Typed circular letter/questionnaire sent to those who have shown interest in this “progressive and radical” newspaper, which will deal with social and political matters.
Typed report, stamped ‘Confidential’ in red, on CPI and KO activities. At the Executive meeting of IWL on 6 November the advisability of concealing the League’s “direction from the Communist Headquarters in London” discussed. This accusation was being hurled at members. The meeting scheduled for 8 November cancelled due to a march by 1,200 students banners read “Soviet Murder of Hungary” windows of New Books broken to chants of “burn it down”. Catholic confraternities in CIE urged their fellow workers not to work with Mick O’Riordan. Matt Merrigan says he is a Social Democrat and not a Communist.
Typed report on CPI and KO activities. The following items are mentioned in the report: little activity of IWL no general meetings “until Russian action in Hungary had ceased to be front-page news.” Executive to meet in homes of members. New Books to remain closed. No sales of Irish Workers’ Voice. Sam Nolan’s lecture abandoned. Jeffares and Carmody attend meeting of Irish Association for Civil Liberties on ‘Capital Punishment’ Sean O’Faolain in the Chair Brendan Behan one of the speakers. Letter from ‘An Irish Worker’ to traders in Dublin Fruit Market asking if James Larkin is a Communist. Letter in response to Workers’ Union of Ireland demanding that the employees of traders compel them to join a trade union. Otherwise dockers would ensure that no fruit trader’s vehicles be loaded at the docks.
Typed report on CPI and KO activities for week ending 4 February 1957. The following items are mentioned in the report: John Nolan to meet Executive Committee of the British CP to obtain financial help not optimistic. No Executive meeting of IWL on 29 January 1957 to allow members to attend the 10th Anniversary commemoration of the death of Jim Larkin. Ceremony presided over by Brendan Corish, T.D., Minister for Social Welfare. R. M. Fox, author of ‘Jim Larkin, the Rise of the Underman’, spoke. At the IWL meeting on 4 February Sam Nolan spoke on the effect of recent international events on world Communism. Dublin unemployed discussed. Left-Wing Labour expected to meet regarding the line of action for the forthcoming election. Dublin Trades’ Council and the Council of Irish Unions to meet and arrange action for unemployed. Mass demonstration outside Employment Exchange planned for Sunday, 10 February.
Copy of letter from Fr. J.A. MacMahon to Fr. Tom Stack asking if he knew that his name was on a poster concerning a meeting in the Four Courts Hotel.
Article from the Irish Press entitled Gardaí end Grille pray-in.
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.
Letter from Fr. L.C. Coffey O.P. to + McQuaid. He was not aware of the meeting and Fr. Flannery agrees not to appear at the meeting.
Letter from Fr. John Moloney to Dr. McMahon informing him that John Feeney at no time asked for permission to use the Pro-Cathedral. They wanted to know if some groups of sodalities might be organising to resist them.
Fr. J.A. MacMahon regarding Denis Cahalane.