Letter from +Lucey to +McQuaid regarding the Joint Committee meeting of the Bishops and University Presidents. As a new sub-committee has been established by the Bishop’s Conference, he asks if they will now be the representatives at this meeting. 1 item

Handwritten letter to +McQuaid from + Lucey, thanking him for the minutes of their meeting and includes some amendments.

Copy of the typed report of the meeting in Archbishop House discussing the White Paper. Present were +McQuaid, + Browne, + Lucey, and Dr. Seamus Ryan, Minister for Health.

Handwritten letters to +McQuaid from + Kinnane, + Staunton, + Browne and + Lucey thanking him for the minutes of the meeting.

Typed note to +McQuaid from James Ardle MacMahon. Fr. D. O’Sullivan C.S.Sp., and Fr. Thomas Lucey, St. Patrick’s, Kiltegan, advise that to refuse permission could lead to serious consequences for Missioners in Lagos, while to grant it would secure more advantages than disadvantages. Fr. Lucey was of the opinion that permission would best be given without comment.

Letters to +McQuaid from + J. Kinnane, +M. Browne and +Cornelius Lucey. Date of meeting suits them.

Handwritten letter to +McQuaid from + Cornelius Lucey. The Adoption Bill is hardly as favourable as hoped. It is drafted in unusually general terms. That may be an advantage.

Correspondence (21 items) relating to the organization of a meeting between the Hierarchy and the Government to allow the Hierarchy the opportunity to express their views on the legislation amending the licensing laws. The correspondents are + Fergus, Taoiseach de Valera, Cardinal D’Alton, Minister for Justice Oscar Traynor, +McQuaid, + Lucey, + Browne, + Conway, Francis Lenny.

Typed letter to Dr. Lucey, Bishop of Cork, from + McQuaid seeking information on Tony Coughlan, a graduate of UCC. He was an organiser for the Connolly Association and is now lecturing in Trinity College.

Handwritten report. Justin Keating going to continent for agricultural research. Being sent by Government. Was refused permission to go to the US some years ago by Dillon, but evidently P. Smith does not mind. Keating a member of the British Communist Party and is active here. Smith condemned Dr. Lucey at a meeting some months ago.