Typed minutes of ‘V’ Committee meeting. The literature from PAX seems extreme and is backed by Archbishop Roberts, SJ. The Catholic Anti-Nuclear Committee is associated with PAX.
Typed minutes of ‘V’ Committee meeting. Archbishop Roberts cancelled a meeting he was to have addressed of the Irish Pacifists Movement on Sunday, 6th December, 1959. It was decided to get the Constitution of the Lions’ Club. 1.2 Meetings, 1960 – 1965
Typed report. Anthony Coughlan, Cork, member of the CP in England. Appointed lecturer in TCD. Michael O’Riordan standing as Socialist at next General Election. Youth club set up at 37 Pembroke Road. Led by the Bolton brothers and Massy. Rory Roberts was responsible for the breakdown in the Electrical Strike.
Note on James Doyle’s health and wording of telegram sent by +McQuaid to +Roberts. Doyle is ill but refuses ministrations of the clergy. 1 item
Telegram from +Roberts to +McQuaid looking for information on James Doyle who is said to be seriously ill.
Letter from +Roberts to +McQuaid congratulating him on his appointment to Dublin and mentioning that he met with his brother in Bombay. 1 item
Typed minutes of ‘V’ Committee meeting. The following items are mentioned in the report: the Russian Trade Union Movement approached Mr. R. Roberts, Secretary, Irish Congress of Trade Unions to seek active co-operation between the two unions. An enquiry will be made to the International Catholic Federation of Trade Unions for their opinion of this approach. The Workers’ Party of Ireland is active. Mick O’Riordan has resigned from CIE to devote himself to development of the Party. It is now clear that the Irish Workers’ Party is the Communist Party in the Republic of Ireland.
Typed cover letter to + McQuaid, with the letter of 18th January from Ciaran McAnally attached, explaining the events surrounding the Archbishop Roberts meeting. Mc Anally is the brother of Ray McAnally, Mount Merrion and the family is held in the highest esteem.
Typed letter to + McQuaid from Ciaran McAnally, Irish Pacifist Movement, informing him that + Roberts, S.J., former Archbishop of Bombay, will give a lecture in Dublin on the subject of the morality of modern warfare. Invites the Archbishop or a representative to attend.
Typed letter to Fr. James A. MacMahon from Ciaran McAnally, Stillorgan. The meeting at which + Roberts was to speak did not take place. Wants to explain that the meeting was arranged by him “in virtue of an authority and discretion vested in me by Archbishop Roberts”. Object of meeting was to enable a select group of persons seriously interested in the moral problems of modern war to have an exchange of views with + Roberts. McAnally takes responsibility for any ‘conflict’ and sends his sincere apologies to His Grace. Acted in good faith.