Press Releases
Telegrams
Obstruction of Justice in the State of Arkansas
Page 1 - On September 23, 1957, President Dwight D. Eisenhower issued Proclamation No. 3204 through Executive Order 10730 to provide assistance for the removal of an obstruction of justice within the State of Arkansas.
Page 2 - On September 24, 1957, President Eisenhower gives authorization to order active military service to uphold the courts ruling a day after his proclamation went unobserved.
The President Explains the Executive Order
to Call in the Troops
Page 1, Page 2, Page 3, Page 4 - Text of the address by the president of the United States, delivered from his office at the White House, Tuesday, September 24, 1957, at 9:00 P.M. EDT
The Press Release of the Telegram from the
President to the Governor
Page 1 - The President sent the following telegram to the Honorable Orval E. Faubus, Governor of Arkansas, to address the state officials concerns that Federal authorities considered taking him into custody and that his telephone line had been tapped and to request compliance with the District Court’s order.
Telegram from Mayor Asking Assistance from President
Efforts to control the mob: Page 1, Page 2, Page 3 - Woodrow W. Mann, Mayor of Little Rock, Arkansas, describes the turbulent situation and names key persons, including Governor Faubus, who possibly were involved in what he describes as no spontaneously assembled mob.
Immediate need for federal troops: Page 1, Page 2 - Mayor Mann pleads to the President for action, expressing an urgent need for Federal troops after the mob grows larger and more violently out of control.
Telegrams in Protest of Integration
A vigorous protest from Senator Russell: Page 1, Page 2 - Senator Russell reacts to President Eisenhower’s order to send troops to Little Rock, calling the action to integrate the schools a highhanded and illegal method.
An almost unanimous sentiment: Page 1, Page 2, Page 3, Page 4, Page 5 - United States Senator, John Stennis describes the civil unrest over the integration of schools as an almost unanimous sentiment and urges the president to reconsider based on what he describes as the ultimate and fatal consequences of forced integration.
Oren Harris’ strong protest: Page 1, Page 2, Page 3, Page 4 - Oren Harris describes the Presidents decision to call in the troops a dangerous encroachment upon the prerogatives and responsibility of State and local affairs.
Telegram from Little Rock Parents to the President
Strengthened faith in democracy: Page 1, Page 2, Page 3 - The parents of the “Little Rock 9” express an almost poetic declaration of gratitude to the President for calling in the 101st Airborne Division in to act as safeguards.
Military Situation Reports
Situation Report no. 226
Page 1 - The following Situation Report was submitted to the Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Military Operations to report items of significant interests regarding Carlotta Walls, one of the “Little Rock 9”, two hour tardiness and a separate on campus attack involving Sammie Dean Parker and her mother against the Assistant Principal, Mrs. Hickaby.
Situation Report no. 233
Page 1 - The following Situation Report was submitted to the Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Military Operations to report items of significant interests regarding Elizabeth Eckford, one of the “Little Rock 9” being egged, the wife of Superintendent Blossom receiving death threats via phone against her husband’s life, as well as Mr. Blossom having heard gun shots within two blocks of his home and having his car shot at.
Situation Report no. 211
Page 1, Page 2 - The following Situation Report was submitted to the Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Military Operations to report items of significant interests regarding two separate confrontations with two of “the Little Rock 9”, and, white student, two white students. Two bomb threats were also made that day.
Situation Report no. 217
Page 1, Page 2 - The following Situation Report was submitted to the Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Military Operations to report items of significant interests regarding Ernest Green having had his locker damaged beyond use as well as his books stolen. The white students involved were suspended.
Situation Report no. 176
Page 1 - The following Situation Report was submitted to the Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Military Operations to report items of significant interests regarding Minnie Brown having spilled chili on two or three white students at lunch.