Handwritten letter to +McQuaid from F.C. Ward enclosing a document on the Public Health Bill, 1945.

Typed letter to +McQuaid from F.C. Ward, enclosing the official list of Amendments to the Public Health Bill.

Ward, John, Bott Road, Canley, Coventry. He is a member of the Legion of Mary and is concerned about the spiritual welfare of young Irish men and women. Many of these become slack in their religious duties. Suggests that priests from Ireland be appointed as chaplains to rectify this position.

Letter to J. Hurson from the Archbishop regarding letter from Conor Ward.

Letter to Conor Ward from the Archbishop regarding infant mortality.

Letter to Fr. Mangan from [illegible] regarding letter to the Archbishop from Conn Ward.

Letter from +McQuaid to +Levame regarding the above memorandum of Peader Ward in relation to Communism in Ireland. The Archbishop believes its content is quite accurate and there is nothing new in it. He states that the defeat of Mr. O’Riordan in the recent elections were due to ‘…the very definite but discreet measures taken in all the parishes of the constituency’. He takes issue with some of the statements in relation to most journalists and writers being ‘left wing’. He also states that the Trade Unions in Ireland do not provide a platform for Communism and the members are in fact the people who ‘…form the backbone of our Sodalities and Confraternities’.

Letter from +Godfrey to +McQuaid stating that Fr. Ward is assisting Mgr. Cyril Taylor at Garston and he is also residing there.

Series Correspondence between the Archbishop and Miss Barrett, Richard Ryan and Conor Ward regarding turf issues

Typed letter to +McQuaid from A. Ward, Dept. of Justice, mainly dealing with permitted maximum dietary punishment at St. Patrick’s Institution.