Press Release, Executive Order 10730, Providing for the Removal of an Obstruction of Justice within the State of Arkansas
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IMMEDIATE RELEASE
September 24, 1957
James C. Hagerty, Press Secretary to the President
THE WHITE HOUSE
U. S. NAVAL BASE
NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND
EXECUTIVE ORDER
10730
PROVIDING ASSISTANCE FOR THE REMOVAL OF AN OBSTRUCTION
OF JUSTICE WITHIN THE STATE OF ARKANSAS
WHEREAS on September 23, 1957, I issued Proclamation No. 3204
reading in part as follows:
"WHEREAS certain persons in the State of Arkansas,
individually and in unlawful assemblages, combinations, and
conspiracies, have wilfully obstructed the enforcement of
orders of the United States District Court for the Eastern
District of Arkansas with respect to matters relating to en-
rollment and attendance at public schools, particularly at
Central High School, located in Little Rock School District,
Little Rock, Arkansas; and
"WHEREAS such wilful obstruction of justice hinders the
execution of the laws of that state and of the United States, and
makes it impracticable to enforce such laws by the ordinary
course of judicial proceedings; and
'WHEREAS such obstruction of justice constitutes a
denial of the equal protection of the laws secured by the Con-
stitution of the United States and impedes the course of justice
under those laws:
"NOW, THEREFORE, I, DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER,
President of the United States, under and by virtue of the authority
vested in me by the Constitution and statutes of the United States,
including Chapter 15 of Title 10 of the United States Code, par-
ticularly sections 332, 333 and 334 thereof, do command all
persons engaged in such obstruction of justice to cease and desist
therefrom, and to disperse forthwith; and
WHEREAS the command contained in that Proclamation has not been
obeyed and wilful obstruction of enforcement of said court orders still
exists and threatens to continue:
NOW, THEREFORE, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the
Constitution and Statutes of the United States, including Chapter 15 of
Title 10, particularly sections 332, 333 and 334 thereof, and section 301
of Title 3 of the United States Code, it is hereby ordered as follows:
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