Handwritten report. Busmen would welcome intervention to stop strike. Feel unions have let them down. Nuclear Disarmament Association have arranged a march against nuclear warfare. Miss Murnaghan concerned that Belfast members of Nuclear Disarmament made up of Communists and IRA. Attempt to co-opt Lucy on to Committee blocked. Reason given for trade dispute is that splinter parties expect an election soon. Unrest would suit party policy.

Handwritten note to Fr. MacMahon from Una Byrne to inform him that a young woman who was in her daughter’s school, Mrs. Vera Gantley-Behan, was married in a registry office in Belfast. TCD meeting successful.

Typed letter to + McQuaid from Dr. Sensi thanking him for the information and congratulating him on what he has done and is doing. Asks him to explain the importance of Belfast in the Trade Union Movement and the nature of the danger it constitutes.

Confirms that St. Anthony’s Hospital, Columbus, Ohio, contacted the International Employment Agency in Canada to help recruit registered nurses. Adds appeared in The Belfast Telegraph, The Northern Irish Press and The Irish Times. Applicants were not required by the Hospital to attend any course or to apply through any organisation. Mgr. Kappes has seen a copy of the advertisement from the American College of Personnel Efficiency and in his judgement it “misrepresents the facts and in Ohio might even be sued in court for doing so.” He has never heard of Scientology.

Typed minutes of ‘V’ Committee meeting. The following items are mentioned in the report: Johnson accompanied Jeffares to Paris last August. Fr. Nolan, S.J., has written a full report on the ‘Ginger Man’ for + McQuaid. The theatre is mainly based in Dun Laoghaire and its directors are Godfrey Quigley and Genevieve Lyons. Both are Catholics. All to seek information on Andrew Barr and Irwin, both from Belfast and on the council of ICTU.

Typed copy, ten pages in length, reports on 23 Communist Party meetings between 12 June 1942 and 21 December 1943. Topics covered include the National Committee in Belfast directing all activities, the Party going underground, members working as militant groups in the Labour Party, the policy to be adopted by such members, O’Brien’s attempt to smash the influence on the Communist Party in the Central Branch of the Labour Party and the decision of the Party to dissolve itself and work as members of the Labour Party. 2.2 Weekly Reports from An Garda Siochana on the Communist Party of Ireland (CPI) and Kindred Organisations (KO).

Handwritten letter to + McQuaid from Dr. Mageean, Belfast, thanking him for his timely intervention. Dr. Newman informed him that he had been invited by the Association of International Reconstruction and the Irish Pacifist Movement to speak on the subject of Church-State problems. Dr. Mageean had no objection. Dr. Newman did not tell him who the prime mover was, but the name would have meant little to him. Is grateful for the action the Archbishop has taken.

Typed letter to + McQuaid from Sean Mac Bride, Chairman, Six County Prisoners Reprieve Committee, Mansion House. The Reprieve Committee is holding a meeting in support of the six men awaiting execution in Belfast. It would be honoured if the Archbishop could attend the meeting or send a message of support.

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Correspondence re recruiting Irish girls for missionary life abroad. Archbishop insists that formation should be entirely in Ireland Holy Cross (Belfast); Dominican (Cork; Bandon; Crosshaven); Holy Ghost (Mount Bellew) Franciscan (Falcarragh, Rossinver, Mullingar, Mallow); Incarnate Word (Dunmore, Newmarket on Fergus).

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Correspondence re recruiting Irish girls for missionary life abroad. Archbishop insists that formation should be entirely in Ireland St Joseph (Warrenpoint, Newry); Mercy (Timoleague, Ardfert); Sacred Heart (Clones), Presentation (Bailieboro', Castleconnell).

CONVENTS OUTSIDE IRELAND

-8 September 1966 Folan, Stephen, 4, Sidnomton Road, Bray. He has been dismissed from his job as a bus driver by C.I.E. for not declaring that he served time in goal in England. He wants his job back. Has been offered a job in Belfast if he becomes a Protestant. Frs. MacMahon and Byrne involved.