Show BIG POST ROAD I APPROPRIATION IS AGREED ON Conferees Finish Work on Bill for Highway Program I. I Washington Feb 17 Senate Senate and House conferees reached an agreement today on the tho postoffice appropriation by eliminating the thc Sod Sen Senate I ate amendment providing for pneumatic I matic matle tube mall mail service in New York City and Brooklyn and retaining tho tha Senate amen amendment ment appropriating for road load construction during tho the n years year The pneumatic tube tube- amendment over O which tho the conferees have been deadlocked deadlocked deadlocked dead dead- locked for or a week authorized the postmaster postmaster postmaster post post- master general to contract for tube service In New ew York and Brooklyn and prohibited removal remo of tho the service from in other cities In 1 which it formerly was used for mall transmission Continuance of ot I the thc tube service has been a source of conflict I for man many years ears In Congress and the tho ast postoffice appropriation bill was I v vetoed toed by br President Wilson because of ot Postmaster General opposition opposition op op- position to Its appropriation for the tube Lube service The Thc Senate provision for a a. road building program provides for thIs year ear aur anti and for each of ot the two following years The House conferees also yielded on the Senate appropriation of ot for tor motor truck service The House bill set net aside for this service The Thc conferees voted to retain the provision granting salary increases for postal but accepted the Senate Senate Sen Sen- ate ato recommendation limiting this In Increase Increase increase In- In crease to the present fiscal year car Establishment of or a a. commission to Investigate in investigate In- In tho the salaries of postal em em- which the Senate inserted was I also retained as was the Senate provision provision pro pro- vision Islon appropriating for the tho airplane military rv service The House I bill appropriated for tOI this I service Ice j |