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Harper asked if the Faubus lawyers might be excused from the hearings. Just as politely Judge Davies granted the request. The lawyers walked...
...Evidence." By leaving the rest of the hearing uncontested, the Faubus lawyers foreclosed themselves from hope of successful appeal from the facts and the evidence presented after the walkout. As for the U.S., which had nearly 200 witnesses on call, the case was simplified by the Faubus default. Result: only eight witnesses were called...
...integration in Little Rock had been "thwarted by the governor of Arkansas by the use of National Guard troops. It is equally demonstrable from the testimony here today that there would have been no violence in carrying out the plan of integration." The preliminary injunction was therefore issued, ordering Faubus and his National Guard officers not to interfere with integration. Snapped Judge Ronald Davies: "Stand in recess," and left the bench...
...Governor Faubus, chief target of the injunction, had received word of his lawyers' walkout while lolling relaxed in a window seat at his executive mansion. Ever since calling out the National Guard he had warded off questions about his "evidence" of violence by promising to produce it in court. Yet his day in court had come, and neither the evidence nor Orval Faubus was there.* Upon hearing that he was no longer even represented (because he had wanted it so), Faubus called for pencil and paper, scratched out an extraordinary statement: "Now begins the crucifixion. There will...
That night, after the injunction had been issued, Faubus appeared on three Little Rock television stations. Inveighing against the "unwarranted action" of Judge Davies, Faubus denounced all his critics.t But he would nonetheless comply with the court order until its "certain reversal on appeal." Said Governor Orval Faubus: "I have issued orders that all units of the Arkansas National Guard stationed at the high schools in Little Rock be removed there as soon as this can be accomplished. They are now gone or are moving from the school grounds...