Telegram from Governor George C. Wallace in Montgomery, Alabama, to President Lyndon B. Johnson in Washington, D.C.
In the telegram Wallace explains that the state legislature will not mobilize the National Guard unless the federal government will pay to do so: "We are financially unable to bear the expense of calling the Alabama National Guard to active duty without jeopardizing the essential functions of...
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Alabama Department of Archives and History
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| Online Access: | http://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/voices/id/6481 |