The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-22
New Circular Houses Sell For $6,5OO
 DymaxIum MOmeS Of
 Future Impress at
 First Showing
By FREDERICK 0. OTENEAN United Press Staff Correspondent

By FREDERICK Q. OTHMAN
 United Press Staff Correspondent
 Washington, March 22-(UP)- DO not pinch me. Or make loud noises. I'm dreaming about my dy- maxion house of the future and I don't want to wake up.
 The Beech Aircraft Corporation is tooling up its Wichita, Kas., fac- tory to turn out SO,Oo0 two bedroom two bath houses of aluminium and plastic next year. They've got afr conditioning, dlsh-washing n1ach- ines, built-in vacuum cleaning sys- tems, electric garbage choperoos, and other things to make you blink, including @ price tag of $6,500, de- livered, erected and guaranteed. BrickmasOns Lose Out
 I'm drooling Or brickmasons, take warning, there'll be no $l4-a-day jobs involved in building the cir- cular house, first projected in 1927 by R. Buckminster Fuller, redes- igned by him and redesigned again over the years, and now making folks like my bride and me goggle- eyed.
 Fuller Houses, Inc, and the air- plane company opened their first showing of a scale model in the Congressional room of the old-fash- toned Willard Hotel. One of my fellow reporters was so impressed he ordered house for delivery next spring.
 i No termites, no ashes, no paint. That got him. He put his name on the dotted line. I fidgeted on 6 gold legged chair while inventor Fuller told about the house that's shaped like a merry-go-round, built like an airplane, and serviced like an automobile. The idea Is, If the drain gets plugged or the lights won't work, the mechanic rushes over and fixes 1t free. All you do, according to Fuller, is sit there, feeling snug.
 Gents with square houses made of plaster and lumber and such obso- lete stuff, you better start thinking about bargain sales. Fuller thinks you haven't a chance.
 He is a citizen, round in shape and dynamically balanced, like his houses. His white hair and mustache are clipped closely, because he does not believe in extraneous decora- tions. He figures if a thing is ef- ficient, like his house, 1t doesn't need any fringe to make it pretty.
 He made his house round be- cause Q circular wall encloses more space than a square one of the same length. Furthermore he said it's stronger and what he needed was strength; his house weighs only four tons complete. He said this compares with 150 tons for houses built brick by brick.
 Hidden Drawers
 The whole business rests on e hol- low steel mast anchored in the ground. Inside the mast is the machinery which makes things tick, such aS the ventilators, the vacuums, the heaters, the dehumidifiers and hold tight-the hidden drawers that slide up from somewhere with your winter clothes when you touch Q button.
 must report that e house glisten- ing like Q B-20 and built in the shape of an oversized mushroom looks peculiar. Fuller says youll get used to the looks; he says you'll really appreciate 1t when time comes to clean up the exterior. You don't do 1t with paint brushes. You use water from the garden hose.
 The windows are plastic. Let them down and plastic fly screens auto matically slide into place. The baths are deluxe, the front door looks like 1t came off an airplane and the in- side doorS-hold tight don't open. They fold, like an accordian. So much for the house.
 And maybe you'd like to know why we're in Washington" said Herman Wolf, president of the con- cern. We're not here to ask the government for anything. We just came in to let the housing author ities know what we've got"
 I still say, don't wake me. Not until the new day actually gets here.