19 In providing for those employees who are retired with small, inadequate alidwances,^ s pdc'ially during the first 10 or 15 years from 1946)' two ways of attacking the problem come to mind. Granting pf full prior ?ser vice; and/or byf^subsidizing an increased regular allowance by charging extra amounts made to them against the Fund a§'Ua whole, interest earnings, or^jother ;,in|. com^^J I . Ot®wnethods of approach with the B ^ S v e of trying to payKh& Sent, larger and adequaW retirement allow­ ance include thei/^ttd’vvirig: 1. Larger yields on investment of the fund. 2. Periodical analysis of the cost- of-living index and adjustment of the Fund’s income to maintain parity with the nurchasing^^W,e^)f the dollar. 3. A bala^ O i ffietween the opposing views of retaining,oyer-ag'e employees in service and |[th|| retiring of em­ ployees to create more opportunityHlr advancement in Strife servicWcareers. 4. A better understanding of I the System by the employees, and more genuine interest in the humane aspects of the p r o b l e m by administrators, State officials, legislators and the pub- lic. 5. Adequate and parity pay at all leWj|Bof employment. to thus ; make practicable the ability of the employee topcdrry his'share of the financial re­ sponsibilities of the present and future. HOTEL FOLEY La Grande Oregon 83 Rooms On Highway 30 Reasonable Rates by Week or Month Sunset Motor Company Chevrolet Oldsmobile - Cadillac The Dalles Oregori THE CHADWICK HOTELS HOTEL S E N A TO R HOTEL JA C K S O N Salem, Oregon Medford, Oregon Salem's New and Most Modern Hotel One of Southern Oregon's Finest Hotels Coffee Shop and Dining Room Banquet and Meeting Rooms Garage In Building Coffee Shop, Dining Room and Banquet Rooms Free Parking Lot W. W. CHADWICK, President