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Anti-War Movement

The statement by Mr. Squire states that
"The Moratorium is not a sectarian political
movement. It is an anti-war movement and
what, if not the University, should support this
cause?

"We should all be aware that the University
in many of its policies is shaped by political
pressures. Thus the question is really whether in
the face of such pressures one of which is to
keep quiet the University will take a moral
stand on an issue when our Governor has
indicated no stand is to be taken."

Virginia Governor Mills E. Godwin, in a
press conference last Friday, said that presidents
of Virginia state-supported institutions
are familiar with his view that there would be
"no interruption of normal academic schedules
(on Oct. 15)...I would certainly expect this
policy to be adhered to..."

The statement by Mr. Squire states that the
September 20 lead editorial of the New
Republic best answers President Shannon. The
New Republic editorial states, in part. "The
University is not normally organized and in
our opinion should not normally be organized
to function as a political institution. But the
times are abnormal. It is the principal
custodians of the public interest the
politicians who are most responsible for that,
not the custodians of enlightenment.