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Title: Excerpt from Texas Monthly article, May 1976
Identifier: camh-dob-001213
Topic: United States. Congress. House, United States Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations
Dates: 1976-05
Box: 2007-255/364
Folder: 295.2
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: An excerpt from an article that ranks all twenty-two Texas Congresspeople from Best to Worst. Jack Brooks ranks eleventh, falling in the "Fair-to-Middlin'" category. The excerpt contains quotes from other Representatives about Brooks, both positive and negative. It describes his position as Chairman of the Government Operations Committee and his involvement in the Nixon impeachment as a member of the House Judiciary Committee.

Title: Letter from a San Antonio city councilman to Jack Brooks, March 10, 1976
Identifier: camh-dob-001960
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: United States Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations, Revenue sharing
Dates: 1976-03-10
Box: 2007-255/370
Folder: 301.2
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Phil Pyndus, a San Antonio City Councilman, writes to Jack Brooks regarding the suspension of the revenue sharing program. Pyndus expresses support for Brooks after he was criticized at the National League of Cities - U.S. Conference of Mayors Congressional City Conference for not supporting the continuation of the revenue sharing program. Legislation regarding the suspension of the revenue sharing program was being considered within the Government Operations Committee, which Brooks was chairman of.

Title: Letter from Jack Brooks to a friend, February 5, 1953
Identifier: camh-dob-001786
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: United States. Congress. House, United States Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations
Dates: 1953-02-05
Box: 2007-255/11
Folder: Personal - Townsley, William
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A letter from Jack Brooks to his friend Bill Townsley in Austin, Texas, during Brooks's second month in Congress. Brooks tells Townsley he is settling into Washington, D.C. and is getting his office running. He highlights his appointment to the Government Operations Committee and his subcommittees on Executive and Legislative Reorganization, and Intergovernmental Relations.

Title: Letter from Jack Brooks to a San Antonio city councilman, March 16, 1976
Identifier: camh-dob-001959
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: United States Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations, Revenue sharing
Dates: 1976-03-16
Box: 2007-255/370
Folder: 301.2
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Letter written by Jack Brooks in response to correspondence from San Antonio City Councilman Phil Pyndus. Pyndus had written Brooks in support of his stance against revenue sharing.

Title: Letter from Jack Brooks to the Mayor of League City, March 25, 1976
Identifier: camh-dob-001957
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: United States Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations, Revenue sharing
Dates: 1976-03-25
Box: 2007-255/370
Folder: 301.2
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Jack Brooks responds to the Mayor of League City, Johnnie Arolfo. He discusses his perspective on legislation regarding the suspension of the revenue sharing program. The legislation was being considered within the Government Operations Committee, which Brooks was chairman of. League City was part of Brooks's district.

Title: Letter from Sam Rayburn to Jack Brooks, October 26, 1956
Identifier: camh-dob-001578
Creator: Rayburn, Sam, 1882-1961
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Republican party (U.S. : 1854-), United States Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations
Dates: 1956-10-26
Box: 2007-255/43
Folder: White House Correspondence & VIP, 1950-1968
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Letter from Sam Rayburn informing Brooks that he received complaints from Republican members of his Government Operations subcommittee.

Title: Letter from the Mayor of League City to Jack Brooks, March 10, 1976
Identifier: camh-dob-001958
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: United States Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations, Revenue sharing
Dates: 1976-03-10
Box: 2007-255/370
Folder: 301.2
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: The Mayor of League City, Johnnie Arolfo, writes to Jack Brooks in order to request the continuation of the revenue sharing program, which gave local and state governments funding from taxes collected by the federal government. Legislation regarding the suspension of the revenue sharing program was being considered within the Government Operations Committee, which Brooks was chairman of. League City was part of Brooks's district.

Title: Statement mailed to constituents, July 24, 1962
Identifier: camh-dob-001511
Topic: United States Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations
Dates: 1962-07-24
Box: 2007-255/92
Folder: 77.51
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Statement regarding Brooks's subcommittee work sent to organizations in his district and constituents.