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Title: A bill to amend the Act of March 2, 1945, Public Law 14, 79th Congress, 1st Session, undated
Identifier: camh-dob-002290
Topic: Dams, Legislation
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A copy of a proposed bill to amend the law authorizing planning of the McGee Bend Dam. This was an enclosure to the letter sent by E.L. Kurth, Sr. on February 13, 1956. (camh-dob-002289)

Title: Joint Statement of the Waterways Committee and the Fresh Water Supply Committee of the Port Arthur, Texas, Chamber of Commerce to the Bureau of the Budget on Navigation Improvements Sabine-Neches Waterway, Texas and Fresh Water Supply McGee Bend Dam in Washington D.C., October 23, 1959
Identifier: camh-dob-001462
Topic: Legislation, Dams
Dates: 1959-10-23
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A statement to Congress from the Port Arthur Chamber of Commerce regarding how important two proposed infrastructure projects, the Sabine-Neches waterway and the McGee Bend Dam, are to Port Arthur and the surrounding region. Port Arthur was in Jack Brooks's district and he played an integral role working with his constituents to appropriate federal funding for the projects.

Title: Letter from Allen J. Ellender to Lyndon B. Johnson, May 22, 1959
Identifier: camh-dob-001465
Creator: Ellender, Allen J., 1890-1972
Contributor: Johnson, Lyndon Baines, 1908-1973
Topic: Legislation, Dams
Dates: 1959-05-22
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Senator Allen J. Ellender, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Public Works, lets Senator Lyndon B. Johnson know that he received Johnson's letter and the enclosed statements from Jack Brooks regarding the McGee Bend Dam and the Sabine-Neches Waterway. He says that the statements from Brooks will be made a part of the hearings on the Public Work Appropriations bill.

Title: Letter from Jack Brooks to George H. Fallon, June 26, 1954
Identifier: camh-dob-002294
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Contributor: Fallon, George H.
Topic: Dams, Legislation
Dates: 1954-06-26
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Copy of a letter sent by Jack Brooks to George H. Fallon, member of the Rivers and Harbors Subcommittee, detailing proposed modifications to the McGee Bend Dam project.

Title: Letter from Jack Brooks to the Chairman of the Waterways Committee of the Port Arthur Chamber of Commerce, March 23, 1960
Identifier: camh-dob-001457
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Legislation, Dams
Dates: 1960-03-23
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Jack Brooks writes to Munger T. Ball, Chairman of the Waterways Committee of the Port Arthur Chamber of Commerce, telling him that he will have the opportunity to testify before the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Public Works on the McGee Bend Dam. He mentions that written statements regarding the other projects important to the district, including the Sabine-Neches waterway, should be prepared and submitted, but that in the interest of time, the oral arguments should be saved for discussing the McGee Bend Dam only.

Title: Letter from Lyndon B. Johnson to Jack Brooks, May 28, 1959
Identifier: camh-dob-001464
Creator: Johnson, Lyndon Baines, 1908-1973
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Legislation, Dams
Dates: 1959-05-28
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Lyndon B. Johnson, the Senate majority leader, writes to Jack Brooks to let him know that his statements on the McGee Bend Dam and the Sabine-Neches Waterway, which Johnson sent to the Committee on Appropriations, will be heard as part of the hearing on the Public Works Appropriations bill.

Title: News release, July 16, 1963
Identifier: camh-dob-002174
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Dams, Legislation
Dates: 1963-07-16
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Release announcing that Jack Brooks is introducing legislation to rename the McGee Bend Dam the Sam Rayburn Dam to honor the late Speaker of the House.

Title: Newsletter to constituents from Jack Brooks, October 1959
Identifier: camh-dob-001038
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Legislation, Dams
Dates: 1959-10
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A newsletter updating constituents on work Brooks was completing in the House of Representatives, including the construction of the McGee Bend Dam (later named the Sam Rayburn Dam).

Title: Public Law 88-123, 88th Congress, H.R. 7594, September 11, 1963
Identifier: camh-dob-001878
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Dams, Legislation
Dates: 1963-09-11
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Law renaming the McGee Bend Dam the Sam Rayburn Dam and Reservoir.

Title: Statement by Congressman Jack Brooks on failure of house to override veto of public works appropriation, September 2, 1959
Identifier: camh-dob-001461
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Legislation, Dams
Dates: 1959-09-02
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A draft of a statement submitted to the press regarding the failure of the House of override President Dwight Eisenhower's veto of the Public Works Appropriation bill, which contained the funds for the McGee Bend Dam and the Sabine-Neches Waterway.

Title: Statement by Congressman Jack Brooks regarding Eisenhower veto of Public Works Appropriation Bill, August 28, 1959
Identifier: camh-dob-001460
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Legislation, Dams
Dates: 1959-08-28
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Jack Brooks comments on President Dwight Eisenhower's veto of the Public Works Appropriation bill, which included the funds needed to create the McGee Bend Dam and improve the Sabine-Neches waterway. Brooks calls Eisenhower's decision "callous" in light of the need to harness natural resources to defend America against communism.

Title: Telegram from Jack Brooks urging McGee Bend Dam supporters to take action, April 12, 1955
Identifier: camh-dob-001056
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Contributor: Easterling, E.W., Weed, W. F.
Topic: Dams, Legislation
Dates: 1955-04-12
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A telegram from Jack Brooks to Ed Easterling, an attorney for the Lower Neches Valley Authority, and W.F. Weed, the President of the Lower Neches Valley Authority, asking them to round up McGee Bend Dam supporters for a meeting with Budget Director Hughes in Longview.

Title: Telegram statement from Jack Brooks regarding McGee Bend Dam and Majority Leader Johnson's role
Identifier: camh-dob-001055
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Dams, Legislation
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A telegram statement from Jack Brooks to local media regarding Senate Majority Leader Lyndon B. Johnson's role in McGee Bend Dam funding legislation.

Title: Telegram statement from Jack Brooks to Beaumont and Lufkin media regarding McGee Bend Dam, June 13, 1956
Identifier: camh-dob-001049
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Dams, Legislation
Dates: 1956-06-13
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Telegram statement from Jack Brooks to Beaumont and Lufkin media regarding McGee Bend Dam, June 13, 1956.