Word: call
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...will be given the chance to express their opinions. Non-signers will have to wait their turn. Those who are against the executive resolution may speak again, if a move to vote on the question fails. In all but a few cases, all votes will be done by roll call...
...only new development came in the form of a story in the Arkansas Democrat, a moderate paper veering toward a segregationist position. In a copyrighted story, the Democrat said that Governor Faubus would call a special session of the Arkansas legislature "in a matter of hours" to deal with the use of federal troops in Little Rock...
...story went on to say that the call might come either late today or early tomorrow, and that the legislature is expected to convene by the middle of the week...
Yesterday, Faubus was visited by a group of 135 mothers who asked him to call such a session, but at that time he said that although a majority of the legislature had indicated they favored the session, he had no plans to issue the call...
...improbable that the legislature, if called, would take drastic action, such as abolishing the public school system. State Senator C. E. Yingling probably summed up the majority opinion when he said, "This would be the worst possible time to call a special session," and added that "this is the time to sit down, cool off, and act like human beings...