Letter from Congressman Henry Larcade to President Harry S. Truman with a Reply from Major General Harry Vaughan, with Related Material

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359-3 10 October 1946 file Dear Mr. Congressman: Your letter of October 7, addressed to the President, has been referred to me. I have discussed with the Director of the Mint the matter of Private Law 831, 79th Congress, Chapter 828, as it refers to the gold metal to be presented to General Pershing. This act was passed shortly before adjournment and Congress failed to appropriate funds for the striking of the metal. This, I feel sure, they will take case of as soon as they are convened in January. In the mean- while, I have persuaded the Bureau of the Mint to go ahead with all preliminary work so that the metal can be finished and presented with the least possible de- lay after the first of January. Sincerely HARRY H. VAUGHAN Major General, U. S. Army Military Aide to the President The Honorable Henry D. Larcade, Jr. X House of Representatives Washington, D. C.