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Evening star., 1927-05-21

Construction of the model home in
! Lyon Village, Va, which is being
| erected as a part of the better homes
/ demonstration, sponsored by The Star.
is going forward rapidly, Although
| ground was broken only last week for
| this house, which is located on Lee
| Highway about a mile west of Key
Bridge. the cellar walls have been
poured to the level of the first floor
| joists and some of the joists have been
put into position
/ Special attention was given i'm this
phase of the building to eliminate the
possibility of the settling of the house
and to assure a dry and dampproOf
I basement, it is pointed out by The
Star model homes committee which is
| in charge of the demonstration.
The concrete fOOtings of the foun-
dation were made = feet wide and ~
| inches thick as a means of reducing
to a minimum any danger of the set
Ting of the house when completed
| These footinGs are believed sufficiently
| substantial TO support the weight of
| a much heavier building than is pro-
| jected as this model home.
| AS precaution against dampness
| in the basement a tile drain was laid
on a level with the footings outside of
the cellar wall and the drain was con-
! nccted with the sewer line so that
| ground water will be carried away be-
fore there is sufficient pressure to
| force 1t through the foundation wall.
| The walls of the cellar are of poured
| concrete of what is described as a
IL T. ) mixture, with pounds of in
tegral waterproofng added to each
sack of cement, thus insuring a wall
| lmperyiOus to moisture.
A further precaution against damp
ness rising from the ground to the
upper walls will be taken by the plac-
ing of a course of slate below the first
| floor Joists, thus protecting all wood
| work from possible decay. To insure
| monolithic mass for the foundation,
| the concrete was poured in a one-day
run by using an unusually large force
| of men. in order that there might be
no seams or joints between one days
| work and that of the next.
The Lyon Village demonstration
| home, which is being built by the firm
| of Lyon q Fitch Inc. is of the. Italian
| cOuntryhouse type of architecture,
! Arthur VI, Speiden of Speiden &
| Speiden. architects of the house.
| pointed out today in discussing the
| features of the home. The smaller
/ type of Italian house generally is
| spoken of as the country house type.
| he said to differentiate it from the
| large, palatlal villa tyne of Italian
| homes, which are elaborate in both
plan and exterior design. with exten-
| sive. formal gardens
The countryhouse type. such as is
| being erected in Lyon Village. Mr..
| Speiden said. is of a simpler plan and
design with somewhat less ornamental.
tion. being characterized by plain wall
! surfaces and the use of wrought iron
Evening star., 1927-05-21
Owning Building Page for Washington and Its Suburbs
WORK IS PROGRESSING RAPIDLY
ON LYON VILLAGE MODEL HOME
Cellar Walls Poured to Level of First Floor
and Several Joists Already Placed
In Star Dwelling

for decorative effects The walls are
massive, showing deep reveals at all
openings. The exterior finish is of q
rough character of stucco on brick or
stone. Overhanging portions of the
house, such as bays of the character
which will be built on the right facade
of this model home, are supported on
heavy iron brackets.
Many of the Italian country house
types in Italy are built on hillsides
and are surrounded by terraces and
walls for holding back the sloping.
ground in much the same manner as
the demonstration home in Lyon Vii
lage will surmount hilltop, around
which will curve a private drive, with
retaining wall of rubble concrete
extending down to the Lee Highway,
many feet below.
In the Italian country house type a
fireplace of quaint design was often
placed in the living or assembling
room of the family. with large
hearth raised above the floor. quite
frequently these were used for the
cooking of the family meals. Such a
raised hearth will he used i'm the liv.
ing room Of the demonstration home.
Evening star., 1927-05-21
Care Should Be Exercised in Selection
of Places for Utilities of Dwelling

have been built in which such wall
space was used for a house phone or
telephone which might just as well
have been placed elsewhere.
Conveniences of modern homes call
for at least two electric plugs to each
of the main rooms of the house and
the placement of these connections is
a matter for thought. In many cases it
is found to be better to place them in
the Dashboard rather than on the wall
where they show more prominently if
not covered by furniture.
Plan your home with the arrange
ment Of it's furnishings in mind if you
would have truly attractive and eff
cieut house
Evening star., 1927-05-21
WESLEY HEIGHTS MODEL HOME
LSOPEN TO PUBLIC FOR STUDY
Star Dwelling Enters Finishing Stage
Giving Prospective Builders Oppor-
tunity for Inspection.

mlttee, of which Capt. II. c. Whites
hurst is chairman. Other members of
the committee are Robert j.. BereS-
ford, John +. Maury and Rufus $.
Lusk
The fir studding for the outside
walls is placed 16 inches center to
center, and the corners have been
carefully braced from the top of the
second story to the second floor line
with diagonal braces. The insulating
material has been applied directly to
the studding on the outside, so that
this home will be warm in Winter and
cool in Summer. Proper insulation
keeps cold air out Of the house in the
Winter time and cuts down on the
fuel bills.
Flooring Gives Strength.
The subhooring, which is tongued
and grooved. has been laid throughout
the first and second floors diagonally.
adding strength to the house. Steel
bridging has been used throughout to
brace the joists SO that they will not
turn.
Although the home is q little ahead
of schedule. it is not being built in Il
hurry, as it is no longer considered
advisable to seek to break records in
construction in building homes. Speed
is generally to be avoided in home
building if a good, durable home is to
he produced. Careful and constant
progress is being maintained and close
inspection is being given 10 this home,
so that when it is completed it may
be in every sense a model home.
The back filing has been done
against the building and the lot
brought to its approximate finished
grade. and the stairs have been in
stalled leading from the first floor to
the attic, so that the public may in
spect this building from foundation
to roof.
Evening star., 1927-05-21

The site Of The Star model home
I'm Wesley Heights today is scene
OF activity and one replete with in
teresting and valuable lessons 10 pros
nective home-bulders as squad of
workmen begin to place the first fin
ishing touches to the demonstration
house.
The rough framework of this model
house. the first of the 1927 series OF
model homes sponsored by The star
in conjunction with the national bet
ter homes movement. now virtually Is
complete and the building is open and
safe for visitors to study the methods
of construction followed in the build
ing of the house.
House of English Type.
This house. which is Of the English
cottage style of architecture of brick
and s4urno construction with exposed
timber work, is located on Forty
fourth place between Hawthorne and
Garfield streets. Wesley Heights An
invitation is extended by the build
ers. W. &. & A. ~ Miller, to those
Interested in home construction to
visit this house tomorrow and during
the following weeks.
Due to the fact that the installa.
ton of sewer pipes in Forty fourth
place has just recently been com
pleted. the street at this time is in
somewhat had shape in the immedi-
ate block in which the house is To-
Gated, but visitors may park their
machines at the corner of Hawthorne
street and Forty-fourth and go by CO.
ment walk to the house. The en-
trance to the house has been kept
clean for the benefit Of the public and
already numbers Of visitors have in
spected the place.
Route by Automobile.
The route by automobile to the Wes-
lcv Heights model home is as follows:
From The Star Building at Eleventh
street and Pennsylvania avenue, west
OH the Avenue to Fourteenth street,
north TO X. west TO Connecticut ave
nue., thence to Dupont Circle, west on
Massachusetts avenue past Wisconsin
avenue. thence left from Massachu-
setts avenue and down Cathedral ave
nue for half mile. This will bring
one to the front door Of Wesley
Heights. From here go west one block,
thence left, or south into Forty fourth
street for one block. then turn right
on Hawthorne street and then west
one block To Forty fourth place.
A bus leaving from Dupont Circle
follows this same route as far as the
haf-mile point beyond Massachusetts
avenue, described above.
In spite of recent inclement weather
conditions, which have tended to re-
tard work. progress in the building of
this Star model home has been we'll
maintained, and to date is still some
what ahead of schedule.
At the conclusion of work last week
end, the joists for the second floor had
been put into place. Now. however,
the building has been framed in and
the primary roof laid.
Formal Opening July 80.
This model home, which contains
eight rooms and two baths. is being
built from plans approved by the The
Star model homes committee, which
We're furnished by the Home Owners
Institute, Inc, and redesignad by
w. G. & A n. Miller and their asso-
ciate architect, Gordon MacNeil. The
home will he completed, furnished and
equipped throughout and open for for
NAL public inspection July 80.
Each step in the building of this
and the other model homes to be con-
structed this year is under the super
vision of the Star model homes COM
Evening star., 1927-05-21

directed.
Electrical Work-Complete system
of electric wiring from meter to all
outlets, including all panel boards,
junction boxes and all other fittings.
The installation must be in accord
ance with the rules and regulations
of the National Board of Fire Under.
writer's.
Evening star., 1927-05-21
Home Variety Modern Idea.

There are scores of excavated homes
in Pompeii. varying somewhat in size,
but almost identical in the arrange
ment of rooms and courtyards. Ex-
cept for minor details, one may she
said, in describing any particular
house, to be describing them all. The
modern home is quite the opposite of
this
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-06-07
Industrial Squadders
Beat Up Four Furriers

Continued from Page One)
tivities of the Industrial Squad" de-
clared Isadore Shapiro, chairman of
the strikers Law Committee.
"Altho there were thousands of
workers in the fur market, the uni
formed police were handling the sit
uation without difficulty, and picket
ing was proceeding in a peaceful
fashion until members of the indus
trial squad appeared.
"They were in plain clothes, and
without showing their badges they
began showing the workers and order
ing them away from the shops. They
attacked several workers and beat
two of them so badly that they are
now in the hospital Two others were
brutally beaten by members of the
squad in the police station, after they
had been arrested on a charge of dis
orderly conduct.
No Officers Attacked.
at is absolutely untrue that our
workers attacked any police officer,
or that they carried any sort of wea-
pons. There was a gun being flour
ished by a manufacturer, and it was
in struggle for possession of this
that one member of the industrial
squad was hurt. This manufacturer,
well known to the workers as a strong
arm member of the former right wing
regime in the union, was dismissed by
the court when the officer made no
charge but disorderly conduct against
him. Eight of our workers were
fined; five others were held under
bail.
"We feel confident that if the in
dustrial squad had not appeared on
the scene this morning, there would
have been no trouble-except at those
shops where men with blackjacks
were employed by the manufacturers
to stand outside the building and at
tack pickets. II was in defending
themselves at several such shops that
our workers-but not the men with
weapons-were arrested. We intend
to do all we possibly can to expose
this introduction of hired thugs by
the manufacturers"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-06-07
Moscow Committee
Asks Removal Of
TrOtSky and zinOViGV

MOSCOW, June 6.-The plenary
session of the Moscow Committee of
the All-Union Communist Party, hay
ing heard Bukharin's report on the
plenary session Of the Executive of
the Comintern, adopted a resolution
approving the estimation by the
Executive of the Comintern of the in
ternational situation, and the line of
the executive in the struggle Of the
world proletariat.
Warns The Opposition.
The Moscow committee notes with
indignation the speeches Of Trotsky
and Vuyovich at the plenary session
Of the executive of the comintern, as
well as the fact that the opposition
is ever more surely breaking with
Communism, and inevitably sliding
into the mensheyist camp. The OPP
position gives liquidatory estimate
Of the situation, and by the bad faith
OF their criticism disintegrates the
party ranks.
Mobilize Against Disrupters.
The plenary session of the Moscow
committee calls for mobilization of
public opinion of the broad prole-
tartan masses to support the decisions
Of the executive Of the comintern
against the opposition. BY its actions
the opposition has grossly violated its
promise Of October 10th, and the Mos
COW committee insists, with the Cen
trial Committee of the party, that
Zinoviev and Trotzky be excluded
from the executive of the Central
Committee. The plenary session of
the Leningrad committee, Jointly with
the All-City meeting of active mem
bers of the Leningrad Party organ
ization, passed a resolution declaring
it win nip in the bud all attempts to
kindle new discussion with the All
Union Communist Party in the pres
ent conditions of growing threat of
war, and the immense difficulties
facing the world Communist move
ment.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-06-07

that in which the Joint Board and
the locals were supposedly expelled
for Communism.
Officers Ignore Membership.
In the course of the ''reorganiza-
ton" the International officers have
violated every principle of democracy
within the Union. Not only have the
members been deprived Of any voice
in the selection Of their officers, or
the determination of the Union pol
icy, but compulsory registration
has been set up. Workers who re-
fused to register, Gin spite Of the
moratorium declared on back dues,
assessments, and fines) were threat
ened with the loss of their Jobs, and
in many instances were compelled by
force to register in the "reorganized"
Union. When the Joint Board at
tempted to defend the interests or
workers discharged because Of their
refusal to register, the International
resorted to The use Of the injunction.
The membership has again and
again demanded that the issues be
submitted TO referendum vote, where
the question of proportional repre-
sentation could be decided, choice Of
leaders and policies be indicated, and
the dispute be settled in a democratic
way by the vote Of the workers Var
ious agencies Of Cancellation have
advocated the holding Of elections or
a referendum under impartial aus
pices.
To all such proposals the leaders
Of the left wing have agreed. Lead
ers Of the right wing, however, have
refused TO assent to such referendum
as means Of deciding the contro-
versy. They have refused even to
discuss the issues at stake before any
group Of people impartial or other
wise, at which the left wing was
also represented
VIII Continue Fight.
The left wing in the international
Ladies' Garment Workers Union
stands for proportional representa-
ton, direct election Of all officials,
amalgamation of the needle trades,
abolition of the expulsion policy, and
abolition Of corruption.
For such ideals, thousands of cloak
and dressmakers have been expelled
from the Union.
The situation presents clear
challenge to the American Labor
! Movement.
Trades Unions must either abolish
the policy Of expulsion and yield to
/ greater characterization, or find
themselves the victims of the political
machine of Bureaucracy.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-06-07
FASCIST EUROPE
APPLAUDS PEACE
THAT MEANS WAR
World Locarno' Allows
Attack on China

BERLIN, June 6.-The model
"peace" pact, suggested by DR.. James
Shotwell, Columbia professor and Di-
rector Of the Economic and Historical
Section of the Carnegie Foundation,
has the support of League Of Nations
and World Court advocates in various
countries, according to a symposium
published by the Acht Uhr Abend-
blatt.
The paper asked the opinions of va
rious politicians, professors, lictators
and militarists about the treaty to
abolish war;" and received replies
enthusiastically approving it.
Among those whose answers were
published by the Acht Uhr Abend-
blatt are Primo de Rivera, fascist
dictator of Spain; Bernhard Won
Deinsling, retired German general;
Dr.. Nicholas Murray Butler Of CO.
lumbia University; Gilbert Murray,
leader Of the British League Of Ma
tions Societies; Professor Victor Au-
lard, of Paris, president of the World
Congress of the League of Nations
Societies; Victor Basch, Leading
French liberal and pacifist; Ferdi-
nand Buisson, member Of the French
Chamber of Deputies; and Count
Coudenhove-K alergi, the Austrian
founder Of the pan-Europe movement.
The tenor of the replies is that DIR.
Shotwells proposed treaty is step
toward a world Locarno."
The industriahst capitalist organ,
Vossische Zeitung, has published the
proposed treaty in full with an intro
auction by DR.. Shotwell in which he
says that the idea of drafting the
treaty came to him after a talk with
Foreign Minister BRAND of France.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-06-07
imp RIALISTS or
PACIFIC TO CLASH
IN HAWAII SOON

Close on the heels of the Pacific
Labor Conference, which adjourned
recently in Hankow after fruitful ses-
sions, came the announcement yester-
day that the Institute Of Pacific Re-
lations will hold its second meeting
in Honolulu on July 1929.
Close to $50 delegates from the
United States, Japan, China, the
Philippines, Australia, Great Britain,
Canada, the Dutch East Indies, New
Zealand and the Pacific Islands are
expected. University presidents, pub
licists, bankers, industrialists, CAPT
talists and religious and educational
leaders constitute the bulk of the
delegates.
Paul Scharrenberg, secretary Of the
California Federation of Labor and a
bitter foe of Japanese immigration,
and Leo Wolman, of the Amalga-
mated Clothing Workers research de-
partment, are the only two delegates
connected with the labor movement.
Heads Of the big pineapple, sugar
and shipping firms concerned in the
exploitation of Hawaii, and New York
financiers are named among the pros
pective delegates. President Ray Ly-
man Wilbur of Stanford University,
California, will preside.
Although the purpose of the con-
vention is to smooth the rivalries of
contending imperialist groups about
the Pacific, little progress has been
made in settling the Japanese-Ameri-
can controversy over immigration.
At the last conference, in 1925, hos
tilities broke out between representa-
tives of the two groups on this issue,
and may be renewed at the coming
conference.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-06-07
Rubber Workers Of
Akron, T0iIing for
Little Pay, Rebel

AKRON, Ohio, June speeding
up of the workers in the local rubber
shops is reaching unbelievable heights
as the peak of the greatest season the
industry has ever known is approach
ing.
Although the rubber workers are
unorganized the increase in speed-up
is, calling forth determined resist
ance which usually takes the form of
spontaneous department strikes on the
job. The mill room workers at Good
year are the latest group to rebel at
an attempt to increase production at
their expense.
Conditions in the Goodyear lamp
black mill room are typical of the in
dustry. Ten minutes after man
starts work he is coal black. The air
is filled with dust and as proper ven
tilation is, non-existent, the stuff gets
in the workers eyes, his nose, mouth
and lungs. The men are allowed no
time off for lunch. They must work
straight thru the hours without
leaving the mills.
Work at Top Speed.
The men work at top speed Pro-
duction is 60 per cent more man
than in 1923. That year each man
ran 10, S0-pomd patches of stock thru
his mill per day. For this he received
$3.50.
By 1927 the men were running "a
patches of "a pounds each for the
same money.
A Few days ago the management
announced that the efficiency depart
ment had decided the men were able
to produce still more and that 6
pounds would be added to each batch,
making a total of 2,400 pounds per
man a day.
This was the last straw to the mill
men, already driven beyond endur-
ance, and they struck. The whole
gang left the job and went to the
locker room for a meeting. Word
reached them that the factory man
ager wanted to speak to them, and
after some debate he was admitted to
the meeting and finally persuaded the
men to go back to work, with the
promise of a raise. The raise was not
Forthcoming the next day and the men
quit the job again for three hours.
This time Slusser, the manager, came
down and told the men they had been
granted a raise of 60 cents day, but
that the extra six pounds batch was
there to stay. The men realized that
strike of one department alone
would be licked before it started, so
they accepted the miserably small
raise and sullenly returned to work.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-06-07
The Explosions Of 1926.

Former explosions within the In
ternational Ladies Garment Workers
Union usually have been conducted
according to the constitution, which
provides for the preferring Of formal
charges; five to thirty days notice to
the member that they have been pre-
ferred; and trial before whatever
Grievance or Appeal Committee has
jurisdiction.
In the explosions Of 1926, however,
in spite Of this elaborate machinery
provided by the constitution, the en-
tire Joint Board and Locals ., 9, and
30 were expelled without formal
charges, without trial, and upon
twenty four hours notice. Within a
short time, Local % Of Dressmakers
was also expelled upon patiently false
charges that the communists" in
tended to call a strike in the dress
industry instead of renewing the
agreement with the employers on
January /, although it was a matter
of public knowledge that Joint Board
officers and officers Of Local % had
advised renewal of the agreement
without radical changes.
Sigman Helps Bosses.
When a new dress agreement was
finally negotiated by Sigman, it con-
tanned such losses to the Union that
officers of the Employers Assoeia-
ton boosted publicly and were re-
ported in the press as saying, that
for the first time in the history Of
the Association the Union had not
been able to win anything, while the
Association had won eleven of its
points, because, "the union is so
weakened by internal disseusions.' y
The concessions to the employers in
Ecluded the wiping out Of the minimum
guarantee, the Labor Bureau the
garanteed Price Schedule for piece
workers; lengthening the trial period
from one week to two weeks; modi.
flying the discharge clause so that
the workers receive no remuneration
if unfairly discharged; admitting
firms to the Association in spite OF
any dispute with the Union, and
other losses.
Recognizing the unconstitutionality
of its explosions, the General Execu.
tive Board of the International has
issued two other expulsion orders. in
an attempt to set up an appearance
Of legality. The specific charge upor
which the Joint Board and the -four
locals are now expelled, is non-pay-
ment Of per-cspita tax, in spite Of
the fact that the period Of this al
legged non-payment conceded with
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-06-07
Socialists Seeking
Station for Radio

Efforts Of Station VEL to obtain
a higher wave length were connected
here yesterday with reports from So
cialist sources that the proposed right
wing radio station would soon be in
operation. Larry Leah. engineer for
VIGIL, the Chicago Federation Of
Labor station, is here inspecting pos
sible stations.
The call letters WDEBS, sought
for the proposed station, will not be
obtained, according TO radio men who
say the radio commission will not
deviate from its policy of using four
letters or less.