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Newspaper Page Text- -.-.4 . . .. '' " " " in im 11 1 in 1 , n -m iMiiin in 11 1 in 1 inn r- bt 1 11 1 1 1 tti hi , m. , ,r,n - i.i 1 - . - . . . - . 'J r -, - ' , ' - :, . .-:......)..-. . . . . .... i - ' 5 1 I - . I ' 'CZ yi 4FJ Sf 1 1 TgH V'. ilis, itj 3i rmin .80 inch, rtxl . : BASKETBALL! You'll want np-to-th-mla-nte ' reports on . the tttte tourney this week ; you'll find them in your States man. ' , EIGHTY-FOURTH YEAR 4 Salem, Oregon, Thursday Morning, March 21, 1935 No. 303 rfG0ME, MARTIN Personnel at Capital to be Left to Department Heads, His View Governor Says He Has, no : Idea of Building Machine; On Trip to See Roads Off for an inspection trip of roads in eastern Oregon and a re spite from the heavy duties the 'first CO. days In the executive's office hare brought him. Governor Charles H. Martin yesterday, in a .formal statement, laid down his policy on appointment of new state administrative heads. "I shall take my time," said the governor. "I have no intention of building up a personal political machine. "I regard my office as a public trust and my appointments shall be based on merit rather than on considerations of political or per sonal reward." To Appoint . Only Department Heads Governor Martin, before his de parture, Indicated clearly that he would appoint only department heads and the members of var ious state commissions and boards. "It is obviously impossi- IiIa far Tn a tn rievniA tTia nAtoa- sary attention to many other du t ties of my office and at the same - time to give my personal atten tion to the many applicants for positions In the statehouse," the governor indicated. "I am therefore compelled to take the position that I shall per sonally appoint only the depart ment heads and the various com missions. I shall hold each com missioner directly responsible to me for the efficient and economi cal administration of his respect ive office. This cannot be done if I .were to name or even to recom mend the members of the staff by whom the work pf Uwepartment or commission is to be per formed." V Governor Martin set at rest re ports that a statehouse cleaning impended. "It is not anticipated there will be any wholesale dis charge of the present personnel," he said. Major Attention to Administrative Matters The executive also stated that he intended from now on to give - his major attention to adminis trative matters. The immediate and difficult problem first to be faced is one of personnel, he said. However, many of the heads of in stitutions are appointed by the I (Turn to page 10, col. 4) UBOR BOARD FOB WASHINGTON, March 20.-P) The Labor Relations board today appointed a regional panel for Portland, Ore. The panel is to take testimony on complaints of violations of NIRA's collective bargaining pro visions; mediate in disputes and conduct elections at the request of the parties concerned or at the national board's order. Industrial representatives: Nathan A. Boody, Roberts Brothers department store execu tive; MaxN3. Hirscb, president of the Birsch-Weis- Manufacturing company, and L. H. Hoffman, ar chitect. Labor representatives: Gustave Anderson, secretary -treasurer of the Central Labor council; Ben Osborne, secretary of the Oregon Federation of La bor; Agnes M. Quinn, business re presentative of the waitresses and cafeteria workers' union; "W. E. Klmsey, printer; B. W, Sleeman, carpenters' union. Public representatives: Roy J. Shields, lawyer; the Rev. George F. Thompson, pastor of the Madeleine parish; Clement Akerman, economics professor at Reed college. Protest Troopers Patrolling Strike SEATTLE, March ZO.-tiPV-The central labor council tonight sent a telegram of protest to Governor Clarence D. Martin after charges were made by delegates of the International Seamen's union that state patrolmen were escorting non-union workers to point wells. north of here, whore the tanker District of Columbia Is laid up in the tanker strike. r Ohio Democrats CallonF.D.R. COLUMBUS, O., March 20-GP) PORTLAND 110 . ' -Democratic members of Ohio's general assembly Lite today call "ed on President Roosevelt to "right the wrongs that hare been done our governor" in the relief controversy -with relief ad mini - i trator Harry L. Hopkins Troops Called After Vanda Is Blast Levee ' In M ississippi Basin New Dust Storm of Serious Proportions is Doing Wide Damage in Plains Region; Fifth' Fatality Reported GREENWOOD, Mis., March 20. (AP) National guard troops were hurriedly ordered to Leflore county tonight after several hundred, men overpowered guards and dynamit ed a levee near Philipp in Tallahatchie county. , Reports circulated that the vandals were headed toward the dry Bayou levee 12 miles north of here where 25 guards O TANKER COMPMES E E Break Off Relations With Seamen's Union; Dock Strike Threatened SAN FRANCISCO, March 20.- ()-CompanIes operating Pacific coast oil tankers that have been tied up Bince March 9 by a sea men's strike, tonight began for mulating plans to resume service after breaking off all j relations with the International Seamen's union. ! While the strike rettiained a tense, unsettled issue into which a federal conciliator thrust the statement that he was "unable to get anywhere" a unioii official said t)ie walkout migt affect longshoremen, focal group In last summer's coastwide marine strike. This was revealed' by Harry Bridges, local president of the In ternational Longshoremen's asso ciation, who declined to elaborate on his assertion. The oil company officials set no time for resumption of tanker operations nor did they reveal whether it would be attempted with non-union crews. Hiring of (Turn to page 10, col. 7) DAYTONA BEACH, Fla., March 20.-(iP)-Sir Malcolm Campbell's speedy argosy for 1935 was over tonight, barring only a miracle of nature, and the slender English man was ready to pack his be loved monster Bluebird and trke her and her new 276.816 miles an hour record back home I to Eng land. He made his final test runs on Daytona's gleaming sands today, but they were tests fori the fu ture rather than the present. The beach was still too rough for any thing like the 300 miles is n hour he seeks, and so he contended himself with experiments with acceleration. Tomorrow is his deadline here, and there seemed not a chance in a millifin that the perverse weath er that has haunted his seven weeks here would suddenly shit overnight and do for him what it baa refused all this time-i-provide the" perfect, smooth, " hard beach on which he can loose his 2500 horsepower monster to the fulh Compass Plane's Hawaiian Flight Plans Abandoned OAKLAND, Calif., March 20.- ()-A distance flight 700 miles or more over the Pacific and return in lieu of a hop to Hawaii was be ing charted here tonight; for the department of commerce radio compass plane. Original plans looking eventual ly toward a 2,400 mile hop So the island territory went glimmering when department of commerce of ficials in Washington announced definitely the operations would be confined to cruises perhaps 900 or 1,000 miles out and return. 1 BLUEBIRD SPEEDING 111 Fill TESTINGS Roosevelt to Urge Passing MootediBills This Session By CECIL B. DICKSON WASHINGTON, March 20.-P) -Authoritative word reached the capitol today that President Roos evelt wants all controversial ad ministration legislation passed at this session to clear the way for a short and harmonious assembly of congress prior to the 19 8 presi dential campaign. This political strategy was de cided upon. It was said, to avert next year if possible any serious party schisms over legislative pol icies that might Interfere with plans to bring about reelection of President Roosevelt and a demo cratic congress. i ,. Talk among some leading dem ocrats of scrapping a good tit of the administration's controversial legislation at this session, particu larly the omnibus banking bill and portions of the social secur ity program, is understood In in formed s e n a t o r-representative stood ready to defend it with ma chine guns and riot guns They had orders to "shoot to kill" if any one attempted to blast the embankment. . The object of dynamiting the levee is to relieve water pressure at other points and thereby pre vent natural crevasses. KANSAS CITY, March td.-JPh Another major dust storm, caus ing confusion and widespread pro perty damage, rolled eastward to night across the midwest plains. Traffic was paralysed by both land and air. Schools were closed. Business was tied up. Street lights were turned on in mid-day, blink ing eerily In the heavy haze. (Turn to Page 2, CoL 4) IS CHICAGO, March 20.-P)-An-thony Barrett one of the famous Barretts of La Salle street and unofficial weather prophet of the board of trade predicted a dry spring today. Government meteorologists, pre pared to welcome spring at 7:18 a. m. Thursday, termed the ex piring season "a dry winter with a deficiency of moisture" in the agricultural regions of the mid dle west. A chill rain fell here as Bar rett sniffed the damp breezes, Studied his data, completed his prognostications ' and announced the next 90 days would be pre dominantly dry in the farm terri tory. Here Is his forecast: East central states fair and dry. West central states cold and dry. Eastern states warm and dry. Gulf states warm with mois ture. Mountain states cold and dry. Pacific states warm and dry. Canada fair with some mois ture. 7374-4465 IS FINAL VOTE. HE RECALL EUGENE, Ore., March 20-(flV Lane county's electorate, goaded by Townsend pension plan ad herents, recalled Representative Howard S. Merriam of Lane county by a 7374 to 4465 vote, complete returns showed tonight. Approximately 50 per cent of the eligible voters went to the polls In yesterday's election. Mr. Merriam expressed his thanks to his many friends for their work in the campaign and said he "had no regrets." His re fusal to alter his stand in the legislature on the Townsend me morial to congress was followed by Institution of recall proceed ings. Charles L. Paine, district or ganizer of Townsend clubs, bailed the election result as "a victory for the people." Legislature in Washington Ends OLYMPIA, Wash., March 20-()-After running six days over time to make it the longest ses sion in history, the 24th Wash ington legislature adjourned "sine die" at 8:10 tonight. quarters to have caused some con cern at the White House. Besides the $4,800,000,000 work relief bill, passage of which now seems assured, Mr. Roosevelt was represented today as especially anxious to enact at this session a bill continuing the NRA for two years; his social security . pro gram; utility holding, company legislation; transportation regula tion coordination; banking legis lation; transportation regulation coordination; banking legislation; ship subsidy and the- increase in the capital of the Home Owners Loan corporation. i The president was said by some officials to be planning to empha size the necessity of getting this program through before congress goes home. . The speculation that some of the measures backed by the pres ident might be dropped arose be- (Turn to Page 2, CoL 2 BARRETT PREDIGTS DRY SPRING NATIONS AGREE ON DISCUSSION, HITLER'S MOVE Decision Followed by Vote Of Confidence, French Government's Moves Britain to Deal Directly in Paris Conference Before Berlin. Meetings By HAROLD. P. BRAMAN Copyright, 1933, toy Aisociated Press) LONDON, March 20. A smash ing vote of confidence in the French senate for the French gov ernment's determined efforts to curb German rearmaments today followed closely decisions of the British, French and Italian gov ernments to hold direct discus sions of the problem. Great Britain, yielding to to French and Italian insistence, agreed to abandon diplomatic ne gotiations and sent Captain An thony Eden, lord privy seal, to Paris for the tripartite conference, to be held one day before Eden and Sir John Simon, British for eign minister, go to Berlin to confer with Adolf Hitler. The vote of confidence, given Premier Pierre-Etlenne Flandin's stout resistance in the "ace of Hitler's decision to renew com' pulsory military training in Ger many gave additional evidence of the determination to act alone in the face of the German threat if necessary.! Peace Urged by V atican Press Simultaneously the Osser Atore Romano, official Vatican organ, urged peace in an editorial which said the "international situation appears to be extremely delicate." Attention was focused on the French note of protest to be de livered to the Berlin government tomorrow. It was expected to cri ticize much more sharply than the (Turn to Page 2, Col. 5) DIRROIAI SCORES U CALLS FOB ITS Ei WASHINGTON, March 2HjFy In the strange role of prosecut ing attorney, aged Clarence Dar row slouched down in his chair before a senate committee to drawl an indictment of NRA which brought a, sharp reply from an official of the recovery organ ization. Darrow, paradoxical combina tion of genial philosopher and shrewd criminal lawyer, put the whole new deal on trial before he finished, stabbing administra tion policies with the verbal ra pier thrusts that have made him famous. The veteran defense attorney urged the annihilation of NRA but Sidney Hillman, member of the agency's administrative board, later told the finance commit tee that the abolition of the re covery organization would be fol lowed by an "unemployment sit uation worse than in 1932-33." His tired voice, occasionally showing some of the fire which swayed many juries, the rugged faced Darrow said the rich were getting richer; the poor, poorer and that the solution was "so cialism." Highway Post Not Sought by Currier, Says MARSHFIELD, Ore., March 20. -Py-Roj G. Currier of Lakeside today announced his withdrawal as a candidate for a position on the state highway commission. Endorsed by most southern Ore gon coast civic organizations, Currier said Governor Martin "has shown such deep interest In south western Oregon, as well as for the state at large, that I do not think it expedient or fair that he be called upon to appoint a man from this district for that important post." Sugar Company's Strike Ends, Is Union Statement CROCKETT, Cal., March 20.- Daniel Flannlgan, secretary of International Longshoremen's association announced tonight the union had accepted a pro posal; by the California and Ha waiian Sugar Refining corpora tion whereby workmen on strike there would return to work with in 48 hoars. Flannlgan said the company pledged that it would negotiate py Tuesday of next week an agree ment covering recognition or the union, hours, wages and working conditions. FIVE HORSES BCRN PENDLETON, March 20-(V Flve horses. lOBt their lives late yesterday when a barn oa the Grant Buchanan ranch In the Butter 1 Creek . section . was de stroyed Pi tire. STAGE ONLY UPSET OF TOURNAMENT OPENERS r i hi rt . r&A'.cZL &N if These Colombia Preppers, champions of district 4, scored the single upset of the opening day's play im the state high school basketball tourney here yesterday when they defeated Marshfield high's quin tet 28-23. Left to right, they are: Coaeh Ed Finne, O'Neal, V. Healy, Gladen, CTDonnel (cemter stand ing,) Davis (front center), Mercier, Kaufman, J. Healy, and Fitzgerald, manager. - II. S. TO AVOID MIX "Good Neighbor Policy" is Cited by Roosevelt; Secretaries Agree By RICHARD L. TURNER WASHINGTON, March 20.(JP) -A Trans-Atlantic extension of the "good neighbor policy" as the so lution for Europe's acute military problems was projected today by President Roosevelt, while, on Capitol Hill, record-smashing na tional defense outlays totaling more than 11,500,000,000 were discussed. Disarmament, the president told newspapermen, is a compon ent part of his "neighbor" policy, and, despite the crisis resulting from Germany's announcement of a determination to rearm, the chief executive still held out hope for future arms limitation. Meanwhile, the United States was brought into direct touch with the European situation for the first time. Sir John Simon, British foreign minister summon ed Ray A therton, American charge d'affaires In London, and gave him an outline of Britain's posi tion for transmission here. At the same time, Secretary Swanson told newspapermen the navy was considering plans for building battleships after present limiting treaties expire and was not deviating from its program of laying down 78 smaller vessels by 1939. . Secretary Roper also entered the discussion that has swept about the world since Adolf Hit ler's abrogation of the Versailles treaty with an assertion that "we're for peace," and an added statement that he did not "anti cipate our getting into a war in the near future." E NEWPORT, Ore., March 20. JP)-A coast guard lifeboat bound ed out over a stormy bar here to day to assist the 65-foot gas schooner, E. L. Smith, only to find its distress call was a mixup of signal flags. Instead of putting in at this harbor as she at first appeared bent on doing, the craft changed her course and headed toward Tillamook. The coast guardsmen assumed the skipper intended to signal for a pilot. The SOS flags were hauled in as the lifeboat ap proached the schooner. . The coast guard patrol boat Pulaski at Marshfield was saved a "false alarm" trip to assist ance when stormy seas held it within the Coos Bay harbor un til word of the mistake was re ceived. Late Sports SEATTLE, March 20.-(ff)-The hard - driving Seattle Seahawks tied the speedy Vancouver Lions up in knots tonight, preventing any scoring outbursts, and raced to a 4 to 1 win In the opening came of the championship play offs of the northwestern hockey league. Maintaining the superiority showed all season, which gave them five victories and two ties out. of 10 .games against their British Columbia opponents, the Hawks were never in danger to night after tallying two rapid-tire goals in the first two minutes of play. The win g&re them good start in the three-out-of-five game playoff series, with the next game at Vancouver Friday night. V. OAKLAND, March 20. -(flV Buddy Baer, massive younger brother of Heavyweight Champion Max Baer,: established' himself more firmly in tbo dreadnaught class tonight when he knocked ont Frank Connelly, Fresno gianU In the first round of a scheduled six round bout at the Oakland au ditorium . N EUROPE TROUBLE VA 01 DISTRESS SIGNAL IS MOT k J 1 World News at a Glance (By the Associated Press) Domestic: WASHINGTON Agriculture department, fearing new drought threat, lifts restrictions on spring wheat planting. WASH INGTON President projects "good neighbor" policy across sea in hope for future arms limitation despite German crisis; capitol hill discusses re cord outlays for national defense. KANSAS CITY Major dust storm rolls eastward across plains state. MEMPHIS, Tenn. Troops or dered out as vandals overpower guards, dynamite levee in flood zone; tributary peril extends to Arkansas. WASHINGTON House repub licans use debate on $2,000,000,- 040 bonus issue to attack presi dent's program; treasury an nounces tax receipt figures ap proach estimates. WASHINGTON Clarence Dar row drawls indictments of NRA before senate committee; recov ery official utters sharp reply. COLUMBUS, O. Democratic legislators appeal to president to "right wrong done governor" in dispute with federal relief direc tor. WASHINGTON Senate ear marks $40,0.00,000 for public school sin relief bill; democratic leaders predict passage this week. NEW YORK Japanese am bassador predicts era of peace, says he is not alarmed by war talk dangers. Foreign: LONDON Great Britain yields to French, Italian insis tence -for direct discussions on German rearmament, abandoning diplomatic parleys; French Senate backs premier; Vatican organ urges peace; Moscow critical of England's protest; survey reveals little fear of war. GENEVA League of Na tions council plans extraordinary session to deal with France's ap peal against German rearmament. BERLIN New air maneuv ers testify to relch's growing mil itary power; headlines say emancipation disturbs world BRUSSELS Belgium still without cabinet in monetary cri sis; king confers with trade bod' ies' representatives. ROME Dispatches say IjLhi oplan force raided Italian terri tory in Somaliland, seized 100 camels. MEXICO, D. F. Reveal dis creet efforts being made to free two Americans kidnaped in state of Zicatecas. 33 Subpoenaed in Baby Face Trial SAN FRANCISCO, March 20.-(yP)-The government Issued sub poenas for 33 witnesses today to appear in the trial of 13 defend ants charged with harboring George "Baby Face" Nelson, out law slain in an encounter with officers in Illinois. Trial is set for next Monday before District Judge Walter C. Llndley. Quince, Daffodils Bloom Above Late Snow Blanket Four inches of snow covered the route from Stayton to Silver ton yesterday morning, according to visitors at the county court house. A similar fall was reported In the Liberty district south of town and County Engineer N. C. Hnbbs, on business in the Roberts district yesterday morning, said two Inches of snow la; on Petty John" hill near there, with snow falling thickly while he was there. . SUNNTSIDE, March 20. Christmas weather has come again to Eunnyside, with eight inches of snow last night and this morn ing, breaking off" large limbs of fir trees. - r Old Timers Surprised . RICKEY, March 20. The un usual. sight of daffodils, deroni com and flowering quince bloom ing above a carpet of snow greet ed this community Wednesday morning. It Is not nnsual to have snow cover the daffodils in the Km ; Y ' v 4 hi,- Confesses Shooting Man at Camp Near Dunsmuir; Clears Companions BE'D, Ore., March 20.-;P)-In a signed statement, Aldrich W. Lutz, 19, Portland, Ore., admit ted he shot and killed Frank C Angermeir yesterday morning at his roadside camp between Shasta City and Dunsmuir, Cal., Sheriff Claude McCauley announced. Sheriff McCauley, who with state police officers obtained the confession, said Lutz ascribed no reason for the shooting, but ad mitted he took a bag of small coins amounting to about five dol lars from Ahgermeir's prostrate form. Lutz was quoted as saying he went to the camp to stay all night and Angermeir went to town When he returned and was about 100 feet away "I Just shot him, McCauley said Lutz admitted. Held on a murder warrant from Dunsmuir. Cal., Lutz exon erated two companions, Harry A Rathbun and Aaron S. Wllley who were arrested with him when he abandoned the slain map's auto mobile after driving it here. Lutz bore out their statements that he picked them up on the highway north of Klamath Falls, Ore. They were held as material witnesses. BEND, Ore.. March 20.-tiF- Three youths apprehended here as they abandoned a slain man's au tomobile, were held tonight on telegraphic murder warrants from Dunsmuir, California. Previously the youths signed ex tradition waivers on a car theft charge. , ITE MAY BE REALIZED WASHINGTON, March 20.-UP -President Roosevelt's revenue estimates for the current fiscal year became a step nearer realiz ation tonight with an announce ment by the treasury that re ceipts through February had amounted to $1,913,365,875 a gain of $341,479,056 over the comparable period of last year. The annual budget message es timated the year's receipts at $3, 197,000,000. Receipts for the first eight month of the period have been at the rate of $239, 000,000 monthly which would in dicated total receipts for the year of only $2,869,000,000 If the pres ent ratio were maintained. However, treasury officials said that the remaining months are among the most lucrative, due' primarily to the fact that the first Installment of Income taxes on 1934 incomes are due in March, a levy which is expected to return at least $300,000,000 before March 31. mountain sections but old timers say that-they do not remember seeing the ground white as late in the spring here before. (By the Associated Press) - Snow squalls spread over most of Oregon yesterday . with the Klamath basin as usual taking the worst beating by the ele ments. ;. i' '-' But Just such , a -beating? would have been welcomed in Umatilla county where chilly but spring-like w e a t h e r hastened wheat, seeding operations. After last year's dry spell wheat men have anxiously watched for more moisture. Most of the show has disappeared from west slopes of the Blue mountains. Central Oregon's snow - buried Cascades received, a new layer of white . when as much as a foot fell Jn the upper regions. Traffic was slowed over The Dalles-Cali-fornla highway at the high passes. tTura to Page 2, CoL t SLAYING ADMITTED BY PORTLAND YOUTH REH H! Columbia r Preps Exception : Defeating Marslifielfh as A O'Donhell Showsjwp!d 1 Form? fhriilsr FilT Day"" : Salem Plays Preps Tonight After Winning 33 to 15 From LaGrande Five; Benson Goes Down SCHEDULE FOR TODAY IX STATE TOURXE3UENT 9 a. m. LaGrande vs Marsh field 10 a m. Benson vs. Umapine 11a. m. Mill City vs. Corvallis 2 p. m. The Dalles vs. Gar diner 3 p. m. Salem vs. Columbia Prep" 4 p. m. Ashland vs. Jefferson 7:30 p. m. Astoria vs. Klam ath Falls 8:30 p. m. McMinnville vs. Oakridge YESTERDAY'S SCORES Salem 33; La Grande 15 Columbia Prep 28; Marshfitld 23 Ashland 20; Benson 18 Jefferson 39: Umapine 16 Astofia 37: Mill City 24 Klamath Falls 27; Corvallis 25 McMinnvillle 39; The Dalles 19 Oakkridge 49; Gardiner 29. By PAUL HAUSER It was goodby championship -for eight high school basketball teams yesterday and another crack at the race for the state title for eight more as the- fa vorites came through to crash in to the quarter-finals of the lCta anual state playoff. With one exception it was the favorites who won yesterday. The exception was Columbia Prep which, with Bill O'Donnell at tfce controls, blasted Marshfield into the consolation 3eries. Salem, Ashland, Jefferson, As toria, Klamath Falls, McMinnville and Oakridge all played true to i pre-tourney predictions and hur dled the first obstacle in the march toward the trophy. Good games featured yester day's tilts. Outstanding was Klamath Falls' hard-driving game with Corvallis and Ashland's two point victory over Benson. Viking Fans' Hopes Raised by LaGrande Defeat . Salem high raised hopes of Viking fans when it came through with room to spare, to defeat La Grande. Bill O'Donnell turned !n the best individual performance by scoring 21 points of the 28 points the Columbia Preps scored in beating Marshfield 23 to 23. Ashland, southern Oregon's best team in years, survived a desperate last quarter attack by Portland's champion Benson team to win 20 to IS. Umapine and Mill City, both "B" quints, fell victim to the strong Jefferson and Astoria quints. Mill City put up a. great fight and scared the Fishermen in the first half which it domin eered all the way. Klamath-CorvalUs Tilt Day's Leader , Klamath Falls, last year's runner-ups, served notice that it was still in the running when it de feated Carvallia 27 to 2S in. a (Turn to Page 2, Col. J) EXPENSE OF RELIEF AGCOOHTI ASKED, WASHINGTON, March Jt.-iT) -Demands for a monthly account ing of congress of expenditures under the new relief program were contained in an amendment to the $4,800,000,000 public works relief measure submitted today by Senator SCeiwer (R Ore). .. , ' Under the amendment a state- ' ment would be submitted' each month to congress showing the. approximate number of persons . receiving direct relief and the number of persons -employed on work relief under the act; Another amendment to the bill : bySteiwer would take the ap pointment of officers and employ- Jv es of tho public works organiza- v' tlon out of politics by providing . that "no political test or qualifi cation shall te permitted or given - -consideration, but ' all ' such ap pointments and promotions shall be given and made on the basis of merit and efficiency. Any officer to whom such power of appoint- : -ment or promotion may be dele- - -gated who Is found by the pres- ' ident to be guilty of a violation of this section shall be removed , from office by the president,"