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Other then a Pointer to one Book, I dont see much of a basis for the statement "This was not helped by the public anger due to its influence in elections in the United States and abroad, particularly in the early 1970s. On September 28, 1973, headquarters in New York City, New York was bombed by protesters for involvement in the overthrow of the democratically elected government in Chile." I have read the book that was pointed to, and I feel it to be quite baised against ITT, not neutral.

[edit] Nazi Involvement

There is an external link for Nazi involvement in the article but the article itself says nothing about this. Is this a reasonable way to present the material? RJFJR 22:31, September 11, 2005 (UTC)

I'm calling shenanigans on reformation.org, the website pointed to by the nazi reference. I'm not saying it ain't so, but the website[1]'s front page describes a geocentric solar system, and a stationary Earth, among other things and is not what I'd call a neutral source. I'd fix it, but since I'm an ITT employee, I'm gonna recuse myself. http://www.reformation.org Ojcit 22:28, 19 September 2006 (UTC)
Me again. Another source for the book is here[2] I'm not sure what the policy on unpublished sources is, but in any case the link is just sort of tacked on to the end of the article. If anyone has another source, please include it or write about it (maybe in a history section or something); the current link is a bit of a non sequitur IMO. Again, I'm not saying it's not plausible, just that we need a better source. Ojcit 22:45, 19 September 2006 (UTC)
OK, nobody seems to have a strong opinion, so I'm unrecusing myself. I'm thinking the source doesn't qualify as reliable per Wikipedia:Reliable_sources#Self-published_sources. If someone wants to write about interaction with Nazi Germany, great, but find a better source and weave it in with the company history. Ojcit 06:26, 10 October 2006 (UTC)
I have added a section on ITT’s Nazi’s involvement, and restored the link as the work points to reformation as pages on that site are from the book .Wall Street and the Rise of Hitler, which is still in print. See Amazon [1] Jamesspage 19:50, 17 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Song about ITT

Fela Kuti wrote a somewhat less than friendly song about ITT: International Thief Thief. Olav L 14:53, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Nixon tapes

A few years ago (four I think, to coincide with the 30th anniversary of Watergate) more tapes of Nixon's time in the Whitehouse were released. They were, at least back then, available on the Washington Post website and I remember listening to a 6 or 7 minute rant from Nixon to someone about ITT and trying to keep it together. It may be worthwhile tracking these down and incorporating it into the article. --BenM 17:50, 27 April 2006 (UTC)

Maybe it's related to the 1972 Republican National Convention scandal. Ojcit 23:04, 19 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] structure

No mention is made of the various segments/units within the company today. The acquisitions and divestitures are a long, complex story in their own right, but I think there should be more focus on the company's current composition. Ojcit 06:18, 10 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] ITT Nokia

I remember seeing some electronics (TV sets, VCRs, etc.) from the early-mid '90s being branded as "ITT Nokia". What kind of relation did these companies have? --Zilog Jones 00:58, 18 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:ITT logo.PNG

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BetacommandBot 11:33, 1 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:ITT Logo.gif

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BetacommandBot (talk) 23:10, 13 February 2008 (UTC)