During a visit to Toledo some years ago, former King Michael of Rumania voiced astonishment at the way the citizens addressed Mayor Michael Di Salle as "Mike." In old Europe, marveled the ex-monarch, such familiarity toward a high public official would be unthinkable. "Maybe so," Mayor Di Salle replied, "but if your people had called you Mike, you might still be King."
Witty, yam-shaped Democrat Di Salle, Harry Truman's price stabilization chief during the Korean war, is now Governor of Ohio. People still call him Mike, but after his present term, he may no longer be Governor. Di Salle faces a strenuous...
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