Homer Earl Capehart, the onetime phonograph maker from Indianapolis, was for years a target for the bitter sneers of liberals and laborites from both major parties. Last week the old critics were cheering Homer Capehart while ranged against him were such old-time friends as the National Association of Manufacturers and Robert Alphonso Taft. The issue, that brought about this strange shift of forces: Republican Senator Capehart's bill to provide standby controls on prices, wages and rents.
The Bulldozer. Indiana's Capehart had been a symbol for decontrol for nearly two years. His Capehart amendment...
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