10-(5cc. I) Statesman, Salem, Ore., Sun., May 18, '58 MIT Test House Uses Heat From Sun !-." at, ,? A t r V V ' ,t" w , A . v . ' t I f . I. . , . ,1, f I II f ..1 i k -': - res, - t- Jllw MSJ . f if li I 1 1 i 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 -ZON 44oAiSecAfit 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. 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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 stration." Elaborating in a talk with re porters Saturday, the defense 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 ments for streamlined command of unified forces. But there are two major provisions that the ad ministration does not like. One of these would continue to give Congress final decision on the transfer of functions of any of the services, without the possibility of a presidential veto. McElroy said he regards this as cumbersome. 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