Copy of typed letter to + Staunton from +McQuaid, enclosing a draft reply on the Mother and Child Scheme. He has confined his answer to principles. He has kept an eye on the Trade Unions, especially the T.U.C. and the Clann politicians.

Typed telephone message. The General Manager of The Irish News Agency phoned requesting an authoritative statement from + Staunton on the Mother and Child Scheme. He replied that is such a statement were to come it would be issued by +McQuaid. Let the published letters speak for themselves.

Handwritten letter to +McQuaid from + Staunton. He received a telephone call from the General Manager of The Irish News Agency asking if a statement would be issued by the Bishops ‘in view of the strong things that were being said.’ He replied that any such statement would come from +McQuaid. Onesided editorial in The Irish Times.

Handwritten letter to +McQuaid from + Staunton, Ferns. He was unable to find any guarantee, as promised in the White Paper, that patients may select their own doctor and hospital. Without such a guarantee there would be complete socialization of medicine.

Copy of typed letter to + Staunton from Richard Mulcahy on the system of rating National School Teachers.

Letter to + J. Staunton from + McQuaid. He is glad that the Bishop and the others paid no attention to Mr. Roche’s letters.

Handwritten letter from + James Staunton, Summerhill, Wexford, to Dr. Dunne. He is sorry to hear that the improvement has not been maintained.

Handwritten letter from + James Staunton to + McQuaid. As + McQuaid is not free to attend the Congress of the Irish Technical Teachers’ Organisation his deputy will take precedence over the Protestant Archbishop.

Handwritten letter from + James Staunton to + McQuaid regarding the defect of title to the College lands in the Salamanca report. Regarding attendance at Protestant schools he thinks Protestant influence is growing.

and agendas. Letters re the Irish Film Institute of Ireland, The All Ireland Gaelic Congress and the Centenary Year of the Holy Childhood Association. Letters regarding the heating and maintenance of primary schools and the retirement age of religious. Includes correspondence from Bishop Staunton & T. O Deirg. Information on matters concerning the Trustees of Maynooth College and their work. 1944