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Thuredey, Auguet 12, 1968 Fear Machine Operators To Quit Jobs TORONTO (CP)--While rep-| resentatives of city bricklayers discussed tors are threatening tion that would continue the tie- up of construction in Toronto. Officials. of the Bricklayers, | Masons and Plasterers Interna- Toronto Construction Associa-| tion will resume discussions that ended in a deadlock a month ago. "We want to end the strike," said Donald Williams, business agent for the union, The union has asked for a $1.13-an-hour increase in pay and benefits over a four-year period. The association has of- fered 70 cents an hour. Present salary rate is $3.50 an hour. The talks follow the return to work of members of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners (CLC) Tuesday. That union signed a four-year con- tract providing a wage increase of 92 cents an hour. An agreement between the association and the Operative Plasterers and Cement Masons International Association (CLC) will be voted on Saturday. Meanwhile, Herbert Ingham, business manager for the 4,000- member Local 793 of the Inter- natinoal Union of Operating En- gineers (AFL-CIO), said mem- bers have approved strike ac- tion if renewed negotiations with the Toronto Excavators As- sociation next week are unsuc- cessful. About 300 of the union's bull- dozer, crane and tower hoist operators have been working on city projects 'since their con- tract expired April 30. The union has asked for a 45- cent-an-hour increase over & two-year contract, said Mr. Ing- ham. The present wage rate is $3.40 an hour. "Confrontation" Drive Stays JAKARTA (Reuters)--Indone- sian President Sukarno has de- clared that his country's "'con- frontation" campaign against the Malaysian federation will --. it was learned Wed-| -- Indonesian news agency Antara said Sukarno reached this decision Tuesday night after siudying reports on. Singa- pore's secession from Malay- sia. ' However, highly authoritaitve sources here said Indonesia ' might exclude Singapore from the confrontaiton campaign un- til the situation became clear. The sources also said Indone- sia would have no objection to foreign military bases in an in- dependent Singapore as long as they were used only for defence of Singapore. Risk Capital | Plan Curbed | TORONTO (CP) -- The Tor-| onto Stock Exchange is trying] to discourage small mining ex- ploration companies from seek- ing risk capital through the sale of securities on the exchange, the legislature's select commit- tee on mining was told today. William Dennis, president of the Prospectors and Develop-} ers Association, said too strin- gent rules are being imposed on the smaller prospecting out-) fits by the TSE. Their alternative in attemp> | ing to raise money was to sell securities to the public under the control of the Ontario Se- curities Commission, Mr. Den- nis said. But there was a dis- i time lapse between the issuing of a prospectus and the approval of it by the OSC. Also, the OSC provided no subsequent securities market He called on the stock ex- change to form a_ separate branch to handle all speculative mining issues, offering more lenient filing terms to the ex- ploration companies. U.K. Housewife Gets $220,980 LONDON (AP)--A 40-year- old English housewife today collected £73,660 ($220,980) to- day for a lucky one-penny bet on soccer matches played in Australia. Mrs. Pamela Balke, mother of three children, hit the jack- pot on a British-run pool. She correctly picked seven tied games on a day when there were only eight on the coupon. Mrs. Biake's win is tax | free. | Mrs. Blake lives with her husband, Richard, and three children in a thatched cot- tage in the English country- side near Dorchester. 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