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Title: Annotated speech draft regarding supersonic transport investment, undated
Identifier: camh-dob-001093
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: United States. Federal Aviation Administration, Supersonic planes
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A detailed speech explaining why Jack Brooks does not support a proposed supersonic transport project.

Title: Letter from Jack Brooks to John Volpe, March 5, 1971
Identifier: camh-dob-001094
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Contributor: Volpe, John A.
Topic: United States. Federal Aviation Administration, Supersonic planes
Dates: 1971-03-05
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Questions for John Volpe, the Secretary of Transportation, regarding the economics of a proposed supersonic transport project and its burden on tax payers.

Title: Remarks of Congressman Jack Brooks, March 17, 1971
Identifier: camh-dob-001092
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: United States. Federal Aviation Administration, Supersonic planes
Dates: 1971-03-17
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A statement explaining Jack Brooks's trepidations regarding the government investing in supersonic transport.

Title: Report regarding a lobbyist attending supersonic transport subhearings, undated
Identifier: camh-dob-001095
Topic: Supersonic planes
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A report describing the actions of a supersonic transport industry lobbyist who invited himself to a subhearing on the issue. The lobbyist had knowledge of Jack Brooks's letter to John Volpe, the Secretary of Transportation, describing his trepidations about the project, which Volpe had yet to respond to. The interaction raises Brooks's suspicions regarding how involved the private airline industry already is in the government's consideration of this matter.