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Executive Order 10730: Little Rock Nine: Section 2 Summary

By Any Means Necessary

  • Ike authorizes the SecDef to take "all appropriate steps" necessary to integrate the public schools, like playing the soundtrack from Cats at max volume until the protesters beg for mercy and disperse.
  • If that doesn't work, he can do whatever it takes to enforce the integration of Central High, like using the aforementioned Guard units that have been ordered into active service under the control of the feds.
  • "All appropriate steps." Sounds intense, right? But wait, there's more…