Typed letter to +McQuaid from John A. Costello, enclosing a copy of the letter he received from Dr. Rodgers and the reply he sent. The issue was the Court case of the Attorney- General v. Rev. Patrick Ryan, C.C., Clonlara, regarding a complaint of assault by a Mr. Miller, a Jehovah Witness.

Nine items relating to the Health Act, 1953. Matters include the definition of the term ‘Confidential’; a letter to the Mother Superior, Mater Hospital; request for copy of regulations; a reply to questions from Minister Seamus Ryan; preservation of the independence of voluntary hospitals; comments by A. O’R.

Copy of typed letter to James Ryan, Minister for Health from + McQuaid. He should appreciate a meeting and informs him of his request to see the Secretary. On the question of social legislation his Committee is concerned with spiritual and moral issues.

Typed telephone message saying that Dr. Ryan, Minister for Health, is ready to meet +McQuaid and members of the Committee. Suggests 10th December.

Letter from +Thomas Ryan, Bishop of Clonfert, to +McQuaid, accepting his invitation to the Liturgical Reception. He states that the new Nuncio was a colleague and close friend as far back as the early 1940s, both at the Academia where we lived and at the Secretariat of State where we worked.

Copy letter from +McQuaid to +O’Hara with regard to the property bequested to the Bishop of Autun. In January, Mgr. Lebrun asked the +McQuaid to intervene with the Minister for Finance in securing the transfer of the sum of £1538. +McQuaid sought the legal advice of Richard Ryan of O’Hagan’s Solicitors. He has already given this information to the Nuncio.

Handwritten ‘Report to Hierarchy on Meeting with the Taoiseach, Mr. de Valera, and the Minister for Health, Dr. Ryan.’

Typed letter to +McQuaid from Brian Lenihan explaining the Manager’s position, religious and moral formation, the position of Fr. Ryan, a sociologist who had done similar work in Limerick, Fr. O’Doherty’s reports.

Typed note to +McQuaid. Mgr. Ryan was coming to represent the Vatican Secretariate of State at Cardinal D’Alton’s funeral.

Typed letter to +McQuaid from Dermot A. Ryan, Chairman, Northern Ireland, Inter-Denominational Distress Organisation, asking the Archbishop to become a patron.