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TRUMAN WEDNESDAY, August 1, 1951 MARKET ARCHIVES "NATIONAL SERVICE" RECORDS AND DEFEND u.s. 10:00 am (Staff) 11:00 am Honorable Robert I. Millonzi, Member, Securities and Exchange Commission (Appointed in June; called Mr. Connelly last week and asked if he might call on the President.) 11:30 am Congressman Frank W. Boykin, Alabama (Wrote Mr. Connelly July 26th asking if he might come in and tell the President about a suggestion which he had and which he believed would be very helpful.) 11:45 am Honorable John Nangle, Democratic National Committeeman, St. Louis, Missouri (Called Mr. Connelly yesterday and said he was in the city and would like to see the President.) 12:00 The President presented the Congressional Medal of Honor to 1st Lieutenant Henry A. Commiskey, U.S.M.C. The following guests were present for the ceremony held in the Rose Garden: First Lt. Henry A. Commiskey, USMC Hon. Robert A. Lovett, Under Secretary of Defense Hon. Dan A. Kimball, Secretary of the Navy Hon. Frank Pace, Jr., Secretary of the Army Adm. L. D. McCormick, USN, Acting Chief of Naval Operations Gen. H. S. Vandenberg, USAF, Chief of Staff, USAF Cen. N. F. Twining, USAF Gen. C. B. Cates, USMC, Commandant of Marine Corps Mrs. H. A. Commiskey (wife) Miss Cassandra Janette Commiskey (daughter, 312 years old) Master Henry A. Commiskey, Jr. (son, 9 months old) Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Commiskey (parents) Miss Kathleen Commiskey (sister) M/Sgt. M. J. Commiskey, USA (brother) Dr. and Mrs. Leo B. Commiskey (uncle and aunt) Mr. and Mrs. Paul W. Commiskey (uncle and aunt) Mrs. Jenny Pickering (mother-in-law) Mr. H. L. Pickering (uncle) Mrs. C. R. Kenny (sister-in-law) Miss Faye Norris (friend) Mr. C. M. Bowman (friend) Mr. J. 0. Cagle (friend) Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Able (friends) Major and Mrs. Mauro J. Padalina (friends) Captain and Mrs. Paul H. Harrington (friends) Commander George W. Ellenburg, USN (friend) Commander Frederick W. Maxwell, Jr., USN (friend) Commander Aram Y. Parunak, USN (friend)