National Affairs: Tobin for Truman

No matter how hard he tried, ancient (76) Dan Tobin, boss of the powerful Teamsters' Union, could not get very excited about next year's presidential candidates. In last month's International Teamster, he noted that Ohio's Bob Taft would probably be the Republican nominee. But his words about labor's onetime public enemy No. 1 were so amicable ("If Senator Taft gives you his word or promise . . . he will keep that word or that promise") that the Republican Indianapolis News bannerlined: TEAMSTERS' TOBIN TOOTS FOR TAFT.

Dan Tobin blasted out a denial, pointed out that he had ended his editorial by...