European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 09, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Gao urges Exchange Price hikes by John Hart Washington Bureau chief Washington is the Genera accounting office Gao said prices in military Exchange stores can be increased by 7.8 per cent and the additional revenues Caibe used to support morale welfare an recreational mar activities. In the report released this week Gao said that military resale outlets have a substantial potential for generating additional non appropriated funds the report prepared for the Senate appropriations committee deals with the government spending $600 million annually to subsidize mar activities. Sen. John l. Mcclellan d.-ark., i chairman of the committee. Among the recommendations Gao made is a shifting of More mar costs from the taxpayer to the user. If Congress adopts the recommendations it would mean an across the Board Price increase of non appropriated fund resale activities and in the user s fees for mar programs. Defense officials Are now reviewing the Gao recommendations a Pentagon spokesman said thursday. Gao said that an increase in the Selling prices at the exchanges would still leave the military consumer savings of 16 to 18 continued on Page 28, col. 2 the stars Ano stripes authorized unofficial publication for the . Armed forces vol. 36, no. 144 Friday september 9, 1977 i Ooisy