Letter to President Dwight D. Eisenhower from Seventeen Year Old Elaine Atwood In Favor of School Integration

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8 10-5-59 2 pm10-2-51 Box 40, anchorages alaska Honorable Duright D bischourer The Pirsident of the United States Washington, Dl. C. my dear mr. President: I want to applaud you on your actions concerning the Little Rock integration pro- blem. l support you completly. noone can be allowed to take the law in their own hands, and mooe can ever be allowed to ga against the constitutean and the Resident of the United States. what you did in calling in Federal traaps and federalizing the arkansas nation- al guard is what you had ta do your are the choosen leader of our country. your auth- arity must never be challenged. l think you tank the only course left open to you. l am 17 years old and