I am appalled that mob rule has supplanted reason and the law in Arkansas. Governor Faubus is just trying to gain votes for the next elections. I am aware that you need to have gradual change in issues like desegregation which arouse strong emotions. Changing the legal situation as the Supreme Court has done in the Brown versus Board of Education, Topeka, decision does not immediately change minds and hearts. Nonetheless, as president, it is my duty to enforce the judgment of the Supreme Court. The Constitutional rights of black citizens must be upheld against mob rule even though I believe desegregation is going ahead too far, too fast. I have decided to take action and send a thousand soldiers from the 101st Airborne Division to ensure law
