calling falbus to him. falbus said, of course, i'd be glad to go and they meet at newport. 14 september, eisenhower opened the meeting by getting in f falbus' face. he reminded him that the instructions of a federal court be followed by a state to the letter. if i left it right there, whether he a who knows what would have happened but falbus countered quickly assuming his aw shucks persona, he listened and then like a snake charming a bird he began to cast his spell. he remind the president only a few years earlier captain falbus had been crossing the english channel as a member of general eisenhower's invading armies. as he had gazed on the hostile shores of europe he had thanked his god that the fate of the free world rested securely in eisenhower's hand. now as then falbus assured the president he was but a humble subordina subordinate. arkansas he insisted was the most racially progressive sate in the south and the crisis at little rock could be swiftly ended if the president would just curb the dictat

falbus broke his word. i could tell he was furious he remembered. he was now acting like a military commander in chief dealing with falbus, a subordinate who had let him down in the midst of a battle. eight black school children centered central high. thorn 1,000 whites had gathered outside the school. the speed with which the mob materialized and the fact it was led by one of falbus' bird hunting crow nis sort of leads you to believe maybe it wasn't spontaneous. things got ugly in a hurry. blacks around the school were attacked and beaten and at noon little rock mayor wilson man ordered that withdrawal of the black students for their own safety. the integration of central high had lasted all of three hours. eisenhower new knew his policy of moderation had failed and to the man's credit, he readily accepted that it had failed and he moved to a new means of maintaining order and implementing the court's directive. he now understood only one course of action remained hope to him and his response was both swift and decisive. in my career, he told brown