Talk:Homer E. Capehart

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This is ridiculous! Since when are we putting ever speech made by every Senator, without context, without information on when it was given, without anything, in fact. I vote for deletion. Danny

It shows facts , today denied, but known to the US, when they occured. It is vital, that people know the truth user:H.J.

It shows nothing of the kind. It shows that a Senator made a speech in the Senate. That is hardly worthy of an encyclopedia article. Alternately, should we list every speech made about every controversial issue? Danny

Actually, a quick search on Google shows that Capehart is best remembered for inventing the jukebox. Now that's worthy of an article. Danny

I'll volunteer to do that! Olof

Move this statement to top :"Senator Homer. E Caphart of Indiana's remarks were interspersed with a mass of supporting evidence". user:H.J.

So? Danny

Capehart was an Indiana businessman, Capehart radios and jukeboxes, who played an important role in the popularization of jukeboxes in the 1930s when he was sales manager at Wurlitzer. His own jukeboxes did not sell nearly so well, and, of course, coin-operated music players go back many years, at least back past the 1920s song, "Put another nickel in, in the nickelodeon", which refers to coin-op music boxes.

Capehart was best known for his sponsorship of "Capehart housing", subsidized standalone housing on military bases for personnel and their families. He was otherwise an undistinguished senator, who certainly had no significant role in foreign policy.Ortolan88 10:21 Jul 31, 2002 (PDT)

PS--I'm glad my sarcastic summary line led to such a great improvement in this article.Ortolan88
So am I. This is an excellent article. Danny

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Very interesting subject! Turns out that Capehart's Senate speeches are used by Nazi apologists to downplay the persecution of the Jews by highlighting the suffering of the Germans, and by historians when examining the (nuclear and otherwise) options that Truman had in ending the war with Japan. Of course, he was a populist politician, and the fact that those speeches were given while he was in the minority shouldn't be overlooked. Indeed, he is a controversial figure. Olof

I like what you've done with it, Olof. Now we just have to figure out the naming convention. Danny


If there's no objection, I'm going to rename this article from the ponderous Senator Homer E. Capehart of Indiana to Homer Capehart. --Brion VIBBER

It certainly should be changed, but as I recall, he was pretty consistently Homer E. Capehart, the old guy Ortolan88
Google search gives 182 without the E and 106 with, but if you're sure it was used consistently during his lifetime I've no objection to using it. --Brion VIBBER
He was just out of the senate when I went to Purdue so I saw his name a fair bit. Those midwestern senators loved the resonance, like Bourke B. Hickenlooper.
Gonna move this entertaining talk page too?Ortolan88
Great. Will do! --Brion VIBBER

Maybe I'm naive, but saying that a Senator made a statement and then gave evidence for it really seems to be a bit much. Danny

Are the Congressional biographies at http://bioguide.congress.gov/ copyrighted? Can we incorporate them into articles in the 'pedia?

That's not the question, Zoe. First let's figure out if we SHOULD incorporate them. I'm against verbatim copying of anything, except a brief passage in quotation marks. We're supposed to be writing an encyclopedia, not building a library. What's wrong with the external link I put in? --Ed Poor
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