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    "ocrText": "IMMEDIATE RELEASE\nSeptember 14, 1957\nJames C. Hagerty, Press Secretary to the President\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nU. S. NAVAL BASE\nNEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND\nSTATEMENT BY THE PRESIDENT\nAt the request of Governor Faubus of Arkansas I met\nwith him this morning in a constructive discussion regarding\nthe carrying out of the orders of the Federal Court in the\nmatter of the high schools of Little Rock.\nThe Governor stated his intention to respect the\ndecisions of the United States District Court and to give\nhis full cooperation in carrying out his responsibilities\nin respect to these decisions. In so doing, I recognize the\ninescapable. responsibility resting upon the Governor to\npreserve law and order in his state.\nI am gratified by his constructive and cooperative attitude\nat our meeting. I have assured the Governor of the cooperation\nof Federal officials. I was pleased to hear from the Governor\nof the progress already made in the elimination of segregation\nin other activities in the State of Arkansas.\nI am sure it is the desire of the Governor not only to\nobserve the supreme law of the land but to use the influence\nof his office in orderly progress of the plans which are\nalready the subject of the order of the Court.\n######\nOver\nen Eisonhown\nSTATEMENT BY THE GOVERNOR OF ARKANSAS\nThe President and I had a friendly and constructive discussion\nof the problem of compliance with Court orders respecting the high\nschools of Little Rock.\nThis trip to Newport has been worthwhile from my point of view.\nI recognize that the situation calls for clarification, and I\nhave assured the President of my desire to cooperate with him\nin carrying out the duties resting upon both of us under the\nFederal Constitution. In addition, I must harmonize my actions\nunder the Constitution of Arkansas with the requirements of the\nConstitution of the United States.\nI have never expressed any personal opinion regarding the\nSupreme Court decision of 1954 which ordered integration. That\nis not relevant. That decision is the law of the land and must be\nobeyed.\nAt the same time it is evident even from the language of the\ndecision itself that changes necessitated by the Court orders cannot\nbe accomplished overnight. The people of Little Rock are law-\nabiding and I know that they expect to obey valid Court orders.\nIn this they shall have my support.\nIn so doing it is my responsibility to protect the people from\nviolence in any form. As I interpret the President's public state-\nments, the national Administration has no thought of challenging\nthis fact. In meeting this obligation, it is essential that, in\nproceeding to implement the orders of the Court, the complexities\nof integration be patiently understood by all those in Federal\nauthority.\nWhen I assured the President, as I have already done, that\nI expect to accept the decision of the Courts, I entertained the\nhope that the Department of Justice and the Federal Juciciary will\nact with understanding and patience in discharging their duties.\n#####"
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