The Age from Melbourne, Victoria, Australia • 1

NRq NB hag- -Bit Thursday October 20 1977 250 Spencer St Melbourne 600421 (Classified 60 0611) 36 Pages 124th Year 12c BB Hawke Moore agree on plan ITODAYJ The Loans Affair How could a Government be brought down by something that never happened? That is the real enigma el the loans affair according to Graham Freudenberg In Ms book A Certain Grandeur instalment 20 What Sir John Moore said: TOMORROW Emergency hearing on work value proud of my record Hunt Bike boom Pedal away with Age Weekendei By MIKE GORDON ELISABETH STEREL and JOHN RENTSCH 6ln its reasons for its decision in the SEC matter the Full Bench of the commission said: "While there may be relativity problems within the SEC they cannot be resolved in a piecemeal fashion or by across the board wage adjustments but require a comprehensive and systematic review of work and pay within the SEC" I have now been asked by Mr Hawke to make available a member of the commission to call the parties together to see what can be done in the light of that passage Mr Hamer has informed me that the Victorian Government does not oppose such a course provided there is an immediate return to work Accordingly I have asked Mr Commissioner Mansini to arrange such a meeting as a matter of urgency The Minister for Local Government Mr Hunt told State Parliament yes The Arbitration Commission and the ACTU last night agreed on a plan which could end power strike terday he had always acted honestly of nis and was proud of nis record Mr Hunt again rejected calls for him to stand down over the Housing Commission's land deals Mr Hunt gave an explanation of donations to his 1973 election campaign after the Labor Party launched But its success will depend on an emergency hearing in the commission today and a meeting of Latrobe Valley shop stewards possibly tomorrow The ACTU hopes to win pay increases for the striking SEC maintenance men through a work value case before the commission urgency motions in both Houses of Par" State Parliament NEWS SUM MARY Mr Hunt said no accusations had been made against him at the lend inquiry only innuendos The land inquiry has been told that Marijuana The NSW drugs Royal Commission is This could lead to a new separate award for SEC maintenance workers companies associated with the land purchases donated $13000 to Mr election campaign told that marijuana growing pt Griffith is a carefully planned industry generating Clerk The new peace move was 7 negotiated last night by the president of the ACTU Mr Hawke and the president of the N-bomb talks Officials from 33 countries meet in Washington to see if they can devise a way to stop the spread of nuclear weapons ML stabbed in ransom bid The Government successfully moved an amendment in the Legislative Council to accept Mr explanation Rebel Liberal MPs Mr Charles Francis and Mr Doug Jennings voted with the Opposition and the National Party Mr Hunt told the council the Housing purchases of land at Sunbury Melton and Pakenham had not been proposed when Mr Peter Leake who was then chairman of the Flinders electorate committee came to him with an offer to raise campaign funds Mr Leake whom he had known for about 18 years had approached him before the 1973 elections and said he THE Japan contracts The Queensland Premier Mr Bjelke-Pet-ersen questions the credibility of contracts with Japanese companies 11 By LINDSAY MURDOCH an SIMON BALDERSTONE Iodine in milk A milk sample tested by the Health Department had almost five times the recommended iodine level says tha Minister for Health was working too hard as a Minister and was unknown in his electorate A man carrying a ransom letter demanding the release of an Indian religious sect leader ctabbed a clerk in die Melbourne office of Air India yesterday The letter demanded the release from an Indian jail of tha leader of the Ananda Marge sect Mr Sarker The clerk Mr Michael Meneghini about 40 was stabbed in the chest Mr Leake had said a good campaign i needed because the seat had not Arbitration Commission Sir John Moore Mr Hawke said the latest proposals for pay rises through work value could resolve the power strike by the beginning of next week Late last nighf Mr Hawke spoke to the Premier Mr Hamer in a bid to prevent Government action against the striking unions Mr Hamer said the Government would drop its moves to deregister four unions involved in the dispute if the men returned to work and the Arbitration Commission agreed to hear their work value case "The sooner the parties get back and argue the case free from strike the he said Mr Hamer said the Government fully supported moves for work value case before the commission He said that if there were indications that tha new plan would result in a return to work the SEC would drop its Friday deadline for strikers to go back or be sacked Late last night the Federated Engine Drivers and Firemen's Association decided to tell its was always gone to the Liberal Party Mr Hunt said he accepted Mr Leake'i offer Mr Leake had been well Woman sues A woman auei for injuries shs says she received when the limb of a tree fell on her at Government House Commuters go bff rails Victorian commuters are staging a mass exodus from the railways aware of the Liberal Party's code of lid ethics that candidates should not know Unions face deregistration 5 Police will 'do duty' 5 Editorial 9 Claudo Forell Comment 9 the donors or amounts contributed after a youth about 19 entered the office airline The knife pierced Mr Meneghini's their campaigns nai Mr Leake has lung but he was In a satisfactory condition after surgery in the Royal bourne Hospital last night been named as partner in Nandins Investments a company which put together a parcel of and at Melton for Welmac which ODD SPOT made a profit of more than $2 million lling to after selling to the Housing Saul Bellow who won the Nobel Prise for Literature hat been sentenced to ten days in jail In Chicago for failing to make alimony payments to hie third wife The Indian High Commission in Canberra said a youth went to the Air India offices on the 13th floor of the Royal Insurance building in Collins Street at 3 JO pm police said he told staff he had a letter for the manager He asked the office manager Mr Zellner for a receipt for an airline Commission Mr Hunt said innuendos had suggested that the companies rushed in and bought land because the Housing Commission was about to acquire it but evidence to the land inquiry had dispelled this Land inquiry 4 The chairman of the shop committee Mr Tea Turnbull said he was uncertain about the prospects of settlement but would attend the hearing Mr Hawke said he was aware of the maintenance apprehension about the Arbitration Commission but said he hoped they would be given confidence IN DEXUTOt PAGES' SEC members to walk off the job vith- to morrow unless the SEC wii bag he was earning It is believed Mr Ziel drew its threat to sack maintenance workers A walk-off by FEDFA men would totally shut down Latrobe Valley power supplies The new peace plan was Weather hipping law list Amutamenta by their shop stewards "I know they trust their shop stewards Their shop stewards IS 27 13-36 34 illner became suspicious of the man and turned to telephone police The man then lunged at Mr Meneghini with a knife stabbed him in the chest and fled Police later found a knife on the 10th floor of the building Police feared the bag left behind by the youth may have contained a bomb Forensic science experts and the Rebels 'shot in back of ND celiinM 2 Arts 2 World news 6-7 10 Letters I 14 Editorials 9 Accent 26 Accase Age 14 Businna Age 21-24 Quotas 25 Taft's framed at a meeting yesterday of the ACTU the Trades Hall 0 Comics Crossword 32 BONN October 19 Urban guerillas Andreas Baader and Jan-Carl Raspe Pklm OCNNIS BULL Mr Hawke looks weary during the meeting of unionists in the ACTU board room army's bomb disposal squad were called in but found only letter in the bag were killed by bullets fired from behind the head lawyers who attended Classified index -28 Personal notices 28 were at the meeting today and they will be at the Arbitration Commission tomorrow Mr Hawke stressed that the unions were not seeking an interim pay rist at commission hearing "We are not demanding an interim increase if it looks like being somewhat drawn-out inquiry we could reach the situation where the commissioner would say: yes there is a case for an increase I yet know how we can establish that concept I would anticipate a fairly early meeting of the men and a resolution of this Mr Hawke warned that any Council officials of 19 power unions and shop stewards from the Latrobe Valley Sir John Moore then agreed to appoint Commissioner Mansini to chair hearing at 215 pm A return to work will hinge on a shop stewards' recommendation to the men if progress is made in the commission It is understood a mass meeting to discuss a return to work could then be called for Monday The unions' claim for a 940 a the autopsy said today The Government announced yesterday that the two men and a third guerilla Gudrun Ensslin had committed suicide Apartheid foes banned Two West German doctors assisted by doctors from Switzerland Austria and Belgium carried out the post mortem The official results have not been released It said the Ananda Marga sect wanted to convey a message to the Indian Prime Minister Mr Desai that if Mr Sarkar was not released the campaign of violence would continue Recently a pig's head was thrown at a staff member of Air Sydney office The Indian High Commissioner Mr Ajmeni said last night his Government would not release Mr Sarkar Mr AJmani said that because of recent terrorist attacks in Australia ha had asked the Foreign Affairs Department to provide security for the Indian cricket team when it tours Australia this summer JOHANNESBURG October South Africa today banned 18 organisations opposed to apartheid it also shut down the leading black newspaper the World and CITY: Occasional showers Fresh wind Expected highest temperature 16 (yesterday 16) Dstoib 18 week pay rise was rejected out-in the commission on Tues- right Hijack 7 arrested Its editor Percy Qoboza 10 he was due to hold a minutes before Naude had banning orders issued against them Dozens of homes of priests lawyers Journalists and students throughout the country wren raided and papers confiscated Several people were arrested during the raids The Justice Minister Mr Kruger described the World ana the 18 organisations as threats to public order Report attempt by the SEC to use outside labor to break the mainten day Although Mr Hawke was hopeful last night that the plan could end the dispute Latrobe Valley hop stewards said they were apprehensive ance workers' strike would be totally opposed by the trade union movement Press conference about the closure Six black leaders from Soweto were arrested and three officials of the Interdenominational multi-racial Christian Institute Including director Dr Byars Continued I I Dateline fssssmm Michelle Grattan Atlast cool wool-rich slacks you can wash Fletcher Jones Washable strike law poll hint More image than power Frew MICHELH GRATTAN The Government was last night considering a special sitting of the Senate tomorrow to rush through its latest industrial legislation The legislation widens the be debated and passsd by the House today The new legislation extends the grounds on which the Federal court can deregister a union And it gives to the court power to de-register a particular section of a union The new industrial legislation in the pipeline for some time waa speeded into Parliament yesterday in response to the Victorian power strike at traditional means of reaching an industrial settlement tha Australian people accept that sort of attitude? 'This is just typical of so many The Deputy Prime Minister Mr Anthony yesterday gave a further boost to speculation about a December election 'He said sooner or later the Government had to face up to union groups which held the nation to ransom But people needed to know that the Government had two or thres years ahead of it not just six months grounds for deregistering unions strengthens the Industrial Reia- A gaggle of officials spent the afternoonjvorking ana Mr Street'! speech in the Minister's office The new grounds for small union groups in strategic industries that are holding tions Bureau and protects conscientious objectors It was introduced into the House of Representatives last night The Minister for Employment and Industrial Relations Mr nation up to ransom and virtually leading ua to economic chaos" Mr Anthony said or later the Government has to face up to this issue and go to the Australian people When the on this summer get into FTs washable Celsius 30 Eke a breath of fresh air Cool comfortable An ideal wool-rich blend treated by a new process bo they wash easily and retain their good lodes Celsius 30 a stylish way to keep your cool when things are hotting up! With all the features of true FJ classics they're great value at $4495 Bankcard welcome National Country Party leaders have been rather less enthusiastic Street said that although the ctedi measures were not directed speci and say: prepared to govern with courage and with a sense fically at the power strike the list' legislation may have "relevance tration include industrial actii which "prevents hinders or intar-feres interstate or oversea trade or the provision of a Commonwealth or State public service It gives the Arbitration Commission stronger powers to deal with demarcation disputes Tha commission will bo able to order that a union is not allowed to represent a certain group of employees And the legislation gives tha IRB power to initiate proceedings for breaches of industrial law for the cancellation of awards and for deregistration of a union The IRB will also have exten-sive powers to investigate com to Victoria" He said the section strengthening the rights of conscientious on the bill wai printed during the dinner break The legislation does not much increase Federal powers in the Victorian situation although it provides some "flexibility" But the Government is concerned to be seen by the public responding in a determined if graduated way in this strike So Mr Street who refused to answer newspaper questions before the legislation waa introduced went on television to make sure Mr Hawke did not hold the limelight The election fever climate in Canberra is making the Government very anxious to balance the images of "responsibility" and The Government also knows that if this dispute goes on the ultimate impotence of the law to deal with industrial defiance could be exposed The Government is caught between the desire to exploit the situation as a prelude to a possible December election and a real fear that the whole situation could get out of hand objectors could apjriin Victoria where non-union labor is being Fletcher Jones about a December election than Mr Fraser They are more inclined to believe there must be a specific issue to launch a poll But Mr Anthony who waa answering a question at tha Australian Conference said tht Victorian power dispute was a "crisis A few people had been holding the Slate to ransom by demanding a wage rise "over and above their legitimate and normal entitlement under the Conciliation and Arbitration ha said Then peopla had taken it upon themselves to thumb their nose of responsibility but got do that knowing we've got only six months life in the Parliament got to know that we are going to stand up there and be firm and know that we've got a period of two or three years in front of us to try and get this country under Mr Anthony said the Federal Government was tightening its industrial legislation Continued 3 recruited to break the strike The provisions for wider de-registration grounds and sectional deregistration could also be applied to the power strike The Opposition called a series of divisions to disrupt the introduction of the bill which is to 1 Queen Street 133 Bourke Street City Chads! one Northland Southland Vriamt Forest Hill Frenkston Brunswick Footscray Tirrlunr FrntflriTi Mnnrrlli ITamumhnoij Alburyaad ML Gambler plaints by members of industrial ItlOl organisations of oppressive rules i'i or breaches of rules i Move against unions IS if I ip.