Executive Order 10730: Little Rock Nine: Section 1 Summary

Who's Your Daddy? We Are.

  • The second half of the order spells out Eisenhower's next plan of action: Call the Arkansas National Guard into federal service. He is now in control of the Guard.
  • Eisenhower authorizes the Secretary of Defense to call any units of the National Guard into active duty if he needs backup enforcing the integration of the school. Indefinitely.
  • The order tells the Secretary that he's officially authorized to use the Arkansas National Guard as needed in Little Rock—which meant the Guard would no longer take orders from the governor.