The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, September 19, 1984 - Page 3 * UAW makes new proposal; layoffs continue From AP and UPI DETROIT - United Auto Workers President Owen Bieber said yesterday he had given General Motors Corp. a revised wage and job security proposal that "hopefully could conclude these negotiations" without a national strike. Bieber held a news conference hours after GM laid off workers at six more parts plants, the result of 13 spot strikes by they UAW on local issues that began at midnight Friday by 62,000 of the union's 350,000 GM workers. As of yesterday, nearly 8,000 non- striking GM workers at 10 plants had been laid off. Bieber's comments were the strongest yet that a settlement could be reached without a nationwide strike against the giant automaker. However, Bieber said if talks did not conclude yesterday night or today, the union would decide its next move. There has been speculation the strike at 13 plants may go nationwide if an agreement is not reached soon. The offer, described by Bieber as a "counterproposal," covered both wages and job security, issues that have snagged talks since they began July 23. GM's last offers on wages and job security came last Thursday and last Monday respectively. GM has had no comment since making the job security proposal over a week ago. But Bieber, speaking at a news con-. ference, emphasized wages - and economic issues usually are the last to be settled in UAW talks with U.S. automakers. 'I would hope that they now take this proposal and go back and take a good hard look at it . . . We are waiting to hear back from the corporation." "We still have some sticking points so far as the job security is concerned," Bieber said. "And of course, there are still some economic items to be resolved. Bieber responded to criticism that his "indecisiveness" has stalled the talks by saying, "I don't know what they mean when they say indecisiveness. If' they say indecisiveness is my un- willingness to accept an inferior con- tract, they'd be right." The union leader is in his first full set of talks since taking the top job last year. . The union is pushing for a raise of at least 3 percent or about $650 in the first year. The 13 plants on strike employ 62,700 workers. The union had announced that a strike by 4,045 workers at the Van Nuys, Calif. plant had settled their walkout. But workers did not show up for the first shift there Monday, and the plant was closed yesterday pending ratification of the new agreement. The latest layoffs were announced by GM's Harrison Radiator division, based in Lockport, N.Y. - 670 of its 5,700 employees at Lockport and possibly 80 more on Thursday at a plant in Buffalo. New layoffs also were announced at the Detroit Diesel-Allison division engine plant in Detroit, 500; Chevrolet parts in Saginaw, Mich., 380; AC Spark Plug in Flint, Mich. 220; a GM metal fabricating plant in Mansfield, Ohio, 106; Fisher body in Grand Blanc, Mich., 70; and Fisher body in Kalamazoo, Mich., 20. GM said that it was losing the produc- tion of 8,000 cars and 1,600 trucks per day. House defeats reform of insanity defense WASHINGTON (AP) - Yesterday the White House defeated legislation to overhaul the insanity defense after Republicans argued the measure was too weak to prevent defendants like John Hinckley Jr. from winning acquittal by claiming mental illness. The vote on the Democratic-sponsored bill was 225- 171 in favor of the measure. However, the bill needed 264 votes to pass under a special rule imposed by the sponsors. REP. JOHN Conyers (D-Mich), said he thought changes made to accommodate Republican concerns would have led to widespread support. "Serious flaws exist in the bill," Gekas said. "If it was in effect when Hinckley was on trial, he not only would have walked out of courtroom, but there's a possibility that he would not have walked into the hospital." Hinckley, acquitted by reason of insanity on June 21, 1982, is in a federal mental institution in Washington for shooting President Reagan, White House Press Secretary James Brady and two law en- forcement officers. REP. MICHAEL DeWine, (R-Ohio), said a vote for the legislation "is not a law-and-order vote. It is the wrong vote. There are many different ways to ap- proach this serious question. I would like to see a total abolition of the insanity defense." The Republican controlled Senate has passed its own version of an insanity defense revision, as part of an omnibus crime control bill endorsed by the Reagan administration. The House has responded by passing a flurry of an- ti-crime bills, including key portions of the ad- ministraton package. THE HOUSE bill makes numerous revisions from current law, including shifting the burden of proof from the prosecution to the defense. Currently, prosecutors must prove beyond a reasonable doubt that a defendent knew right from wrong when he committed thecrime. The bill would force the defense to show, by a preponderance of evidence, that the accused suffered from a mental disease or defect that impaired his perception of right from wrong. Also, the measure would narrow the test for in- sanity, thereby lessening the category of disorders upon which such a defense could be based. Specifically, the claim that a defendent lacked the capacity to control his behavior would be eliminated. OTHER KEY provisions would: * Limit use of psychiatric and other expert testimony. Experts could still testify on whether a defendant was mentally ill and the nbture of the illness, but not - as currently permitted - on whether the defendant was legally insane. 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