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Correspondence received or collected by Canon Hayes during 1941 and January 1942 regarding unemployment and agricultural issues; information on statutory parish councils relating to the Local Government Act; documents on the Commission of Vocationalism; newspaper cuttings pertaining to rural life, food rationing, and fellow clergymen.

Undated letter composed on the work being done by Muintir na Tíre by Father Hayes for publication in a newspaper. He states that Muintir na Tíre guilds have tried anything and everything over the past four years to bring work and food to the people and are unafraid to take chances, and emphasises that this is 'practical Christian work'.

Typed copy of Father Hayes' address given at the Muintir na Tíre Rural Week-End, Lucan, 1941. Includes annotations and corrections. The address touts the successes of Muintir na Tíre guilds and councils and their various endeavours, and states that 'you should also build an order that will survive when the emergency will have passed. That is the work of Muintir na Tíre.'

Draft of written memorandum submitted by Father Hayes to the Commission on Vocational Organisation proposing that in a vocational system, people should be organised along both commodity and parish lines. Includes annotations, corrections, and 5pp of appendices.

Draft of supplementary written memorandum submitted by Father Hayes to the Commission on Vocational Organisation proposing that in a vocational system, people should be organised along both commodity and parish lines. Includes annotations and corrections.

5 pages of unsorted note paper containing notes written by Father Hayes.

Report for the Commission on Vocational Organisation by Mr. S. O'Mara entitled 'Agriculture', which posits the findings of the committee and notes that Muintir na Tíre fulfils much of the functions of a vocational organisation of agriculture but to make Muintir na Tíre serve as an organisation for a single vocation would be inconsistent with Muintir na Tíre's basic principle. The report recommends that all farm workers over the age of 21 should be eligible to register with the proposed Agricultural Vocational Organisation on payment of the prescribed fee, and that the organisation should be organised on a territorial basis using Catholic parish boundaries which report to county units under a national standing council.

Letter to Father Hayes from P. Miada, Limerick, asking for his assistance in helping him obtain a promotion as an accountant with the local council. Attached are copies of two letters from government officials regarding eligibility. (See also P134/12/1/1/4/121 and P134/12/1/1/4/200.)

Letter from V.W. Scales, Dublin, containing a copy of his article 'Suggestions to Rid Ireland of Unemployment and Poverty', which he states will 'permanently [rid] the 26 Counties' of poverty and unemployment. Among his suggestions, Scales proposes the the State employ all healthy adults to work on state enterprises and to be paid with treasury notes rather than out of taxation, and to set up a commission with other countries to reform international trade and finance.

Letter to Father Hayes from Father E.J. Coyne returning the document sent by Father Hayes regarding the Commission on Vocational Organisation. Father Coyne (also a committee member) notes that combining Hayes' document with that of S. O'Mara (P134/12/1/1/5/6) plus others will make 'something really worth while as a a report'. He tells Father Hayes to keep Muintir na Tíre voluntary and independent as 'it will always be needed.' Attached are a page of amendments to Section 69 of the Local Government Bill 1940, and a document quoting an article in the Irish Press on de facto parish councils that may operate under county councils in the new legislation (2pp).