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Fridav. Feb. 17, 1950 DETROIT FREE PRESS Truman Assails Republican Program as Scare Words' tax was charged on each $1 ad-mentary ticket to go to a paign tour this year to help elect more Democrats to Congress. It was clear that he was joking Earlier Thursday, Mr. Truman told reporters that he is planning to make a nonpolitical cam about the trip being nonpolitical.

He used the same label for' his swing around the coifhtry before the Democratic National Convention in 1948. New Tork Times Srrvlee WASHINGTON President Truman declared that the Republican Party would like to meet the challenge of the Twentieth Century with the methods of President Mc-Kinley. He accused it of falling back on The menu for the dinner iol-lows: Texas Pink Grapefruit Au Kirsch Celery Queen Olives Broiled Filet Mignon, Bordelaise Pommes Rissoles String Beans Provencale Hearts of Lettuce, Roquefort Dressing Fancy Ice Cream Petits Fours Demi Tasse mission ticket to their recent box supper. There was an additional $l-tax free charge for those who bought the box suppers. "THERE'S NO TAX because we're not selling anything," a Democratic spokesman said.

"People make a contribution (to the Party) and they get a compli- Fisher Family Does Charlie Proud at 70 REFRIGERATOR THIS YEAR'S trip will come after Congressional candidates are chosen in primaries and conventions. Mr. Truman again declined to say at his news conference whether Foreman Switched to Calvert (he would seek re-election in 1952. He defended the sale of tickets for Thursday night's party dinner to civu-service employes. In his speech, the President ripped into the Republicans for offering slogans instead of pro In DETROIT, as throughout the world, a PREFERRED Scotch -because "scare words' to hide its own lack of a positive program.

Mr. Truman met head-on the new Republican slogan of "Liberty versus Socialism" as the issue of the 1950 Congressional elections. HE SAID THE GOP reaction to every major new problem for 17 years had been another outburst of scare words "like a cuttlefish that squirts out a cloud of black ink whenever its slumber is disturbed." The President made these assertions in a partisan speech to a partisan crowd of more than 5,300 Jefferson-Jackson Day diners. They contributed $100 a plate to dine with the (President, the vice president, and top Democratic leaders in the National Guard armory here Thursday night. After dinner expenses were deducted, the celebration added $450,000 to the national Democratic campaign kitty.

MR. TRUMAN confidently predicted another Democratic victory in the November elections. He stoutly defended the domestic and international programs of the Democratic Administrations since 1933. But he did not mention the name of Franklin D. Roosevelt in his prepared text.

grams to- meet current problems, 4 1 HE HAD A fpw unkind vv-nrrfo. tn say about his favorite subject of the 1948 campaign the 80th "do- Continued from Page One est family in the land above all else. They said so. That's why they came William Lawrence Edward F. and Alfred J.

followed by the city's industrialists, bankers and all the rest to honor Charles now the head of the Fisher family since Fred and their mother have passed on. HE'S THE OLDEST brother, the grayest brother, the one who with Fred raked up the $50,000 to start "Bodies By Fisher" and to bring them all on, the younger brothers, to share in the creation of an enterprise that in less than 20 years they sold for $208,000,000. The elevator soared up Thursday floor after floor, to rest at the 27th, in the skyscraper bearing their family name. BUT THE FISHER Building was birthday cake enscribed with congratulations. And around the room were gathered their old friends the men who had' worked with them in building a fabulous industry and a great city.

Party lines were crossed and General Motors was joined by Chrysler, Packard and other rival companies to honor Charlie. Young Henry Ford, being out of town, had sent regrets. W. A. DID THE speaking and thanked all "the busy men" for coming and said it made the Fisher boys deeply grateful.

They always celebrate their birthdays with parties he said. Then the venerable James S. Holden took over. He revealed that once when Henry Ford and Charlie Fisher were at his house it developed that Charlie, in the years when he was a discouraged mechanic, applied for a job with Ford. He didn't get It but things turned out pretty well, uS25 rtv nothing" Congress.

The Republicans, he said, "never learn anything" and rely on unsuccessful efforts to frighten the American people that their government is going socialistic, communistic or totalitarian in their efforts to win elections. ADout the only freedom we have limited," he said with heavy sarcasm, "is the freedom of the CICERO. III. "Milder, mellower flavor makes Calvert Reserve foremost in quality," says Foreman Joseph E. Obryk.

"It's Calvert for vie," he adds. CAT.VERT RESERVE Blended Whiskey 86.8 Proof 65 Grain Neutral Spirits. Calvert Distillers New York City Republicans to run the country, Maybe that is what they are com-'j 5ow- Ln plaining about. just one more thing of steel and stone one more of the material It was a confident crowd to istic marvels that the boys who own railroads, skyscrapers and far-flung industries, have given which the President talked. AND THE President cheered them more with this peroration: anyway.

Holden, too, emphasized that you Detroit and America. On the 27th floor the big board table, where the brothers thresh out deals involving millions, had been taken out for a little cocktail bar. And the private dining room where the five Fisher brothers eat together every day with their aide. Robert C. Shields had been enlarged to accommodate all the friends on this special birthday.

IN FACT, WITH all the guests, there was a spill-over and the second-generation of Fishers set I pays FOR rrjssiffr i tmit Ei V1 1 FUEl SAVINGS I r- tLjn-s iZ the bonnet 4. I never hear of or think of the Fishers singly but in the plural a tribute to the family. And he said they are "the same, simple unassuming people today as when they started out." M. E. COYLE spoke some accolades, too.

When Charlie got up he said that he hoped he was worthy of only 50 per cent of the fine things said. And he revealed that the brothers never had a fight when they were young they learned to give and take. "We've had differenJes," he said, "but when we leave the conference table it always is with understanding." And the same thing went for all their families, he said. It wasn't strange that he ended on the family note. "I TOLD MY kids the other night when we had a birth In the present anxieties and troubles of the world, the real strength of our country lies not in arms and weapons, important as they may be, but in the freedom of our citizens and their faith in a democratic society.

"Among the nations of the world, we stand as an example of what free men can do when they are in control of their own affairs and dedicated to the concept of a better life for all The Democratic aim, said Mr. Truman, is to "promote the prosperity and welfare of the American people," and to increase, not restrict, their freedom, not in terms of a mere abstraction but as a "reality in our daily lives." $100 Plate Dinners Escape Federal Tax WASHINGTON (IP) Democratic National Headquarters said their $100-a-person dinner was tax-free. But Republican National Headquarters said a 20-cent Federal! Also available in 45 pint (flas shape) up in a cozy group in the board room. There were Charles' four sons, C. T.

(Chuck) Thomas Everell and Bill. And W. A. son, Louis; and Norbert Wiesler, a son of Anna Ward (a Fisher girl), and Jack Drummy, Charles T's son-in-law, and Jimmie Campbell, married to E. daughter.

The second generation grouping attested more to the staunch family loyalties. The boys were putting on a nice meal for Brother Charlie. You know hams with mu- i II I AUTOMATIC ECONOMICAL QUIET OPERATION! Quick heat to all roomt. -MdSmX -tAhMJi i Us leu fuel. 1 Sey Heating Supply Go.

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I-, g-- -j' ARTHUR C. JOHNS A foreman at the Timken-Detroit Axle for 32 years, Mr. Johns, 65, of Wixom, died Tuesday in London, Ont. Surviving are his wife, Viola; a son, Frederick and three brothers and two sisters. Services will be at Saturday in the Skene Funeral Home, under auspices of Ashlar Lodge No.

91, Burial will be in Oakland Hills Memorial Park Cemetery. JOSEPH SOBCZAK A retired East Side grocer, Mr. Sobczak, 66, of 6350 Dubois, died Wednesday night. He is survived by his wife, Francis; three sons, Henry, Fred and Edward; a daughter, Mrs. Genevieve Wilcox, and 12 grandchildren.

Services will be held in St. Stanislaus Church at 10 a. m. Monday. Burial will be in Mt.

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