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CBS Survey, January 10, 1974
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Identifier
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camh-dob-001734
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Topic
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Impeachment, Surveys
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Dates
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1974-01-10
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Resource
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Jack B. Brooks papers
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Description
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Survey sent by CBS News to House members regarding their views on President Richard Nixon's potential impeachment and their sense of what their district thinks. Jack Brooks marks Inflation and the Oil Crisis as the two most important issues in his district at the time. He indicates that his district would be for impeachment, that impeachment would help his own re-election, and that his opinion of President Nixon has lowered. He does not answer whether he would vote for impeachment.
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Equal Employment Opportunity Commission decision regarding unlawful employment practices at the Neches station of Gulf States Utilities, August 8, 1968
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Identifier
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camh-dob-001210
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Topic
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Civil Rights, Governmental Investigations
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Dates
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1968-08-08
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Resource
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Jack B. Brooks papers
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Description
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A copy of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's (EEOC) decision regarding unlawful employment practices under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 at the Neches Station of Gulf States Utilities. The document lists the Charging Parties vs. Gulf States Utilities Company, Port Neches, TX. A summary of the charge indicates that the Neches station continues to segregate its employees and "employs testing procedures that discriminate against Negroes in violation of Section 703 (a) (1) and (2) of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964." The Neches station of Gulf State Utilities was in Port Neches, Jefferson County, which was part of Brooks's district.
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Title
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House Judiciary Committee begins probe of Waco standoff, APril 28, 1993
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Identifier
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camh-dob-001000
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Creator
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Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
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Topic
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United States Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary, Governmental Investigations
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Dates
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1993-04-28
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Resource
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Jack B. Brooks papers
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Description
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News release summarizing the beginning of the House Judiciary Committee hearing, chaired by Jack Brooks, on the Waco Standoff, featuring quotes from Attorney General Janet Reno, ATF Director Stephen E. Higgins, FBI Director William S. Sessions, and Chairman Jack Brooks.
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Letter from the Director of Compliance for the Equal Employment Opportunity to the Director of Industrial Relations for Gulf State Utilities Company, Neches station, August 24, 1968
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Identifier
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camh-dob-001209
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Topic
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Civil Rights, Governmental Investigations
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Dates
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1968-08-24
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Resource
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Jack B. Brooks papers
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Description
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Copy of a letter from Robert L. Randolph, Director of Compliance for the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) to William E. Heaner, Jr., Director of Industrial Relations at the Neches Station branch of Gulf State Utilities. The letter informs them that the EEOC has reasonable cause to believe that they have engaged in unlawful employment practices under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. A copy of the Commission Decision is enclosed with the letter [camh-dob-001210]. Randolph informs Heaner that a conciliator will contact the parties to discuss means of correcting the discrimination and avoiding it in the future. The Neches Station of Gulf State Utilities was in Port Neches, Jefferson County, which was part of Brooks's district.
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Title
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Notes on impeachment articles, undated
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Identifier
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camh-dob-001877
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Topic
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United States Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary, Impeachment
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Resource
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Jack B. Brooks papers
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Description
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Copy of typed notes with handwritten edits regarding events that underpin various articles of impeachment.
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Remarks by Jack Brooks to the Dallas Morning News, Houston Chronicle, and Houston Post about a Waco Siege report, Friday, October 8, 1993
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Identifier
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camh-dob-000996
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Creator
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Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
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Topic
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United States Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary
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Dates
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1993-10-08
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Resource
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Jack B. Brooks papers
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Description
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Jack Brooks's talking points regarding a report compiled about the Waco Siege, including the involvement of the House Judiciary Committee in April 1993. He expresses his intent to consider further involvement of the Judiciary Committee with the Department of Justice to publicly disclose portions of the report that were not yet released to the public.
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Statement of Congressman Jack Brooks, Committee on the Judiciary, U.S. House of Representatives, April 20, 1993
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Identifier
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camh-dob-001001
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Creator
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Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
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Topic
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United States Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary, Governmental Investigations
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Dates
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1993-04-20
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Resource
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Jack B. Brooks papers
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Description
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News release from Jack Brooks, Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, announcing a full committee hearing regarding the Waco Standoff. Brooks notes that a full committee hearing is an extraordinary occurrence for the Judiciary Committee, but that the events in Waco encompassed matters well beyond the jurisdiction of a single subcommittee.
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Statement of Judiciary Committee Chairman Jack Brooks re: the end of the Waco standoff, Monday, April 19, 1993
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Identifier
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camh-dob-001002
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Creator
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Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
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Topic
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United States Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary, Governmental Investigations
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Dates
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1993-04-19
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Resource
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Jack B. Brooks papers
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Description
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Jack Brooks's statement about the Department of Justice keeping the Judiciary Committee updated regarding the "cult standoff" in Waco, Texas, which had culminated that day, with the intention to work with the Department and the Administration to understand how and why the situation ended the way it did.
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Time interview transcript with Jack Brooks about the Department of Justice and the INSLAW investigation
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Identifier
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camh-dob-001003
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Creator
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Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
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Topic
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United States Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary, Governmental Investigations
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Resource
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Jack B. Brooks papers
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Description
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Jack Brooks answers whether or not he believed the Judiciary Committee was stonewalled by the Department of Justice while it conducted the INSLAW investigation, and his view on the Office of Professional Responsibility and the function it serves.