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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
Box: 2007-255/293
Folder: GA-7-1-3 SC-KB Report - Press Statements re Proposed Report Approved
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: 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
Box: 2007-255/210
Folder: GA-7-1-3 San Clemente-Key Biscayne BJ's Notes
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: Budget, undated
Identifier: camh-dob-002169
Topic: United States Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations, Governmental Investigations
Box: 2007-255/293
Folder: GA-7-1-3 Hearing on GSA Expenditures at Presidential Complexes - San Clemente and Key Biscayne
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: 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
Box: 2007-255/213
Folder: BJ's Notebook
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: 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
Box: 2007-255/293
Folder: GA-7-1-3 SC-KB Report - Press Statements re Proposed Report Approved
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: Draft statement, [August 1973]
Identifier: camh-dob-002053
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: United States Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations, Governmental Investigations
Dates: 1973-08
Box: 2007-255/282
Folder: 246.3
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A draft statement from Jack Brooks reacting to a White House statement that questioning evidence found by the Government Activities Subcommittee.

Title: Draft statement, [August 1973]
Identifier: camh-dob-002055
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: United States Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations, Governmental Investigations
Dates: 1973-08
Box: 2007-255/282
Folder: 246.3
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Jack Brooks asks the White House for clarification regarding the veracity of two documents released by the White House that discuss the sale of property belonging to President Nixon in San Clemente. He states that the documents have a variety of inconsistent dates.

Title: Fact sheet, undated [1973]
Identifier: camh-dob-001992
Topic: United States Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations, Governmental Investigations
Dates: 1973
Box: 2007-255/213
Folder: BJ's Notebook
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Fact sheet summarizing the investigation into federal spending on President Richard Nixon's private homes. This fact sheet was attached to a memorandum written by Bill Jones.

Title: Government Operations Committee news release announcing congressional investigation, July 12, 1973
Identifier: camh-dob-001371
Topic: United States Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations, Governmental Investigations
Box: 2007-255/180
Folder: LBJ et al, File 2 of 2
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A news release announcing the investigation into the use of federal funds for improvements to President Richard Nixon's Key Biscayne and San Clemente properties.

Title: Handwritten notes, undated
Identifier: camh-dob-001993
Creator: Jones, Bill
Topic: United States Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations, Governmental Investigations
Box: 2007-255/213
Folder: BJ's Notebook
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Handwritten notes, likely by Jack Brooks's longtime aide, Bill Jones, regarding the 1973 investigation of public funds spent on presidential properties. The notes include total known expenditures at San Clemente, California, and Key Biscayne, Florida, which at that point totaled $10,124,000, excluding approximately $1,000,000 per year for Secret Service guards. Also listed are seven items of interest, including a $65,000 fence at Key Biscayne that was a replica of the White House fence, and $172,000 spent on landscaping and paving at San Clemente to enhance its value.

Title: House Committee on Government Operations report on expenditure of federal funds in support of Presidential properties, May 20, 1974
Identifier: camh-dob-001330
Topic: United States Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations, Governmental Investigations
Dates: 1974-05-20
Box: 2007-255/328
Folder: BKUP Taxes
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Report detailing unnecessary federal spending on President Richard Nixon's private residences. Contains "supplemental Views of Hon. Jack Brooks."

Title: Investigations into Expenditures at San Clemente and Key Biscayne, undated
Identifier: camh-dob-001240
Topic: United States Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations, Governmental Investigations
Box: 2007-255/328
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Unattributed notes, possibly written by Jack Brooks or his staff, outlining the results of several investigations into government expenditures at San Clemente and Key Biscayne, all of which determined that improper expenditures were made, and that President Richard Nixon personally benefited at public expense.

Title: Issues, undated
Identifier: camh-dob-002167
Creator: Jones, Bill
Topic: United States Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations, Governmental Investigations
Box: 2007-255/293
Folder: GA-7-1-3 SC-KB Report - Press Statements re Proposed Report Approved
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Issues to be explored in depth during hearings regarding federal spending on President Richard Nixon's private homes in San Clemente, CA and Key Biscayne, FL. Document provided to Jack Brooks by staffer Bill Jones.

Title: JB's comments, December 18, 1973
Identifier: camh-dob-002170
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: United States Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations, Governmental Investigations
Dates: 1973-12-18
Box: 2007-255/293
Folder: GA-7-1-3 Hearing on GSA Expenditures at Presidential Complexes - San Clemente and Key Biscayne
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Copy of a statement made by Jack Brooks in response to the release of the Government Accountability Office's audit of federal spending on the private property of Presidents of the United States.

Title: Key Biscayne plot map, undated
Identifier: camh-dob-001988
Topic: United States Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations, Governmental Investigations
Box: 2007-255/208
Folder: Key Biscayne Plot Plan
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A labelled plot map of President Richard Nixon's private home in Key Biscayne, Florida. This home, along with President Nixon's home in San Clemente, CA, were part of an investigation into federal spending by Jack Brooks.

Title: Letter from Bryce Harlow to Jack Brooks, August 31, 1973
Identifier: camh-dob-002564
Creator: Harlow, Bryce Nathaniel, 1916-1987
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: United States Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations, Governmental Investigations
Dates: 1973-08-31
Box: 2007-255/194
Folder: 0.5
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Letter written by Bryce Harlow, aide to President Richard Nixon, responding to Jack Brooks's inquiry about inconsistencies in the audits of spending at Key Biscayne and San Clemente.

Title: Letter from Jack Brooks to Bryce Harlow, August 31, 1973
Identifier: camh-dob-001443
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Contributor: Harlow, Bryce Nathaniel, 1916-1987
Topic: United States Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations, Governmental Investigations
Dates: 1973-08-31
Box: 2007-255/180
Folder: LBJ et al, File 2 of 2
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A letter from Jack Brooks to White House aide Bryce Harlow regarding certain inconsistencies discovered in the investigation and audits of President Richard Nixon's Key Biscayne and San Clemente properties.

Title: Letter from Jack Brooks to John Buchanan, Jr., April 1, 1974
Identifier: camh-dob-002092
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Contributor: Buchanan, John H. (John Hall), 1928-
Topic: United States Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations, Governmental Investigations
Dates: 1974-04-01
Box: 2007-255/293
Folder: GA-7-1-3 SC-KB Report - Press Statements re Proposed Report Approved
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A copy of a letter from Jack Brooks in response to one from fellow Government Affairs Subcommittee member John Buchanan, Jr. Brooks pushes back against Buchanan's assertion that the report on federal spending on President Richard Nixon's private homes included material from individuals who did not appear as witnesses during the subcommittee's hearings.

Title: Letter from John Buchanan, Jr. to Jack Brooks, March 27, 1974
Identifier: camh-dob-002093
Creator: Buchanan, John H. (John Hall), 1928-
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: United States Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations, Governmental Investigations
Dates: 1974-03-27
Box: 2007-255/293
Folder: GA-7-1-3 SC-KB Report - Press Statements re Proposed Report Approved
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A letter from Congressman John Buchanan, Jr. asserting that the report on federal spending on President Richard Nixon's private homes included material from individuals who did not appear as witnesses during the Government Affairs Subcommittee's hearings on the matter. Buchanan was a member of the subcommittee.

Title: Letter from Ted Kennedy to Jack Brooks, October 24, 1973
Identifier: camh-dob-002056
Creator: Kennedy, Edward M. (Edward Moore), 1932-2009
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: United States Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations, Governmental Investigations
Dates: 1973-11-24
Box: 2007-255/282
Folder: 246.3
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Senator Ted Kennedy thanks Jack Brooks for investigating the use of presidential funds at private properties.

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