"But before definitely approving
any route the commission would
doubtless wish to consider any recom
mendations that the official repre
sentatives of the State of Virginia and
of the counties affected might wish
to make, especially the views of the
public agency which would be charged
by law' with the construction of the
highway. On the other hand, it is a
mistake to interpret the failure of
the commission to take definite af
firmative action in the matter as in
any way implying disapproval of the
main features of the route selected
by the Lee Highway Association.”
The letter to Mr. Orr, referred to,
and on which the Lyon Village Asso
ciation based its resolutions, stated
that "while the National Capital Park
and Planning Commission has co-op
erated with the Lee Highway Asso
ciation in certain studies relative to
the location of the proposed Lee high
way, the selection of the route is to
be made by the Highway Associa
tion,” and that “the association may
wish, to secure the ajjprpvai gt th*
P
NEW PAINT GEES
OUT OF HOSPITAL
Officials Meanwhile Devise
Plan to Hold Those Mental
ly Dangerous.
Agencies of the. Federal Govern
ment, taking cognizance of the fre
quent release from St. Elizabeth’s
Hospital of patients who are likely to
become dangerous to the community,
have devised a plan to protect not
only the mental sufferers, but the
public as well.
The step was made necessary by
the recent activity for discharge of
those patients who never had been
adjudicated insane by a court of com
petent Jurisdiction, but had been com
mitted to the hospital under an old
statute. This law gave the Secre
taries of War and Navy power to send
a soldier, sailor or marine to the in
stitution, but Justice Adolph A.
