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Copy of letter from Joseph Craig to Mgr. Barrett. The Committee finds his reply most unsatisfactory. Truth is being treated carelessly. Shortcomings pointed out.

Typed letter to +McQuaid from John Leydon informing him that the supply position of candle-making raw materials has so improved that it is no longer necessary to restrict either the use of Church candles or the size of shrine candles.

• 3 July 1965 Correspondence relating to parish boundary.

Typed letter to Fr. Glennon from John Leydon thanking him for his letter of 21st June about Messrs. P. O’Connor Ltd.

Typed letter to +McQuaid from W. Maguire regarding the reappointment of Rev. Dr. O’Reilly to the Committee.

Food Committee Report.

File relating to the Colahan and Condrin charities.

• Correspondence relating to the presence in Dublin of one priest and two lay-brothers of the German Missionary Congregation of St. Ottilien. Letters and Memoranda. Already pre- war fund-collecting in several parts of Ireland by one of the lay-brothers (Ferns, Ardagh, Limerick). Immediately before outbreak of war the trio were in Ireland, escaping interment in Britain as Enemy Allies; their house in Hendon (Westminster) having as Superior a priest (English?) who was the only member of the community not interned. Archbishop gravely displeased at the trio’s residence in Dublin. Plan for temp. Hospitality at Glenstal fails. Superior at Hendon takes issue with Archbishop. Report of Dept. of External Affairs Benedictines Monasteries-General

Letters form Fr. Kennedy to Frs. Glennon and O’Connell regarding his Golden Jubilee and a premises belonging to the Red Cross Society.

Typed report on Communist activities. A CPI meeting, held in 14, Sackville Place, J. Thompson presiding, discussed the position of neutral Eire consequent on the war between Russia and Germany. The sympathies of the Party were with Russia, but the position of the Party in Eire would be difficult. Party should be cautious as it did not desire a break with the IRA. Tom Watters, General Secretary of the Party, said the Party should be dissolved and members instructed to join the Irish Labour Party. The National Committee would continue to direct activities of the CP members in the Labour Party. Council of Action wants the Workers’ Weekly as organ of the Council.