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SS Washington BureauqueS-tion of whether military exchanges and commissaries should be allowed to sell the same line of goods has come upa House Armed Services subcommittee.The subcommittee, headed byRep. J. Philbin, D-Mass., discussed the overlap of exchange-commissary sales as a part of its first thorough investigation of the exchange and commissary systems in 13 years.Air Force Brig. Gen. GeorgeE.the subcommittee the Air Forceauthorized its commissaries last year to sell what he called “health and beauty aids” •—mouth asa convenience.The Army also has given sim-to its commissary managers, Pentagon exchangeThese are items which have been traditionally sold only in base and postWhere this overlap has started, McCord told the subcommittee, exchange sales have fallen because commissaries operate at a smaller priceBoth Philbin and Rep. W.C., B-Va., said intended to look into this matter.Earlier McCord told the subcommittee exchanges also stocked some food items that are sold in commissaries as a convenience to troops anddo not wish to go the long checkout lines at the commissaries for only a few items.Troops and dependents in Europe and in the Pacific can expect to see a small increase in the amount of foreign goods on sale in post and base exchanges as a result of recent authorityto the exchange service by the Defense Department.A limit on ment to curb the U.S. gold had been set at 25 per cent of sales in 1967. Early this Defense revised this limitationupward to 28 per cent ofsales this year, according to testimony before the by Army Brig. Gen. William R.Bigler, commander of the EuropeanA Pentagon exchange official said the change will affect the sale of goods in both the European and Pacific area ex-
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