Newport Navalog

Prices on Waves Clothing Hiked;
Increase In Monetary Allowances Expected Soon

Prices on women's clothing and small stores took a general rise Monday while it was expected that women's monetary clothing allowances would also be increased in the near future.

A new Navy-wide price scale for women's clothing-with most items marked up over the last listing of 1 July 1950-became effective Monday in the Women's Issue Room, Bldg. 85.

Expectance of additional clothing allowance for women is based on the joint Bureau of Supply and Accounts and BuPers Letter dated 25 May 1951, which announced that prices would be revised upward and that enlisted women would be "granted an increase in clothing sufficient to offset the higher prices."

The joint letter stated that the new allowances and prices of women's clothing "will be established on the same basis at those for men's clothing which were increased on 1 March 1951." In regard to those rates for men, LTJG D. W. Beams, Station Clothing Officer, said this week that "no further changes are contemplated at present."

Increased costs of labor and raw materials were cited by the Bureau announcement as the reasons for increased prices and it was noted that the Navy makes no profit whatsoever on clothing sales and does not reckon cost of procurement, storage and distribution in determining final costs.