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...same time, the woman stated that she opposed mob action and would fight integration by sending her grandchildren to private school...
WASHINGTON--In a nationwide television and radio broadcast, President Eisenhower Tuesday night said he hurried federal troops to Little rock because "mob rule" there menaced the safety of the United States and the free world. He declared that "our enemies" abroad are gloating over the school integration riots in Little Rock and using it to misrepresent the United States. "Mob rule cannot be allowed to over-ride the decision of the courts," he said, and then pledged "if resistance to the federal court orders cease at once, the further presence of federal troops will be unnecessary...
However, the added that "Local authorities have not eliminated that violent opposition and, under the law, I yesterday issued a proclamation calling upon the mob to disperse...
Tennessee. Mob violence, sparked by Rabble-rouser John Kasper, flared in Clinton a year ago when Negroes entered Tennessee's first integrated school. Last week eight Negro pupils sat in Clinton High classrooms, and the town was reassuringly peaceful. But when Nashville admitted twelve Negro first-graders to white schools, Carpetbagger Kasper butted in again-with explosive results (see The Battle of Nashville...
Intended as satire, King's few funny spots are outweighed by shrill invective and heavy-footed propaganda. King Shahdov of Estrovia (Chaplin) arrives in New York seeking refuge from a revolutionary mob. As he chants the praises of American freedom, immigration authorities take his fingerprints. Though the little mustache, baggy pants and cane are gone, flashes of the old Chaplin illuminate the screen as he pokes fun at rock 'n' roll, Hollywood movies ("The Killer with a Soul . . . You'll love him . . . Bring the family"), the wide screen, blaring jazz bands, TV commercials. But before long...