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Mondav. June 25,1973
University Daily Kansan
Stores May Have Made Last-Minute Price Hikes
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nobody really knew when a freeze was coming though many had anticipated it.
Gibson's assistant manager, Charley Crabtree, said that it wouldn't have been Gibson's policy to hurryly raise prices at the plant; instead, they would cordering to Phase 3, price increases were to come only at the same per cent that the manufacturers' and suppliers' prices rose.
Some of the department store heads agreed that prices had increased during the year.
But Shaw said that for the thirteen years he had been in retailing, there had usually been a big gap between his earnings.
LLOYD AGREED that prices had been going up. He said there had been many increases and virtually no decreases for a long time. The reason, he said, was that retailers were under pressure to increase value of the products. When suppliers raised prices, the retailers also had to, he said.
Shaw said he thought Woolworths actually received more orders for price than she did.
"Certainly we haven't raised prices just to raise prices," he said.
Peck said that Duckwall's prices had gone up, but he attributed it to inflation. In some of the alleged cases of price hiking, people may have been adjusting prices that were set against unjustified before he said, not to exhortient bishops, but simply to reasonable levels.
DUCKWALL HAD been receiving new price change lists weekly, according to Peck. Since these were sometimes 20 pages long, in the flurry of business employees didn't always have time to make the appropriate changes right away, he said.
The Alco store in Junction City, the discount branch of Duckwalls, was one of the stores that had been closed by Feeck said that the Junction City manager was new there, and had been in the Lawrence until about a month ago. He probably did have price changes to make it more attractive.
While there is a possibility that an individual Duckwalls manager may have prices prior to the freeze, Peck said, the chain as a whole had not. If an individual had raised prices on his own, however, he would get fired, Peck said.
SHAW AGREED that if an individual Woolworths manager made increases, the disciplinary action the company would impose would be fairly severe.
Lloyd said that in T.G.&Y. stores, individual managers could raise prices, subject to the discretion of the buying department.
Crabtree said that individual Gibson managers could not raise prices unless the manufacturers did. But such an individual, he added, would cost $10 in ice with the Internal Revenue Service.
Weasl was concerned that the consumer should have some easy way to check earlier prices to detect any possible violations of the freeze. She said that Nixon had left it up to him to keep watch, but he made it almost impossible to keep up with price increases.
WEISS, WHO will teach a consumer education course at the University of Kansas next fall, she said planned to find out how consumers could easily file comp
According to a spokesman of the Internal Revenue Service, stores should have freeze their stock at least once every same convenient point. He said if a retailer changed prices on an item during the week of June 1-8, at least 10 per cent of his sales had to have been at the higher price before the change took effect.
IF A STORE HAD not sold a particular item during June 1-8, according to the IRS, it would have to go back to the price charged during the last seven-day period that the item was sold. If it was on sale at least once in the week, the freeze price would be the sale price.
For example, the IRS spokesman explained, if he sold ten of a certain item, and one of the 10 was sold at the higher price, he would have to go back to the items, and only one of the 12 was sold at the higher price, the retailer would have to go back to the lower price.
None of the Lawrence stores contacted had free price lists available, but all said consumers could ask to see any invoices, letters and requisitions they wished.
Shaw said Woolworths had a meeting scheduled when this probably would be appropriate.
retail price, though not the cost price, of any item.
Peck said that Duckwalls had no price freeze list available yet because the freeze was so recent, but he would be glad to show anyone letters or invoices. Lloyd also said that requisitions were available upon request at T.G.&Y.
GIBSONS HAS stock control records in their offices that individuals can check, according to Crabbren. Gibsones carries so many GIBSONS products that it may be impossible to make a master list of all. Under Phase 3 guidelines, be said, each department had to select a certain number of best-selling items and had posted these numbers on the computer so no indication this should be done now.
According to the IRS, the freeze actually went into effect at 9 p.m. June 13. Spokeness for Lawrence stores said they don't make any necessary changes immediately.
Since the President announced the price freeze, the two local Duckwall stores have been lowering many prices in accordance with new legislation. The orders from the main office to lower prices and to disregard the price list sent out prior to the President's speech, he said.
correction
Members of the tenure committee entitled "Rights and responsibilities of individuals, departments and schools" were listed incorrectly in Thursday's Kansan.
The members are: Howard Boyajian, professor of music; Dale Scannell, dean of the School of Education; William Lucas, associate dean of the School of Architecture and Urban Design; Joan Handley, interim director of architecture; Lawrence senior, and Hobart Jackson, assistant professor of architecture and urban design.
LLOYD SAID T.G.E & Y, didn't have many changes to make, "because we haven't received that much merchandise since June 8."
Shaw stated that Woolworths hadn't received much merchandise since June 8, either, but he said anything they received after June 8 or dated June 8 would be changed in accordance with the ruling. He said that this took some time and hoped "the public will bear us for three or four weeks."
The President should set down some definite guidelines during the freeze, Crabtree said, because it was somewhat confusing.
According to the IRS spokesman, if a consumer spots what he thinks is a violation of the price freeze, he should call the IRS and give the name and address of the store, where it was purchased. If the price charged, the date purchased and other pertinent data, so the office can check it.
Senior High Camp, 36th,Began Sunday
Senior high school students arrived Sunday for the 36th annual Midwestern Music and Art Camp at KU. Thirty-five to be represented. The United States will be represented.
The music camp includes three bands, two orchestras, two choirs and three stage bands. Each of these groups will rehearse three to four hours daily and will perform on their own instruments. Potential college credits are offered to students who enroll in the harmony course.
The camp will run through July 29.
If the IRS finds there is a violation, they will warn the store to roll back the price to the previous level. If the store does not comply, penalties could be invoked. The spokesman said civil penalties of $5,000 per violation could be assessed.
The senior high school division of art camp will offer classes for beginning and advanced students. Courses will be offered in design, drawing, art history and caricature. Students will use the Art Museum, the Natural History Museum and the campus as resources.
Weasl said if a Lawrence consumer or store employee noted a violation, he could contact the local consumer protection association. The association would contact him if IRS and the name of the individual who made the complaint would never be involved.
Shakespeare, Artists Combine in 'Sublime'
Shakespeare and the romantic painters worked together to develop a "sublime" quality in the arts, said Randy Youle, teaching assistant in art history, in a lecture Sunday titled "Shakespeare and the Romantic Painter."
Voyale had trouble with the use of the word romantic when it pertained to the art of the period. He found the word sublime more than the word beautiful and his influence upon the romantic painter.
Henry Tussel, William Blake and Eugene Delacorte were the three painters whom Vladimir Krasnyak studied.
Tusell's paintings evidenced a direct link with the theatre. He used a simple backdrop for his scenes and highlighted the area of his concentration.
His choices of scenes were moments of terror and fantasy. He drew muscular figures and exaggerated gestures and rendered them with poise to Yoile, were taken from Michelangelo.
Youle said that Tusell's style changed with what the artist wanted to convey. He was the first painter to really deal with Shakespeare's plays in depth.
William Blake, a student of Tuseli, went
from the more direct and concrete approach to one of personal vision, Youle said. He would paint whatever he felt personally, adopting a single phrase or word and developing a painting from the feeling he got from the phrase.
Youle said Blake was a painter of visions, not of plays who would leave a fragmented expression, but never a complete statement.
Delacoxia avoided relief scenes, according to Youle. He concentrated on terror and emotional scenes, but avoided that were strongly expressional, scenes such as the scene from Hamlet where the dog loved Ophelia's father through a curtain.
Voyle said that the Augustan Age in England (1702-14) was offended by Shakespeare's work and therefore by the work of the painters he influenced. The works reflect the need and reason and the romantics' emphasis was on irregularity and emotions.
Delaicrosa was disturbed by Shakespeare's irregularity and thought that reason had to prevail. For this reason, he painted Shakspur's scenes as written, for stage in the theater.
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