“The argument for sending troops in is what’s gonna happen in the future,” said Kennedy. “…The governor has virtually taken over the state. You’re going to have his people around sticking bayonets in people and hitting people with the clubs, guns, etcetera. You’re going to have rallies all over the country…people calling on the President to take forceful action.” However, among the arguments against sending troops was the difficulty of explanation. Unless the Administration was willing to brand the state troopers as the threat to public order—in effect, to declare war on Alabama—it would have
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