Posted on 09/14/2007 8:29:20 AM PDT by Nextrush
With Federal District Judge Ronald Davies moving for an injunction against Arkansas Governor Orval Faubus the burden of enforcing any injunction would fall on the Eisenhower Administration.
President Eisenhower later spoke of his regret in making Earl Warren Chief Justice of the Supreme Court but for now it was his job and the job of his Attorney General Herbert Brownell to enforce desegregation of schools.
There was political gain for the Republican Party with a majority of black votes going to Eisenhower in 1956.
Democrat Congressman Brooks Hays of Arkansas was acting as an intermediary between the president and the governor.
He arranged for the two to meet on September 14, 1957 at Newport, Rhode Island where the president was vacationing and accompanied Governor Faubus to the meeting.
Faubus and Eisenhower met privately for two hours at 9am that morning. Afterwards the talks were described as "very constructive."
Faubus put out word in Arkansas that he had made proposals to the president and that the National Guard would remain at the school for several days.
As always, Faubus was concerned with putting on the best face for his own political health.
But the bottom line was that no agreement was reached and the federal legal process was steadily moving against the governor......
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