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The Washington times., 1927-03-05
REAL TI FIRM IN
new HONE

f - II Il q
March Z. 1927, is epochal in the
development Of Shannon & Luchs,
Inc. for not only does that day
commemorate the twenty first birth,
day Of the organization. but ii
finds. the organization in their new
building, built and owned by them,
at 1885 K st. N. w.
It was twenty-one years ago that
Morton ]. Luchs and Herbert T..
Shannon opened q small real estate
office at 704 Thirteenth st. As
their business grew, they expanded
in turn TO 713, us and III Four
teenth st. Today shannon u
Luchs, Inc, conduct business
embracing every phase OF the real
estate, construction and mortgage
investment field. Few men have
played greater part in the Capt.
tai City's development than have
Herbert 7. Shannon and Morton
j. Luchs. Foremost in their en-
deavors are the Burleith and Four
teen Street Terrace communities.
Their new building was designed
by Arthur B. Heaton, one Of the
foremost architects in Washington.
However. before a plan was drawn.
executives of the organization ac-
companied Mr.. Heaton to New
York. Philadelphia and other cities
where a thorough inspection of
real estate buildings was made,
and 1t was only after considerable
research that a definite plan was
chosen for the new five story
building to be erected between
Fifteenth st. and Vermont Ave. on
* St. to aid architectural cohsr.
ence, the arcade of the Wardman
Building, adjoining, was similarly
designed.
Style Of Building
This building 10 Of early Italian
renaissance architecture. The IA:
cade is executed in Briar Hill sand
stone and black granite, mediums
Of warmth and color that inten,
sites the design. The arched portal
to the building is the principal fea.
ture of the facade and lends grace
to the entire structure.
Carvings upon the doorway and
cornice as well az bas-reliefs. en-
cravings and medalIions used in
the interior establishment to the
building were designed by New
York sculptors, Ricci & Zarri.
Their most noted work is on the
Bowery Savings Bank, New York
city.
Entrance to the building Is
gained through the reception foyer.
The walls in this room are OF Bot.
ticino marble. The ceiling is done
in gold leaf. The floor Is OF antique
tile, q treatment that is in har-
mony with the general architectural
design of the building. Carrarn
marble medallions over the elevator
entrances in the foyer are of early
Roman origin and offer q pleas
ing color contrast, as well az q note
of historical interest.
Two elevators, one a high-speed
lift for the use of clients, and the
ether a self-operating machine for
the use of the members of the or
sanization provide access to the
upper floors.
The main floor In two stories in
HGASHA. AuKoOSHOuL the Chilly
building the architects aim has
been to combine the best of pure
design with the maximum dignified
utility. The walls In this room are
paneled in walnut to a height of
seven feet. At intervals, italian
green pilasters with ornately en-
graved capitols support the vaulted
dull gold ceiling. This room will
be utilized by the mortgage invest
nent department and organization
executives. No pains have been
spared to create an atmosphere
identical to that Of banking insti-
tlltionS.
The Washington times., 1927-03-05
F ebruary Contracts
ShoUU Decline

NEW YORK. March 5f-Awarding of contracts for heavy
engineering construction in the United States in February
showed drop of per compared with the month
last year.
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BETHEsDA-oNE. TWO OR THREE FINE
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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-09-16
By WILLIAM F. DUNE.

THE short, sharp and partially sue
cessful strike of some 1000 New
York truckmen, employed for the most
part in waterfront transportation, af-
fords an opportunity for some con-
illusions relative to methods and ten
denotes in the labor movement.
First, it is to be noted that these
workers struck against the wishes of
their officials and in reputation of
terms secured by the official COM
mittee thru negotiation with the
bosses.
Second, obvious efforts to prevent
the strike because of the connection
of the more powerful employers with
the Tammany Hall political machine
met with failure.
Third, the strike was marked by
police provocation and brutality from
its inception to its end. The "indus-
trial squad" even raided meeting of
strikers while the union and bosses
committees were meeting.
Fourth, Joseph Ryan, head of the
Longshoremen's Union and one of the
leaders Of the Central Labor Council,
announced at the beginning of the
strike that "his" union was not in
volved and would not call a strike
in support of the truckmen.
This action undoubtedly gave great
encouragement to the bosses and was
a blow at labor solidarity.
Fifth, while the strikers secured a
S. week increase they did not sue
coed N reducing the working day
frosH nine to eight hours.
1t is clear, in view of the solidarity
and militancy Of the strikers them
selves, and the widespread sympathy
for them among the rank and file of
other waterfront unions, expressed in
many ways, that united action by all
of these unions would have gained the
eight-hour day and would in addition
have greatly strengthened unionism
on the whole waterfront of the biggest
port in the United States.
Sixth, the suddenness with which
the strike occurred, following the be-
trayal and defeat of the traction
workers, the reputation of the Off
cial committee by the rank and file,
the stubborn insistence of the strikers
on guarantees before, they would re-
turn to work, the mass picketing in
the face of police mobilization, the de-
velopments near the end of the strike
which nearly resulted in its renewal
by reason Of the widespread suspicion
among the strikers that the settlement
was not ION the square," all indicate
that the struggle in the needle trades
industry and the recent debacle in
the traction industry have not gone
unnoticed by the waterfront workers
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-09-16
REVOL UTIONISTS
WIN BIG VICTORY
IN SOUTH China
a
Peasant Armies Defeat
Landlord Troops
SPECIAL to the Daily Worker)

Especial to the Daily Worker).
SHANGHAI. Sept. 15.-The revolt
of workers and peasants against the
reactionary government in Kwantung
is spreading rapidly, according to re-
ports published in the Hongkong pa
pers. The revolutionary movement in
Hainin Island Tin Tonking Bay off the
southwestern coast Of Kwantung) is
particularly strong.
The revolutionary forces under Yeh
Ting are being concentrated in Wun-
hsiao (off the northwestern coast of
the island.
Win Big Victory. ...
The fight between the revolution
airy forces on the one hand and de-
tachments of rural militia controlled
by big landowners resulted in a COM
plete victory for the revolutionary
troops. A large amount of ammuni-
ton was captured by the revolution
aries. AS result of the victory
Chungchow Capital of Hainin) may
fall into the hands of the workers
and peasants forces.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-09-16
REGISTRATION FOR WORKERS SCHOOL STARTS ON
MONDAY BIG VARIETY OF COURSES Are OFFERED

The tremendous growth Of the
Workers School during 1926-27 mark
ed big step forward for workers
education in this country. When hun
dreds and thousands Of workers are
trained annually for the purpose of
more effective participation in the
workers struggles, the working class
movement becomes many times
stronger. The result is-better lead
ership, more militancy, more con-
seriousness, more devotion.
1t is a guarantee that the exper-
fences, struggles, lessons and vic
tories Of all workers who struggled in
the past for better conditions and for
better society will not be wasted.
Workers education as given in the
Workers School renders permanent
the class knowledge of the working
class, puts it on broader and deep
er basis and projects it forward as an
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-09-16
Breaking the Crust Of Reaction
in New York Labor Movement


and that certain lessons have been
learned by them.
The capitalist press was a unit in
denouncing the militant character sof
the strike, the fact that it was called
over the heads of the official commit
tee and the effective picketing which
was carried on.
The capitalist press called it an
"outlaw strike" it raved about "ter-
roristic" methods while lauding the
open mass brutality of the police, it
raised again the issue public inter
est" and called for the sternest re-
sistance to the demands of the truck
men.
The capitalist press showed in this
strike that it makes but little distinc-
ton between strikes of conservative
workers, like these Irish Catholic and
democrat truckmen and strikes of
Jewish Communist and left wing
needle trades workers.
1t is sufficient for the capitalist
press that strike OCCURS in spite of
the official leadership and be effec-
tive.
The police authorities likewise made
no distinctions. They massed around
the trucks of the bosses and raided,
dubbed and arrested the striking
truckmen in much the same way as
they modified around the shops in the
garment and fur industry and beat
and jailed cloakmakers and furriers.
The truckmen's strike is evidence
that the control of the rank and file
of the waterfront unions by reaction
airy officialdom is by no means as
complete as many believe.
1t is also evidence that these work
ers are willing to engage in sharp
struggles for wages ana hours and
that basis for left wing organiza-
ton exists in these unions. .
Divided into many unions, faced
with bosses who are part of the domi-
nant capitalist political machine as are
the union officials, the slogan of
amalgamation put forward in connec-
ton with the daily issues faced by
these workers, will have wide APP
peal. ...
By raising the issue of a labor
party in connection with the expert
ence of the strikers with the indus
trial squad and the role of the police
force in general, by pointing out the
strikebreaking role of Tammany
Hall thru this and other agencies, the
basis can be laid for sympathetic re-
ception of labor party as an instru-
ment of the workers.
These are some of the more i'm
portant conclusions which we can
draw from the truckmen's militant
strike-a strike which broke thru the
reactionary crust Of the New York
labor movement.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-09-16
PASSAIC PRIEST
REFUSES TO Give
WIDOW HER Cash

PASSAIC, N. j., Sept. 15.-Rev.
Joseph Marczinko, of St. Stephens
Roman Catholic Church is,being asked
to explain why he has refused to re-
turn $4,000 that was given him to hold
in trust by Mrs. Mike Spiczer, a wild
ow.
Mrs. Spiczer, whose husband was
killed in an accident in 1924, asked
the priest to take care Of the compen-
sation she received as she is not ac-
quainted with business transactions.
The father took the money but re-
fused to return it when requested by
the widow. Every time Mrs. Spiczer
asked for its return, Rey. Marczinko
had different excuse.
Works for $11 Weekly.
Unable to get the money that
rightfully belonged to her, Mrs Spic-
ger had to take job in hospital for
which she receives 81 week for II
hours daily. Her work consists of
cleaning the building.
When the Hungarian Communist
daily newspaper, VI ElOre, heard OF
the case it Immediately started a cam
paign to expose the priest. 1t hopes
in this manner to force him to re-
turn the money to the widow. The
vi Elore has in it's possession photo
stactic copies of the receipts Rev.
Marczinko gave Mrs. Spiczer for the
money.
During the 1921 textile strike the
priest supported the bosses against
the workers. During the last strike he -.
took neutral position, tho many
workers believe that secretly he sup
ported the mill owners.
Pass the Paper TO a Fellow Worker.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-09-16

instrumeh by means of which the
American labor movement may cope
more effectively with the growing
power Of the American ruling class.
All workers who understand the
Importance of workers education and
wish to equip themselves for more
valuable service to the labor move
ment should register Immediately at
the Workers School, Room 80, 10s
East 18th Street, New York City.
Registration begins this Monday,
Sept. 10, and continues thru Oct. 10,
the opening date Of the fall term,
every afternoon and evening. The
new catalog of the Workers School
has just come off the press. You may
secure a copy by writing to Bertram
D. Wolfe, director of the Workers
School, 108 East 14th St., New York
City.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-09-16
Latin Americans Are
Framed By Grand Jury

Continued from Page One)
was admitted by the prosecution that
hope was being held out for vital
information" as result of the plant
ing of a spy in cell adjoining those
of the arrested men.
The young men returned pleas of
not guilty when they appeared Before
Judge Mclaughlin. Immediately af-
ter bail was set by the court they
were remanded to the Raymond street
Jail.
At the hearings conducted by the
grand jury several witnesses" ap-
peared for the prosecution. One of
them was Conrad Ashley, Negro
car washer, who said he saw De
Hoyas and Silva near the Brooklyn
court house short time before the
explosion, and that one said to the
other, as everything alright"
The Negro declares that he heard
the two young men speak to each
other Sin clear English" Inasmuch
as the district attorney admits that
the defendants ordinarily speak only
in Spanish and that the Negro
does not understand that language,
it had been felt that this testimony"
was worse than useless.
"Safe" Witnesses.
Others who testified before the
grand jury were Michael Falvey,
detective; James A. Callahan and Ed
ward J. Kelley of the bureau of
combustibles;" and John Lynch, Sec
rotary to the district attorney, who
read statements credited to the young
men after their arrest and the third
degree had been administered to
them.
A trivial police episode" is re-
sponsible for the original arrests. A
call to the Butler St., police station
in Brooklyn complaining of NOISY
disturbance" at So State St., where
two of the arrested men live was the
basis for the case which resulted in
the present indictments.
A Police Discovery"
"A bSGSSGiNC dlopeISlOu w lilc
address given, but-could find no signs
of the disturbance complained of. In
the course of his prowlings, however,
he followed one of the young men to
his apartment because, the detective
explained, he was carrying "a sash
weight"
In the apartment the detective no.
ticed various pieces of clockwork,
wires, electric batteries, etc., which
the young workers explained were be-
ing used for the manufacture of toys,
for sale. Satisfied with their ex-
PLANTATION, the detective turned to
the station.
During the past week the police
have been trying frantically to prove
that some of the chemicals found in
the apartment could conceivably be
used for nitro glycerine.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-09-16
POLICE BREAK UP
MEETING CALLED
IN BRONX STRIKE

Two workers were arrested yester-
day morning when police attempted
to break up an open air meeting con-
Quoted by the United Council of Work
ingclass Housewives at Brook Ave.
and 18th St. in support of the strik-
ing grocery clerks.
When Sophie Epstein, chairman,
opened the meeting she was immedi-
ately placed under arrest. Leo Tob-
chnick, an official of the Grocery
Clerks Union, who then mounted the
platform was also taken into custody.
When the policeman left for the
station house with his two prisoners,
Rose Nevins of the council and Louis
A. Baum, secretary of the Photo
graphic Workers Union spoke.
Returning to the meeting, the pa
trolman found Baum addressing a
large crowd. He was telling the as
sembled workers that it was a dis
grace the way labor meetings are
broken up in this city. He also point
ed out that the widows and orphans
of dead policemen are also not treated
in proper manner. This apparently
had vivid effect on the policeman.
for he allowed the meeting to con-
tinue without interference.
Six Pickets Arrested.
Six pickets were also arrested yes
terday while picketing the grocery
store at 521 East 18TH st. Of the
eight workers arrested yesterday
three were released on $500 bail and
the others paroed in the custody of
their attorney. They will appear be.
fore Magistrate Rosenbluth in the pc.
lice court at 161st st. and Washing
ton Ave. this morning.
1t is said that small right wing
dual union known as the Retail
Clerks Protective Association is re-
sponsible for the arrests. 1t has ten
members and is headed by a man
named Samuel Heller.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-09-16
Big Picket Demonstration.

CHICAGO, Sept. 15.-A tremen-
dous picketing demonstration was
held yesterday in front of the Hyman
Bros. dress shop that routed the Sig
man gangsters that had attended to
beat up the workers.
The picketers made the thugs leave
the neighborhood when they saw that
the workers were not in a mood to be
trifled with. The militant workers
were out in such large numbers that
they filled up the entire sidewalk
crowding the right wingers into the
gutter. The weather yesterday was
one of the hottest of the year, but
that did not interfere with the strik-
ers who were unusually active.
Hailed To Court
Saul Flegg, right wing camp fol-
lower, accompanied by deputy sher-
if kept himself busy yesterday Civ
ing out summonses to the workers.
Realizing that the injunction is being
ignored by the workers, they are be-
ing hailed to court on charges of con-
tempt.
Nodell,, secretary of the Joint
Board, was taken off his job Tuesday
by orders of the right wing. The
boss told Model that he had received
orders from the right wing to dis
charge him. Shaffer, a we'll known
right wing strikebreaker, gave the
orders to the boss.
One of the largest votes in the his
tory of Local 100 was cast in the re-
cent election. 1t is decisive indica-
ton that the rank and file workers
are supporting the. Chicago Joint
Board in its fight against the union
wreckers.