Minutes of ‘V’ Committee meeting. The following items are mentioned in the report: Mr. Boyle is trustworthy. Possibility of Mr. Brannigan becoming the Secretary of the Seamen’s Union. The correspondence course for Irish railway workers was discussed. The first part deals with economics the Chairman to look into the second part which deals with philosophy. The question of Religious Instruction for Garda recruits was discussed.

Letter from +O’Boyle to +McQuaid stating he met Terence O’Rafferty, secretary of the Department of Education.

Copy of letter from +McQuaid to +O’Boyle. Letter discussing Fr Cuffe and suggesting that he make trial of the position in Stillorgan for a year and then both bishops can review his position.

Letter from +O’Boyle to +McQuaid. He thanks +McQuaid for giving Fr Cuffe a temporary mission as chaplain to the new house for deaf boys at Stillorgan. He is asked to call into the chancellery to receive instructions.

Letter from +Patrick O’Boyle to +McQuaid thanking him for his kind words and mentioning the recent visit of the Archbishop. He encloses two volumes of the life of His Eminence, James Cardinal Gibbons, by Dr. John Tracy Ellis. 1 item

Typed statement from conversation with Una Byrne. She thinks there is a witch-hunt in Fianna Fail against the Knights of Columbanus carried out by the Masons and Senator Hartnett. Thinks there is a link between the IHA, the Fabian Society and the Republican Forum as the same people appear in these societies. She stated that Mrs McAuley is not satisfactory as regards the Adoption Board. She appears to be pursuing the wrong policy and has not paid much attention to the feelings of the adopters or the adopted. Mrs Byrne thinks that the school for Ballybrack parish will become an election issue, but the site is unsanitary and rat infested. Superintendent Boyle told Mrs Byrne that he will not deal with Fr. Crean as he was quoted by him.

. Boyle, F. Desmond, 2A Old Orchard Road, Eastbourne, Sussex.. The pamphlet What a Girl should know gives Catholics embarrassment. Asks that it be withdrawn from circulation, at least outside Ireland.

Copy letter from +McQuaid to +O’Boyle regarding the dispute between the Cardinal and some of his priests over ‘Humanae Vitae’. Copies of newspaper articles also included.

Letter from +O’Boyle to +McQuaid. He writes to him in relation to Fr John Cuffe, a Killala priest, whose hearing was severely damaged by a bomb while working in Southwark. He hopes that +McQuaid might allow him minister to the deaf community in Dublin.

S. Boyle, Dublin Tostal Secretary, is an ex- Detective Sergeant of Garda. His work was to watch Communists but when he left the Garda he did untold harm by giving information to the Communists. He put them on guard in every possible way. Has contact in Sam Nolan’s