Letter from Fr. Brian Byrne to Fr. Des Williams regarding an appeal from Ecuador for the support of a seminarian. Copy reply attached.

Copies of letters from J.A. MacMahon to + Joseph A. Carroll and Fr. Brian Wilkinson, Ballyboghill regarding a copy of a poster concerning a meeting to discuss the future of the priesthood in Dublin.

Letters between Brian Lenihan, Minister for Justice, + McQuaid and J.A. MacMahon regarding the appointment of Fr. Michael Browne to the Appeal Board for the censorship of films.

Programme on the Lecture-Recital by Brian Boydell dedicated to the Quatercentenary Celebration of Claudio Monteverdi’s birth.

Typed minutes of ‘V’ Committee meeting. Its function this year is to report to + McQuaid in detail on officials of the various trade unions. Each member was given 22 trade unions with names of officials. The V. Rev. Chairman had a report, compiled by the Knights of Columbanus in 1948, on Communist members and their activities. Fr. Crean was delegated to approach Colonel Callaghan, the Head of Army Intelligence, to update the list of Communist Party members. Information was sought on journalists Brian O’Neill, Tony Malone, Annie Kelly, Maurice Hickey, Don Rooney and Michael McInerney.

Typed letter from Dr. John F. O’Connell, T.D., to +McQuaid requesting the Archbishop to make representation to Dublin Corporation on behalf of Mr. Brian Keenan. Keenan, his wife and child live in a two bedroom house with fourteen other people.

O’Higgins, Brian, 38 Upper O’Connell Street, Dublin, concerning the use of the Archbishop’s name regarding the Irish National Aid Society.

Letter from Fr. Joseph Deery to Fr. Mangan regarding the leaflets advertising Brian O’Higgins book ‘Oliver of Ireland’.

Typed letter to +McQuaid from Brian Lenihan concerning St. Joseph’s School for the Blind, Drumcondra.

Typed letter to +McQuaid from Brian Lenihan, Minister for Education, outlining the stages involved in the Van Leer Project, and the features of the scheme.