Evening Star Newspaper, July 18, 1926, Page 20

| EEHEHWAY BODY I3 ADVISDRY CROUP i1 ~sociation_Has No Power or “unds to Construct Pro- posed Boulevard. i z -" "Cv’hat is the Lee Highway Associa- “hat are its powers and limitations h regard to highway construction? 's it an “official” body, or is it rely an organized group of citizens orested in good roads for the d States? ese and similar questions have son of late in connection with the \cntroversy precipitated in nearby ! “rginia by the announcement of the J.oo Highway Association that it had “elected” a certain route for the pro- roved Lee boulevard, to connect the Avlington Memorial Bridge with the Ndiley of Virginia. . ! Selection Is Disputed. The “selection,” made somewhat ar- )t rarily in the view of opponents of ¢ circuitous course for the main ap- ¥roach to the new bridge, has not met A th unanimous acclaim on the part of the citizens of Virginia. Consternation, in fact, beset certain tvickly settled portions of Arlington Ccunty over the fact that theé mean- Pering path through undeveloped f>rm land, chosen by the Lee High- way officials, deliberately avoided the Fuilt-up communities close to the bridge and threatened to leave them no direct access to the great $10,- 110,000 memorial span authorized by Congress. All of which, in effect, the Lee High- fay Association, through its general divector, Dr. Samuel M. Johnson, readily admitted. The association an- rounced that: the southerly trend of the proposed right of way, away from ¢he congested districts of the county, |- {vas not an accident, but the result of 2 studious determination to open up new and unimproved areas. If the vesidents in the neglected portion of the county desired a road"to the bridge, it was stated, they should get <ogether and plan one, and the Lee Highway Association would be glad o assist in mapping out such a project. But as for the magnificent 200-foot Lee boulevard traversing so built-up a part of Arlington County, never. Doubled - Association’s Power. That sounded sort of final, and ~ome of the protesters let it go at that, not being certainas: to the scope of the assoclation’s” authority. Others, however, began to ask themselves if the finality. of the association’s edict & was actually “official” or assumed; whether other groups of citizens might not have just as much voice in the location of a boulevard that undoubt- edly is destined to be of outstanding character, provided its realization is effected. Sentiment was unanimous as to the need and the desirability and the value to the county and to the common- wealth of such a highway, but there was a marked division of opinion as to whether this. pretentious road im its final approach to the memorial bridge should wind in & broad detour from the direct line between the bridge and its eventual connection with the present Lee highway, or should follow the straightest pguib!e course between those points. Out of this agitation there evolved the surprising fact that apparently the Lee Highway Association itself had erred in its conception of the co- operation which the State of Virginia was to offer in furthering this proj- ect. The governor of that State and the chairman of the State Highway Commission let it be known that Vir- ginia, as a commonwealth, has no official interest in the boulevard prior to a formal request that it be taken into the State highway system, and the citizens of Arlington County were given to understand that, so far as the State was concerned, the selection of the boulevard's approach to the new bridge was still an open matter. Uncertainty Still' Prevails. ‘Hence there has been raised a cloud of uncertalnty as to just what powers the Lee Highway Association may have, and what official status it may hold, locally, nationally or otherwise. These questions can best be van- swered by Dr. Johnson himself. Ae- | cording to his own statements, the Lee Highway Association was organ- ized 6 years ago at Roanoke, Va., as a southern-counterpart of the Lin- coln Highway - Association. which n;ponmred. the Lincoln highway pro- ject. : The organization operates under a charter granted by the commonwealth of Virginia, and its purpose was “to serve as the co-ordinating unit and the administrative agency in select- ing the route of the Lee highway and in getting it built.” The organization was not sectional, but national. It was designed.to be & non-profit-making body dedicated to the task of fostering a great Southérn highway in memory of Gen. Robert E. Lee, just as the Lincoln Highway Association hadl sought to perpetuat the memory of Lincoln. Y Manifestly, then, the assoclation has no official status. It has mo' “arbi- trary powers.” It is simply an. or- ganization of reputable citizens of the South, chartered for “the estimable purpose of “seeking ~coustruction . by appropriate authorities “of a. great highway in honor of the South's most distinguished son, Gen. Lee. Sought Distinctive Highway. ‘With that purpose in view the Lee Highway Association has succeeded in obtaining the . co-operation of State after State and of the Federal Gov- ernment itself, and its worthy objec- tives have been furthered with extraor- dinary success. ‘The Les highway, in the words of ‘Dr. Johnson, ‘‘was conceived to be not just another high- way—not merely one of many cross- continent tourist routes—but distinc- tive, with an individuality as clearly marked as was the personality of Gen. Lee.” The association therefore set out to. secure & much wider right of way than had been customary, and as boulevard,” planned &s a great three- lane boulevard connecting the Na- tional Capital with-the proposed east- ern national ;parks. o ‘This boulevard,: Dr. Johnson stress- es, was not a sudden ‘“idea.” = The association claims to have had such a highway in mind from the very outset of ‘its- éareer. ~The original plan, it seems, was to widen the pres- ent Lee highway into the more im- posing boulevard. Planned to Induce Building. The Lee Highway Assoclation never intended to build this or any other road, as far as actual construction goes. Its sole purpose was to act as a coordinating agent in inducing the | ited proper couhty, state and Federal au- }hol‘ltl&. or private interests, to build boulevard in its approach to the new bridge the Lee Highway Association merely was & recommen- dation, based on its.previous expe- rience in highway planning. This recommendation was -directed, ap- parently, at no.particular body or group. There at the present time exists no such body empowered with the authority and financially able to proceed with-the construction of such road. The Lee Highway Asso- clation {tself has no funds with which to build it, and it has so far been un- able to announce any definite plan for getting some one else to finance it. It has expressed its hope, however, for the co-operation of county, state and Federal agencies, ai no doubt, will urge these agencies to give that co-operation with -relentless vigor. Thus it is seen that the Lee High- way Assoclation is ‘mot an arbitrary body, but‘a very. efficient group of highway advisers, intent on carrying to fruitition the ambitious dreams of its founders for a super-highway in memory of the famous leader of the “boys in gray.” Just so long as these cherished ideals do not conflict with the welfare of the commonwealth and the wishes of its citizens, so long will the Leo Highway Association” go forward tri- umphantly toward the magnificent goal of ‘its visions, in the opinion of those involved in ‘the present con- troversy. NAVAJOS ENTERTAIN SWEDISH ROYAL PAIR Crown Prince and Princess See “Squaw Dance”’—Plan to Visit Ancient Ruins. By the Assoclated Press. " SHIPROCK, San ‘Juan Indian Agenoy, N. 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