Lyndon Johnson actually said...

The Secretary of Defense is authorized and directed to take all appropriate steps to disperse all persons engaged in the acts of violence described in the proclamation and to restore law and order.

Context

Executive Order 11364—Providing for the Restoration of Law and Order in the State of Michigan

07/23/1967

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