Talk:Louis Buchalter
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[edit] Disputed date of birth
What the...? Was he born on the twelfth or the sixth? I've seen Google references for both dates... Dysprosia 04:46, 17 Feb 2004 (UTC)
[edit] Claim of NPOV
I reverted the article because, on 8 February, the bulk of the article was replaced by the text:
Note: The previous article posted on this site was copied directly from the book "Murder, Inc.: The Story of the Syndicate" by Burton Turkus and Sid Feder. The book does not give an accurate portrayal of the life of Louis Buchalter and was written and published merely to bolster the political career of Thomas Dewey. In reality, Dewey was the person willing to grant clemency to Buchlater if Buchalter were willing to implicate other high ranking members of the national crime syndicate. Buchalter refused and was executed. If Buchalter were the head of the National Crime Syndicate, as Dewey (and Turkus and Feder) claimed, why did it continue to operate uninterrupted after Buchalter's execution?
A more even-handed and objective biography is forthcoming...
Regardless of whether the above claims of both a copyright violation or non-NPOV are true or not, I believe the above text belongs on this talk page rather than as a replacement for the article itself. Robert Mercer 20:57, 17 February 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Bookhouse? Amboy Dukes
Bookhouse was his name at birth? He was a member of the Amboy Dukes I don't think either is correct. What is the source of all this? Does anyone know?
I just checked the first volume of Buchalter's FBI file, all of which is online [1], and sure enough his birth name was Buchalter. The first of what I suspect is a long line of inaccuracies in this article. "Bookhouse" was one of his aliases.--Mantanmoreland 23:45, 14 June 2006 (UTC)
[edit] This article is a mess
No sources whatsoever, dubious statements. It may be 100% factual but it really needs some sources cited in the article. I was going to drop a line to whoever is the principal author of this article to bring this to his or her attention, but that person seems to be lost in the mists of time. --Mantanmoreland 23:28, 14 June 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Bookhouse
I am pretty sure that Bookhouse was his parents last name and when they came to America people at Ellis Island changed it. I don't think Buchalter was his real last name because it doesn't sound like a Jewish name —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.224.192.143 (talk • contribs)
Buchalter is a Jewish name. They didn't have American names while arriving at Ellis Island 8-) (ManoGalinha 20:41, 20 February 2007 (UTC))
