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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| Summary: | 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 the state." He also mentions that actual expenses are unknown because "future unrestricted activities of so-called demonstrators as may occur or be authorized by future federal court orders makes it impossible for the legislature to determine the costs which will be incurred to provide for the safety and welfare of the people of our state and of the so-called demonstrators." |
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