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'No Loss Dangerous'

He asked the governor to remove
Mr. Shea from the faculty
of George Mason as a part of
the state's "responsibility to act
against lawbreakers." He said that
the 29-year old instructor has
"urged young men to resist military
service. . .thereby conspiring
with others to break the laws. . ."

He continued that if Mr. Shea
were "peddling heroin," he would
be "called to account immediately.
What he is doing is no less dangerous
to the young men of Virginia."

There has been no action taken
by the college administration
against Mr. Shea. Although the
college may not support his views,
according to Dean of the College
Robert C. Krug, the administration
endorses his right to express
them.

Students at the college have
described Mr. Shea as a "top-rate"
professor. According to the
Gunston Ledger, the college's student
newspaper, many of his students
were not aware of his nonviolent
opinions until a letter
from the professor appeared in
the paper recently.

Mr. Shea is a 1960 graduate
of the University, and taught at
Centenary College in Louisiana
before accepting his present post
at George Mason.