P. M. No. 19/ 196o
UNI VE SITY SALARIES
Statement by Acting Prime Minister. Mr. J. MoEwen
The Acting-Prime Minister, Mr. McEwen, said today that
thle Australian Universities Commission, having regard to movements
in professorial salaries during the past two years, has
proposed that the Commfonwealth Government should accept an increase
in the basic professorial salary on which Commonwealth
assistance is made available under the States Grants ( Universities)
Act. Some States, he said, had sought a lead from the

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ADDRESS BY THE RIME MINISTER OF AUSTRALIA.
THE RIGHT HON. R. G. hENZIES, M. P.,
TO THE PARIEANTARY PRESS GALLERY
AT THE HOUSE OF CO1MMONS
Oi WEMIESDIY, 18TH MAY, 1960.
Addressing a luncheon gathering of the Parliamentary Press Gallery, at
which he was the guest of honour, Mr. Menzies said, in part:-
" I want to say a few words to you about two matters. The first is the

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Asked about his reactions to the news from Paris, Mr. Mensies
saids " Well, I suppose I'm like all the rest of us it makes one
feel very anxious but my first reaction to what appears oe the surface
of the problem so far is that it is an unparalleled piece of hmnbug.
I mean, the greatest experts in spying in recent tines asking another
Power to apologise humbly seem to me to be almost unbelievable. In
fact it is so absurd it can't really be the whole root of the matter.
From the time this incident occurred about this aircraft the one thing

P. M. No. 18/ 1960
LATE P. J. CLAREY
Statement by Acting Prime Minister, Mr. John McEwon
The Acting Prime Minister, Mr. John McEien, said
today he ias most distressed to hear of the decth of Mr.
Percy Clarey. Mr. McEren said Mr. Clarey -ias one of the
great men in the Australian Trade Jnion and political
movements. He had devoted himself with great courage to
overcoming his physical disabilities in looking after the
affairs of his own electorate and in sharing his Party's
political responsibilities generally.

EMBARGO: Simultaneous release in London. Not for publication
or broadcast before 1.15 a. m. Tuesday May 17th.
THE FIRST SMUTJ1S 14EMORIAL LECTURE
by The Rt. Hon. R. G. Menzies, C. H. Prime Minister
of Australia at the * Jniversity of tambridge Monday 16th May,
1960
THE CHANGING COMM4ONWJEAL TH
Jan Christian Smuts was one of the most remarkable
men in modern history. He wras a scholar in the finest sense;
a soldier of remarkable distinction, a South African statesman
who made an imperishable contribution to the history and institutions

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PRICE OF SUGAR
Statement by the Acting Prime Minister, Rt. Hon. J-McEwen
The Acting Prime Msinister, Mr. McEwen, announced
today that the Commonwealth Government had closely studied the
case submitted by the Premier of Queensland, Mr. Nicklin, on
behalf of his Government and the su-, ar industry for an increase
in the domestic price of sugar.
Mr. McEwen said that the Commonwealth Goveriient had
agreed that--. the Sugar Agreement should be amended to increase the

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AUSTRALIA CLUB SPEECH.
Describing the Summit meting next week as " one of the great
climwctic events in the world", the Prime Minister of Australia, Mr.
Robert Gordon Menzies, surveyed the Commonwealth in relation to the
current international scene. Mr. Menzies was addressing members of
the Australia Club at a dinner given in his honour at the Savoy Hotel

FOR PRESS: P. M. Sunday 8th May. P. M. N6. 16/ 1960
APPOINTMENT OF CHAIRMAN OF NAi2IONAL LIBRARY COUNCIL
Statement by the Acting Prime Minister Hon. J. MoEwen
The Acting Prime Minister, Mr. MoEwen, announced today
that the Government had appointed Dr. A. Grenfell Price, C. M. G.,
of Adelaide, as Chairman of the National Library Council.
In the House last Thursday, Mr. McEwen outlined the
Government's decisions on the National Library. These decisions
included the division of the National Library into two parts

The Government has reached a number of conclusions upon the future of the National Library, about which I should like to inform the House.

FOR PRESS: CORAL SEA WEEK
Admiral Herbert G. Hopwood, Commander in Chief,
Pacific Fleet U. S. N. guest of the Commonwealth Government and
the Australian/ American Association will visit Canberra during
the Coral Sea Ideek Celebrations and will arrive at Royal
Australian Air Force Base Canberra at 4.3 P. m. on Monday 9th
May. He will be met at the Base by Senator JG. Gorton, Minister:
for the Navy, representing the Commonwealth Government, His
Excellency Mr. Jilliam. J. Sebald American Amabassador to