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Title: Equal Employment Opportunity Commission decision regarding unlawful employment practices at the Neches station of Gulf States Utilities, August 8, 1968
Identifier: camh-dob-001210
Topic: Civil Rights, Governmental Investigations
Dates: 1968-08-08
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: 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.

Title: House Judiciary Committee begins probe of Waco standoff, APril 28, 1993
Identifier: camh-dob-001000
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: United States Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary, Governmental Investigations
Dates: 1993-04-28
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: 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.

Title: 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
Identifier: camh-dob-001209
Topic: Civil Rights, Governmental Investigations
Dates: 1968-08-24
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: 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.

Title: Letter from unknown to David M. Ransom regarding the Liberty
Identifier: camh-dob-014411
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Foreign affairs, Governmental Investigations
Dates: 1981-06-15, 1981-06-15
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A letter from officer of the deck on the bridge of the USS Liberty asserting that the attack did not happen the way it was described.

Title: Memorandum entitled ¥The Liberty - Discrepancies Between Israeli Inquiry and U.S. Navy Inquiry,¥ undated
Identifier: camh-dob-014410
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Foreign affairs, Governmental Investigations
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: An information memorandum comparing the findings of the Israeli Judge and U.S. Navy in regards to the Liberty incident. The report points out that it is unlikely that the Liberty was mistaken for an Egyptian supply ship.

Title: Newspaper clipping from the Gainesville Sun of opinion piece entitled ¥Giving money to Israel is aiding and abetting espionage,¥ March 12, 1987
Identifier: camh-dob-014413
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Foreign affairs, Governmental Investigations
Dates: 1987-03-12, 1987-03-12
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A newspaper clipping from the Gainesville Sun regarding the Israeli payment to the spy Jonathan Jay Pollard who provided Israelis with U.S. secret documents.

Title: Notes on impeachment articles, undated
Identifier: camh-dob-001877
Topic: United States Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary, Impeachment
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Copy of typed notes with handwritten edits regarding events that underpin various articles of impeachment.

Title: Photocopy of book jacket Assault on the Liberty by James M. Ennes, Jr., undated
Identifier: camh-dob-014414
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Foreign affairs, Governmental Investigations
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A photocopy of the book jacket for Assault on the Liberty by James M. Ennes, Jr., sent in by a constituent.

Title: Remarks by Jack Brooks to the Dallas Morning News, Houston Chronicle, and Houston Post about a Waco Siege report, Friday, October 8, 1993
Identifier: camh-dob-000996
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: United States Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary
Dates: 1993-10-08
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: 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.

Title: Statement of Congressman Jack Brooks, Committee on the Judiciary, U.S. House of Representatives, April 20, 1993
Identifier: camh-dob-001001
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: United States Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary, Governmental Investigations
Dates: 1993-04-20
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: 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.

Title: Statement of Judiciary Committee Chairman Jack Brooks re: the end of the Waco standoff, Monday, April 19, 1993
Identifier: camh-dob-001002
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: United States Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary, Governmental Investigations
Dates: 1993-04-19
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: 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.

Title: Time interview transcript with Jack Brooks about the Department of Justice and the INSLAW investigation
Identifier: camh-dob-001003
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: United States Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary, Governmental Investigations
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: 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.