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...people, Crisis presents their dilemmas. The film shows the Administration debating stategy and it suggests the numerous considerations involved many major decision. World opinion--the President regrets the humiliating 24-hour delay if the Federalized national guard cannot fly to Tuscaloosa at once; Pride--Deputy Attorney General Nicolas Katzenbach would like to ignore Wallace, but worries that "the governor may be so humiliated that he will move all the way over to the extreme segregationist side;" the Press--Katzenbach suggests that if the students stay on campus even if not allowed to enroll, "it will be perfectly obvious...
...Washington, Attorney General Bobby Kennedy and the White House were determined that Wallace would not get his way. For days the Attorney General and his staff studied a variety of contingency plans. They examined maps, plotted troop movements. Deputy Attorney General Nick Katzenbach set up headquarters in Tuscaloosa. Federal marshals were assembled. Justice Department Aide John Doar briefed the two prospective Negro students ("You should dress as though you were going to church, modestly, neatly...
...Little Push. Shortly before the big day, Bobby and several aides drove to the White House and sat down with the President to lay out their plans. Katzenbach, explained Bobby, would drive to the campus with the two Negroes and leave them in the car. He would walk up to the school entrance where Wallace would be waiting. Katzenbach would ask Wallace politely to step aside and permit the students to enter, as the federal court had ordered. Wallace presumably would refuse. Katzenbach would then order the students to be taken to their dormitories. Bobby would be notified...
When Wallace finished, Katzenbach asked him to "step aside." Wallace simply stood there. "From the outset, Governor," said Katzenbach, "all of us have known that the final chapter of this history will be the admission of these students." Wallace remained silent, glaring with melodramatic scorn. "Very well," said Katzenbach. He turned away, and, under a prearranged plan, the feds escorted the two students to their dormitory rooms...
...Katzenbach telephoned Bobby. Bobby called the President, who ordered that the Alabama National Guard be called into federal service...