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Show 4RPL1ES MAY BE USED TDCARRY MAIL Senate Committee Votes Appropriation of $100,000 for Experimental Work. WASHINGTON. May 14. Federal acquisition of pneumatic mail tube systems sys-tems in six of the largest cities of the country was approved by the senate late today. An amendment to the postoffice appropriation bill, authorizing $4, 432, 000 for their purchase and operation, which Postmaster General Burleson has opposed, was adopted, 33 to 23. Another amendment, appropriating $100,000 for further experiments in airplane air-plane mail service, was approved, 32 to 24, after vigorous debate. Several important new provisions were a'lded to the bill by the senate. They would authorize: , Postal savings stamps of 10 cents denomination de-nomination to be placed on cards to the value of $1, redeemable in cash or available avail-able for deposit, and an increase in the maximum of individual postal savings deposits de-posits to 52000. Reinstatement of postal employees in the military service after the war, subject sub-ject to examination, at salaries they would have received if they had remained L inne service continuously; and read-L read-L Vustment of pre-war contracts to meet Increased costs In star route and screen T wagon service. f Opposition to the airplane provision was led by Senators King of Utah and Gal-linger Gal-linger of New Hampshire, who declared experiments should not be made now when every dollar should be used in war expenditures. |