The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980, May 18, 1958, Page 10, Image 10

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    10-(5cc. I) Statesman, Salem, Ore., Sun., May 18, '58
MIT Test House Uses Heat From Sun
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BOSTON With one side of its roof covered by glass and aluminum panels, this house is
able to supply most of its heating needs by use of the rays of the sun. It was built by Mas
sachusetts Institute of Technology researchers.
Down-East Correspondent
Solar Heat System for House
Cuts Bill-After Installation Cost
Tax Reductions Limited to
Excise Levies Supported
(Editor'! Nate: 1. Wrtley Sul
livan, newt editor of The States
Man, it on leave to accept a Nie
nan Fellowship toHarvard Univer
sity. Durini his absence he is
writiai exclusively for this news-
Cper as The Statesman's "Down
si correspendent.)
Br J. WESLEY SULLIVAN
Newi Editor, The Statesman
BOSTON All through last win
ter's blizzards and sub-zero weath
er here one bouse was being heat
ed snugly by almost nothing but the
rays of the sun.
Built last fall by the Massachu
setts Institute of Technology, the
house is no experimental model,
but a full-size home in a fine
residential area. One side of its
steep roof is glass. Black-painted
aliuminum plates under the glass
collect the sun's rays, passing the
beat through copper tubes to water
which circulates inside them.
The water flows into a 1,500
gallon tank which stores the heat
until needed. Every time the water
circulates through the copper tubes
in the solar collector during hours
of sunshine, its temperatures is
raised about 10 degrees. After a
sunny day, even though the outside
temperature may be zero, the wa
ter inside the tank is about 140 de
grees.
The hot water is passed through
a (rid and the heat is taken off
by a blower fan which sends the
warmed air through the house as
needed.
Atxiliarr Heat Available
If the temperature in the house
fails one degree, the fan turns it
self on. If the water in the tank is
below 90 degrees (the lowest point
at which the system will operate),
an auxiliary oil-fired unit supplies
the heat.
During the recent winter, the
snowiest in Boston's history, the
solar unit provided over 80 per
cent of the teat, thus cutting the
oil bill by four-fifths.
The solar system is not economi
cal at the present time. This in
stallation cost over $6,000, but as
new techniques are devised, the
MIT researchers indicate, costs
should drop sharply.
The house was built to be com
pletely functional. It was a chal
lenge to the architects, who had to
include the huge solar heat col
lector in their plans. The house will
b sold soon with cne proviso.
MIT will have the right to visit
the heating unit in the basement
at any time. With foresight, the
builders provided a separate out
side exit for the visitors.
Living Room Large
The house has a 30 x 18-foot living
room, three bedrooms, two baths,
a complete, modern kitchen, dining
room and a screened summer
house which is attached by an
overhead walkway to the second
floor living room.
The water for the kitchen and
bath rooms is also heated by the
solar system, but is not part of the
water supply in the main storage
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tank, which has been treated to
prevent corrosion.
In the summer, by moving a few
valves, (he system is converted in
to a super-air conditioner. The
water from the solar beat collector
is diverted to a smaller tank where
it stands ready to supply heat if
needed. The water in the large tank
is then cooled, rather than heated,
by a refrigeration unit in the tank.
The cool water, passing through
the grid which contains the blow
er fan, serves to keep the tempera
This is MIT's fourth experiment
al solar house, but not its last.
Their scientists have achieved a
break-through, only recently, which
may alter the nature rf most hous
ing in the future.
A new type of black, heat-absorbing
paint has been developed which
will allow the solar heat system to
collect heat up into the hundreds of
degrees of temperature. This will
permit steam generators to convert
the heat into electricity. In that
way, electricity for the entire house
ture of the house down during hot and its heating system could be
weather. Some scientists at MIT see this
Outside of installation and the nil ,as the key to.the future Pwer needs
used by the auxiliary system, the
only cost of operation is the elec
tricity for two motors. Because the
temperature never varies more
than two degrees in the house
drafts and "cold spots" have been
eliminated.
Clouds Spoil System
of the world instead of power by
atomic energy.
Ideal Boss Offered
TORONTO m Secretaries of
three doctors put their heads to
gether here this week and fame
The house was built in Boston ; Up with this conception of the
because its rugged winters give 'ideal boss
il a good test. The storage tank is Tall, dark, handsome, neat
large enough to keep the system , clean, punctual, friendly, loyal.
wonting even though there is no understanding of all office errors
suu lur iwu successive aays. it will
work well in hazy weather or light
iog, urn in ciouay weather,
and endowed with a good sense
of humor; he should write legibly
and sign all letters on tune,.
By B. L. LIVINGSTONE
WASHINGTON W-House lead
ers were leaning strongly Satur
day toward limiting tax cuts at
this session of Congress to select
ed excise levies.
On the basis of current thinking
among top Democratic policy
makers, reductions in individual
and corporation income taxes are
regarded as inadvisable at a time
when the government's books
show more and more red ink.
No final tax decisions have been
made, however, and none are in
immediate prospect. Neither the
Eisenhower administration nor
congressional tax writers appear
ready to make their tax moves.
Joint Decisions
Whatever decisions result, they
will be made jointly by Secretary
of the Treasury Robert Anderson,
House Speaker Sam Rayburn of
Texas and Rep. Wilbur D. Mills
(D-Ark), chairman of the House
Ways and Means Committee,
which originates tax legislation.
A friendly accord exists between
Anderson and Rayburn not to
jump the gun on each other's tax
proposals.
Meanwhile, House leaders are
known to hold the view that care
fully designed cuts in some federal
excise taxes would be the most
effective tax action at this time.
They would be applied chiefly to
transportation, automobile and
possibly communication excises,
with the reduction perhaps spaced
gradually over two or three years.
Whatever action is taken possi
bly will come when the House
Ways and Means Committee
moves to extend or revise a num
ber of excises and the corporation
income' tax rate before they drop
automatically une 30.
Tax Rat to Fall
The corporate tax rate is sched
uled to fall from 52 to 47 per cent.
This rate and most of the present
excise rates were imposed during
the Korean War.
The 10 per cent tax on passenger
automobiles is due to drop to 7 per
cent, the tax on auto parts and
accessories from 8 to 5 per cent,
on whisky from 110.50 to $9 a gal
lon, on beer from $9 to $8 a barrel,
and on cigarettes from 4 to $3.50
a thousand and various amounts
on wines.
The tax on railroad, airline and
other transportation passenger
fares is now 10 per cent. Freight
is taxed at 3 per cent, except coal
which has a 4 per cent rate and
pipeline transportation of oil which
is taxed at 4V4 per cent.
Stronger Defense Revamp Bill Seen
Dogs Liberated
MIDLAND, Ont. ( Midland's
dog catcher says dog lovers have
been stealthily liberating im
pounded peta in night raids. Most
dogs have been rounded up again,
he says, but some residents near
the pound are complaining aboil
midnight barks and yelps.
1 By GARDNER L. BRIDGE
WASHINGtON UH Secretary of
Defense McElroy predicted today
that some senators are going to
want "a hell of a lot" stronger
defense reorganization bill than
was drafted by a House commit
tee. McElroy said he expects efforts
will be made in both the House
and Senate to bring the bill more
closely in line with what Presi
dent Eisenhower wants.
The next action on the meas
ure, approved 32-0 yesterday by
the House Armed Services Com
mittee, is due to be taken on the
House floor, perhaps within the
next two weeks.
After that it is scheduled to go
to the Senate, which has not taken
any action at all yet on Eisenhow
er's defense reorganization pro
posals. The President was pictured by
some congressional sources as
willing to sign the bill in its pre
sent form, although Eisenhower
has expressed hope that some
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MEXICO CITY GB-The Transit
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to make Mexico City the world's
quietest capital Bus and truck
men nave been ordered to be
more silent, and motorcycles
must have mufflers. Honking was
banned some time ago.
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language in the measure will be
suitably adjusted on the House
floor.
Commenting on the House com
mittee version Friday night, Mc
Elroy said that while the bill
"seems to have accomplished most
of the President's major objectives,
certain language will, in our
opinion, impair efficient admini
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secretary said the first effort to
revise the committee language
probably will be made during house
debate. He also said he thought
some members of the Senate will
want a 'stronger bill.
The House committee bill is a
compromise measure that would
give Eisenhower substantially
what he requested in arrange
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of unified forces. But there are
two major provisions that the ad
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One of these would continue to
give Congress final decision on the
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a presidential veto. McElroy said
he regards this as cumbersome.
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