In 1952 , Cobb was challenged for the chairmanship at the state convention by Vern Tindall of Stuttgart but again prevailed . As a delegate to the 1952 Republican National Convention in Chicago , Cobb and the Arkansas delegation voted for U.S. Senator Robert A. Taft of Ohio but quickly joined with the majority to endorse Dwight D. Eisenhower . Invited to meet with Eisenhower after the nomination , Cobb advised him not to concede a single southern state to the Democratic nominee , later Governor Adlai Stevenson II of Illinois . Cobb writes in his memoirs that Eisenhower " did not need to be sold on campaigning in the South because he already was convinced that it would be successful . " In 1954 , Eisenhower appointed Cobb as U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas , a highly visible position during the desegregation of Central High School . In the fall of 1957 , Cobb was in communication with the Federal Bureau of Investigation , the United States Department of Justice , and the White House regarding late developments . With United States Attorney General Herbert Brownell Jr. , Cobb represented in federal court the US government 's case against Governor Faubus , who attempted without success to thwart desegregation . Cobb reached the conclusion that Faubus had exaggerated the likelihood that segregationists would engage in violence in a vain bid to block desegregation
1952 Republican National Convention
1952 Republican National Convention
Osro Cobb