Talk:Capper–Ketcham Act

Latest comment: 9 years ago by Bonadea in topic Untitled

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The title of this article is wrong. It should be the Capper-Ketcham Act. I do not know how to change the title.— Preceding unsigned comment added by Grose125 (talkcontribs)

Thanks for the heads-up. The article has been moved to the new title. --bonadea contributions talk 21:57, 19 December 2014 (UTC)Reply
Cool. The summary of the law is also wrong. It had nothing to do with either Capper clubs or FFA, and it didn't stipulate any specific funding for 4-H, but simply increased monies to Cooperative Extension already authorized by the Smith-Lever Act. There was a lot of testimony from 4-H members and organizers during committee hearings, and the primary lobbyist for the organization was the National Committee on Boys and Girls' Club work, a private philanthropic organization that supported 4-H clubs. I'm not sure I have the patience to find electronic references for all this, but I do have electronic copies of relevant committee hearings, etc. I'm a professional historian and just noticed this because a copy-editor for my book tried to correct my reference to Capper-Ketcham with reference to this page. As a brand new wiki editor, I'm not sure how to proceed. Any advice welcome.