The Senate finally began doing something about the Government's long-under paid hired hands. Convinced at last that the U.S. could not get first-class service for second-class salaries, it voted some $476 million a year in pay boosts for the 1,600,000 members of the armed forces and 1,400,000 Government employees. With only perfunctory appeals to economy, the Senate approved:
¶ A $61 million-a-year raise for about 500,000 U.S. postal workersan average of $100 each (but only half the amount the House had voted).
¶A $110 million boost for 885,000 civil-service employeesan average of $125 each (but trimming the pay limit...
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