Press Release, Executive Order 10730, Providing for the Removal of an Obstruction of Justice within the State of Arkansas

- 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: