Typed letter to +McQuaid from P. Delaney, Medical Secretary, Irish Medical Association, forwarding a copy of the letter sent to + Staunton.

Letter from +Staunton to +McQuaid thanking him for a copy of the statement given to the Major Religious Superiors.

Letter from +Staunton to +McQuaid regarding Trinity. He also mentions the new Liquor Bill.

Letter from +Staunton to +McQuaid stating he will be unable to attend the Mass of the Cinema as he will be on retreat.

Letter from +Staunton to +McQuaid thanking him for his correspondence in relation to televisions in convents. He also thanks him for the copies of the most recent dictablets from the Columban Fathers. 1 item

Letter from +James Staunton, Summerhill, Wexford, to +McQuaid regarding the microfilming of the parish registers by the National Library of Ireland. He outlines the history of the project and mentions that the request to do this came from the Genealogical Office and not the Government.

Handwritten letter to +McQuaid from + James Staunton, Ferns, making the following points: encloses two suggested clauses for the Adoption Bill; the Minister realizes that Irish children are being raised by money partly contributed by foreign bigots, in the Protestant religion, to continue the British policy of increasing the number or Protestants in the country, and to provide recruits for the British Army; the Children’s Act helps to proseltyse; Irish law allows anybody of any ‘ism’ to adopt a child if he states that he is doing it for ‘love and affection’; children in the Bird’s Nest are all Catholic.

Handwritten letter to +McQuaid from + James Staunton, Ferns. The subvention paid by the Local Health Authority to middle income patients is paid directly to the hospital.

. Barron, Nicholas, Law Library, Four Courts, Dublin. Asks Fr. Mangan to inform + McQuaid that he has sent copies of the Drafts to each member of the Standing Committee, including Most Rev. Dr. Staunton.

-5 August 1950 Correspondence between +Staunton, Wexford, Fr. John O’Regan and Fr. Mangan in relation to Faculties for Army Chaplains which had been put in place during ‘The Emergency’ and which may now need to be reviewed. Bishop Staunton insists they are still valid.