"It Takes a Real Man"

To almost every labor-union member, a picket line is sacrosanct: he would rather see than cross one. Last week the hair on union ears bristled at a heretic's cry. Said an editorial in the Teamster, organ of the powerful Teamsters union:

"Most of the fellows who refuse to go through picket lines are yellow. It takes a real man to go through a picket line when he is ordered to do so by his International Union. . . . The man who observes the . . . decisions of his superior officers in the union is the real union man. The other fellow is, in most instances, a bunko artist who is looking for a chance to prove how good he is."

Many a unionist wondered if the editorial might not have slipped into the Teamster without the approval of Teamster President Daniel J. ("Uncle Dan") Tobin, 70, a rough, tough unioneer who dates back to Sam Gompers. (The monthly Teamster usually carries half a dozen articles signed by Uncle Dan.) A correspondent telephoned Tobin, asked about the editorial's authorship. Said Tobin: "Wait till I see it." There was a pause while he did, then: "Sure, I wrote it; my name's on it."

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