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Show SENATE APPROVES ! RAISE IN PAY FOR POSTOFFICE WORK WASHINGTON, Juno 3. After! less than an hour's consideration tho senate passed without a record vote tho bill providing increased pay for postal employes. Similar action was taken by tho houso earlier In tho day and tho moanuro now goes to conference. con-ference. " Amendments adopted by the oonato changed the measuro but little and prompt agreement In conference Is ox-pootod. ox-pootod. Tho bill would affect approximately 300,000 postal omployca In tho United States, Porto Rico, Hawa.ll and Alas-j ka, and would increase tho postal pay roll tho first year $34,375,000. Ad-1 dltlonal lncroaaes for tho oucccedlng three yearn would average approxl- mately $3,700,000 annually. The bill carries out recommendations recontly made by tho Joint congressional commission, com-mission, following an investigation covering cov-ering more than a year into tho sal arles received by postofflce employes |