Priest, seated right, planning George Washington Birthday Ball to aid crippled children

Executive Committee for the Second Annual George Washington Birthday Ball, on behalf of the Conference of State Societies of Washington D.C., confer with Treasurer of the United States, Mrs. Ivy Baker Priest, the Ball's Patrons Chairman. Seated next to Priest is Douglas R. Smith, executive vice-president of the National Savings & Trust Co., and the Ball's Honorary Chairman. Standing, left to right, are former Sergeant at Arms for the; U.S. Senate, Edward F. McGinnis, who is the Distinguished Guests Chairman, and Washington Metropolitan Police Lieutenant Edward H. Ring, President of the Conference of State Societies. Proceeds from the Ball, to be held the evening of February 22 at Sheraton Park Hotel, will be donated to Crippled Children's Societies of the Greater Washington Area. Photo by Cameramen, Inc.