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Title: Additional Views of Congressman Jack Brooks, undated
Identifier: camh-dob-001850
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Impeachment, Watergate Affair (1972-1974)
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Statement laying out Jack Brooks's views on President Richard Nixon's impeachment and the alleged crimes committed.

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: Remarks of Congressman Jack Brooks, December 6, 1973
Identifier: camh-dob-000973
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Watergate Affair (1972-1974), United States Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary
Dates: 1973-12-06
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Jack Brooks's speech to Congress regarding the ability of Gerald Ford to serve as Vice President.

Title: Remarks of Congressman Jack Brooks, Federal Executive Board seminar, Arlington, Texas, January 17, 1974
Identifier: camh-dob-002198
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Watergate Affair (1972-1974), Electronic data processing
Dates: 1974-01-17
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Remarks made by Jack Brooks touching on the impacts of the Watergate scandal, government corruption, and the promise of automatic data processing.

Title: Remarks of Congressman Jack Brooks, Jefferson County Democratic Executive Committee Meeting, Jefferson County Courthouse, Beaumont, Texas, Friday, February 8, 1974
Identifier: camh-dob-001015
Topic: Watergate Affair (1972-1974), United States Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary
Dates: 1974-02-08
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Jack Brooks's speech to his constituents in Beaumont about his involvement in the Watergate Investigation as a member of the House Judiciary Committee. Brooks emphasizes his belief that the investigation should not be partisan, and addresses accusations and rumors that the investigation is a ploy by Democrats to take away the Presidency via impeachment.

Title: Remarks of Congressman Jack Brooks, OCAW District 4 Legislative Conference, May 15, 1974
Identifier: camh-dob-001731
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Labor unions, Watergate Affair (1972-1974)
Dates: 1974-05-15
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Speech given by Jack Brooks to union leaders highlighting gains made by labor in his district from the hardships of the 1930s to the economic downturn of the 1970s. The House Judiciary Watergate Hearings began shortly before Brooks gave this speech and he promises a thorough investigation. OCAW was the Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers union.

Title: Remarks of Congressman Jack Brooks, undated
Identifier: camh-dob-001089
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: United States Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary, Watergate Affair (1972-1974)
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A draft of Jack Brooks's speech before the Judiciary Committee regarding Ford's eligibility for Vice President.

Title: Remarks of Hon[orable] Jack Brooks, Pi Sigma Alpha Political Science National Honor Society, Friday, November 6, 1998
Identifier: camh-dob-000992
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Watergate Affair (1972-1974), Governmental Investigations
Dates: 1998-11-06
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Jack Brooks's remarks with handwritten notes about the Nixon impeachment and how it differs from the then ongoing impeachment of President Clinton.

Title: Remarks on President Nixon's resignation, August 6, 1974
Identifier: camh-dob-001851
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Impeachment, Watergate Affair (1972-1974)
Dates: 1974-08-06
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Short statement from Brooks calling President Richard Nixon's resignation "the right decision" for the nation. Not clear whether this is the statement Brooks released.