Handwritten draft reply in +McQuaid’s writing. As a medical doctor O’Connell must know that the remedy lies in the avoidance of overcrowding , and as a public Deputy he will do all in his power to see that such situations are avoided.

Copy of the Pastoral Letter of Collier on Prayer: Its necessity and power.

Correspondence from Fr. Thomas Power relating to Confirmation. 2 items

Letter from +O’Hara to +McQuaid from his new residence at 54 Parkside, London, SW 19. He thanks the Archbishop for being at the airport when he departed and for all his help during his time in Ireland. He states that an article appeared in ‘The Times’ that day entitled ‘Irish homes across the Sea’, dealing with the issue of Irish emigration to England. He will do everything in his power to keep the Irish emigrants close to the Church and will co-operate fully with Herbert Daly.

Note from Fr. Leo Quinlan to +McQuaid regarding ‘The Power and The Glory’. Annotated by McQuaid.

Letter from Fr. Thomas Power to +McQuaid informing him that the parochial house needs a lot of repairs. Annotated by +McQuaid. 1 item

Power, Thomas, 301 Clogher Road, Crumlin East, Dublin. Items mentioned include seeing Mrs. James Chamberlain, worrying the PP, crimes.

Copy of a typed letter to Mr. Solomons from +McQuaid, thanking him for his sympathetic understanding. He will do all in his power to see to it that the repercussions be not unjust towards the Jewish community. It would be a grievious wrong, if the actions of a group of irreligious Israeli people, with mere political and commercial aims to pursue, should cause hurt to innocent people in Dublin.

Letter from +Kinane to +McQuaid providing the names and addresses of two priests, Fr. John O’Dwyer and Fr. James Power. Annotated by +McQuaid indicating they were given chaplaincies in Ranelagh and in the Hospice.

Power, Joseph F., Claremont Road, Sandymount, regarding unmarried mothers. Suggests ways this problem can be tackled.