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Show Would Remove From Civil Service Washington, Aug. 8. A provision which would sweep from tho civil servlco system all assistant postmasters, postmast-ers, clerks and other employes of postofllccs throughout tlio country and make them tlio personal appointees appoin-tees of local postmasters was put Into In-to the Moon railway pay bill on a preliminary vote In the House today. A final voto will bo taken tomorrow when opponents ot tho provision say It will bo decisively defeated on A roll call. Tho House had Just adopted an nmendment by Representative Moon providing that present assistant postmasters post-masters must tnko competitive examination exam-ination within ninety dnys after tho passago ot tile act to qualify Tor their places when Representative Cullop offered an nmendment striking out this provision and providing: "Tho postmaster at all such offices shall havo tho power to select his nsslstant postmasters and Ml clerks 'and employes In his said offlco, Irre spective of any civil service laws to the contrary and all laws .regulations and orders In conflict with this act nrn heroby repealed and nullified. "Provided, that such appointments, shall be for li perli.d of four years." Few Republicans In tho Houso vo-tpd vo-tpd on tho iimcndn.at leaving It to tho Democratic side, and It was written writ-ten Into tho bill, soventy-flvo t6 twenty-five |