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Title: Letter from a constituent to Jack Brooks, November 21, 1961
Identifier: camh-dob-001342
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: United States. Congress. House, Democratic party (U.S.)
Dates: 1961-11-21
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Letter from Bill Bradley, a constituent from Orange, TX, who is concerned that Rep. John McCormack will succeed Sam Rayburn as Speaker of the House and put his religious preferences ahead of his governmental duty.

Title: Letter from Jack Brooks to a constituent, November 29, 1961
Identifier: camh-dob-001341
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: United States. Congress. House, Democratic party (U.S.)
Dates: 1961-11-29
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Letter from Jack Brooks to a constituent reassuring him that the Democratic members of the House would not elect a Speaker who put any particular group of people ahead of the nation's interests.

Title: Letter from John McCormack to Jack Brooks, November 24, 1961
Identifier: camh-dob-001344
Creator: McCormack, John W., 1891-1980
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: United States. Congress. House, Democratic party (U.S.)
Dates: 1961-11-24
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Letter from Congressman John McCormack thanking Brooks for his support in McCormack's bid for the Speakership.

Title: Letter from Laurence Curtis to John McCormack, March 1, 1956
Identifier: camh-dob-001474
Creator: Curtis, Laurence
Contributor: McCormack, John W., 1891-1980
Topic: United States. Congress. House, Legislation
Dates: 1956-03-01
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Representative Laurence Curtis writes to John McCormack, the House Majority Leader, asking him to hold off on bringing a patent extension bill to the House floor until later in the week. He explains that he and Jack Brooks plan on fighting aspects of the bill and that they would appreciate having some time to prepare their arguments.

Title: News release, June 6, 1969
Identifier: camh-dob-002254
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: United States. Congress. House, Flag Day
Dates: 1969-06-06
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: News release announcing that Speaker John McCormack named Jack Brooks as Chairman of the House Flag Day Committee.

Title: Photograph of Jack Brooks, Charlotte Brooks, and John McCormack, 1968
Identifier: camh-dob-002517
Topic: Democratic party (U.S.), Political conventions
Dates: 1968
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Black and white photograph of Jack Brooks, his wife Charlotte Brooks, and Speaker John McCormack at a political event that may be the Democratic National Convention.

Title: Photograph of Jack Brooks, Hubert Humphrey, and John McCormack, February 3, 1966
Identifier: camh-dob-002511
Topic: United States. Congress. House
Dates: 1966-02-03
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Color photograph of Jack Brooks with Vice President Hubert Humphrey and Speaker John McCormack at a breakfast for freshman members of Congress.