Letter from Fr. Martin Rooney, Diocesan Secretary, Derry to +McQuaid stating his address to the Conference of Major Superiors has been received and +Farren is in Lourdes.

Typed minutes of ‘V’ Committee meeting. Its function this year is to report to + McQuaid in detail on officials of the various trade unions. Each member was given 22 trade unions with names of officials. The V. Rev. Chairman had a report, compiled by the Knights of Columbanus in 1948, on Communist members and their activities. Fr. Crean was delegated to approach Colonel Callaghan, the Head of Army Intelligence, to update the list of Communist Party members. Information was sought on journalists Brian O’Neill, Tony Malone, Annie Kelly, Maurice Hickey, Don Rooney and Michael McInerney.

Typed letter to + McQuaid from M.J. Rooney complaining that churches are installing electronic organs made in America instead of pipe organs made in Ireland. This deprives Irish men of jobs. Stanley Berber

Typed letter to + McQuaid from Patrick Herlihy, seeking permission for their men to work on the new Tolka Bridge at Fairview and Donabate railway siding on a Sunday. Rooney & Coffey

Rooney, Eamon, 26 Annomoe Gardens, Cabra. Asks the Archbishop to use his influence to have the Old Age Pension increased from 1/- to 5/- .

Richardson, Kevin, 71 Jamestown Road, Finglas. Catholic employers have the most unchristian standards when it comes to paying a fair wage to workers. Asks the Archbishop to suggest to the clergy they focus on the Encyclical of Pope Leo XIII. 18/8c. Rooney, Eamon, 26 Annamoe Park, Cabra, Dublin, asking for support for an increase in the old age pension and for the disabled.

Pamphlet: The Wanted Child, by Philip Rooney.