General Services Administration administrator Arthur Sampson to newspaper columnist Jack Anderson.

Title: Copy of Statement by Arthur F. Sampson, March 23, 1974
Identifier: camh-dob-002091
Creator: Sampson, Arthur F., 1926-
Topic: United States Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations, Governmental Investigations
Dates: 1974-03-23
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A copy of a statement released by General Services Administration administrator Arthur F. Sampson refuting the findings of the Government Activities Subcommittee's investigation of inappropriate use of federal funds to improve President Nixon's private homes in San Clemente, CA and Key Biscayne, FL. The subcommittee was chaired by Jack Brooks.

Title: Dismissal of suit on San Clemente and Key Biscayne, undated
Identifier: camh-dob-001245
Topic: United States Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary, Governmental Investigations
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Unattributed notes, probably written by Jack Brooks or his staff, regarding the recent court dismissal of a lawsuit (brought in part by two members of Congress) to recover funds spent at Key Biscayne.

Title: Donald Alexander Letter, April 2, 1974
Identifier: camh-dob-001242
Creator: Alexander, Donald C. (Donald Crichton), 1921-2009
Contributor: Jaworski, Leon
Topic: United States Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary, Governmental Investigations
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Copy of a letter from Internal Revenue Service Commissioner Donald Alexander to Special Prosecutor Leon Jaworski, dated April 2, 1974, referring the question of possible violations of Section 7206(2) of the Internal Revenue Code to the Special Prosecutor's office.

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