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Box 1

 Container

Contains 3 Results:

File #100-414077 (Part I-III): Inquiry made at the request of Assistant Attorney General William F. Tompkins. Investigation based on an allegation that Faubus, a Major in the United States Army Reserve, falsely executed a "Loyalty Certificate for Personnel of the Armed Forces," to conceal his association with Commonwealth College, Mena, Arkansas. This allegation came out during the primary political campaign between Faubus and Governor Francis Cherry.

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Identifier: MC 1324
Scope and Content Note From the Collection:

The FBI files pertain to Orval Eugene Faubus' controversial attendance at Commonwealth College, Mena, Arkansas in 1935; integration of Public Schools in Little Rock, Arkansas, and Governor Faubus' contempt of court; and two separate extortion investigations, 1958 and 1964.

Dates: 1954-1969

File #100-414077: Investigation requested by U.S. District Judge Ronald N. Davies into Governor Faubus' interfering with the Supreme Court decision on integration in Central High School, Little Rock, Arkansas.

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Identifier: MC 1324
Scope and Content Note From the Collection:

The FBI files pertain to Orval Eugene Faubus' controversial attendance at Commonwealth College, Mena, Arkansas in 1935; integration of Public Schools in Little Rock, Arkansas, and Governor Faubus' contempt of court; and two separate extortion investigations, 1958 and 1964.

Dates: 1954-1969

File #100-414077: Investigation prompted by Faubus's accusation that the Federal Government used the Revenue Service as a punitive measure because of his segregation stand.

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Identifier: MC 1324
Scope and Content Note From the Collection:

The FBI files pertain to Orval Eugene Faubus' controversial attendance at Commonwealth College, Mena, Arkansas in 1935; integration of Public Schools in Little Rock, Arkansas, and Governor Faubus' contempt of court; and two separate extortion investigations, 1958 and 1964.

Dates: 1954-1969