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The President's Birthday Ball At The Waldorf-Astoria

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Date:		January 30, 1939
Source:		Franklin D. Roosevelt Library
Figures From This Artifact:		Figure 2

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26		KEITH Morgan, Chairman JOSEPH M. SCHENCK, Vice-Chairman James S. Adams George E. Allen George W. Baker, Jr. Gene Buck Eddie Cantor William L. Clayton Barron G. Collier Joseph V. Connolly Harvey Couch Walter J. Cummings Marshall Field Fred J. Fisher Robert V. Fleming Edsel B. Ford Gen. George S. Gibbs William Green W. Averell Harriman Ralph Hitz William F. Humphrey Arthur Kudner Ed. Kuykendall Abner E. Larned Lenox R. Lohr John R. Macomber Alfred J. McCosker Keith McHugh Carroll B. Merriam Neville Miller J. F. T. O'Connor William S. Paley John J. Pelley David Sarnoff Nicholas M. Schenck Juan T. Trippe R. B. White S. Clay Williams Clarence Woolley

27		PATRONS AND PATRONESSES

28		Mrs. Edward Hutchinson Robbins, Chairman Mrs. A. Gunning Loomis, Co-Chairman Mrs. Frederick B. Adams Mr. and Mrs. Albert B. Ashforth Mrs. Vincent Astor Mrs. Gordon Auchinloss Mr. John Bame Mrs. John F. Berwind Mrs. James G. Blaine Mrs. A. Minford Bond Duchesse Renee D'Andria Carafa Mr. and Mrs. Howard Chandler Christie Madame Alma Clayburgh Honorable Mr. Martin Conboy Mrs. J. Cheever Cowdin Mr. William Nelson Cromwell Miss Juliana Cutting Miss Colette d'Arvile Mr. and Mrs. Louis Drexel Judge and Mrs. Edward Ridley Finch Mr. Paul Fleer Mrs. Jamesine M. Franklin Mrs. Henry Anderson Goman Mr. and Mrs. Stuart G. Gibboney Mr. Walter Gubelmann Mrs. John Henry Hammond Major General James G. Harbord Mrs. William Averell Harriman Major General and Mrs. William N. Haskell Mr. and Mrs. John G. Hegeman Mr. and Mrs. James M. Helfenstein Mr. and Mrs. William J. Hutchinson Mr. Morion D. Hutzler Prince and Princess Irbain Khan Kaplanoff Mr. and Mrs. George Washington Kavanaugh Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Wellington Kelly Mr. and Mrs. Morris E. Kinnan Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Phillips Kohl Mrs. Walter Graeme Ladd Mrs. James Lees Laidlaw Mr. Henry Theodore Leggett Governor and Mrs. Herbert H. Lehman Mr. and Mrs. J. Arthur Leve Mr. and Mrs. Louis Samter Levy Mrs. Robert R. Livingston Mr. and Mrs. Homer L. Loomis Mrs. J. Couper Lord Mr. and Mrs. Henry R. Luce Mr. and Mrs. Stuart MacNamara Mr. and Mrs. Norbert A. McKenna Mrs. Clarence Millhiser Mr. and Mrs. Herbert E. Mitler Mrs. Alvar Moller Major Benjamin H. Namm Princess Obolensky Mrs. Hortense M. Odlum Mr. and Mrs. Woodson Oglesby Mr. Benjamin O'Shea Mrs. Henry Parish Mrs. Edgerton Parsons Mrs. Lee Pattison Mr. and Mrs. Frank Powers Mr. Norman Price Mr. W. S. S. Rodgers Mrs. Radcliffe Romeyn Mrs. Moritz Rosenthal Mr. Walter Russell Mrs. Herbert L. Satterlee Mrs. Robert Schey Mr. and Mrs. William Marston Seabury Mr. and Mrs. Ole Singstad Mr. and Mrs. L. Gordon Slutz Mr. and Mrs. Leonard B. Smith Mrs. Edwards Spencer Mrs. Lorillard Spencer Mr. Percy S. Straus Mrs. T. Raymond St. John Mr. and Mrs. Juan T. Trippe Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt Mrs. Harold S. Vaughan Mrs. Donald C. Walton Mr. and Mrs. James B. Ward Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Watson James D. Webb Baron and Baroness Gregers Wedell-Wedellsborg Mr. and Mrs. Kennard Wedgewood Mr. and Mrs. Grover A. Whalen Mrs. Charles S. Whitman Mrs. Howard Ogden Wood, Jr. Mrs. Orater Charles Woodward Rear Admiral and Mrs. Clark H. Woodward Mr. and Mrs. Moreau Yeomans

29		BOX HOLDERS

30		GROUND FLOOR

31		Baron Collier Mrs. J. Cheever Cowdin Mrs. Louis Drexel Miss Consuelo Eyre Lenox R. Lohr Alfred McCosker Mrs. Clarence Millhiser Thomas E. Murray Frank C. Paige William S. Paley Leo Sacks James Sauter Walter Teagle Commissioner D. Walker Wear R. B. White

32		FIRST TIER

33		Mrs. Frederick B. AdamS Luigi Antonini Bernard M. Baruch Honorable Martin Conboy Committee for the Ball David Dubinsky Charles Engelhard Judge Edward Ridley Finch Mrs. John Hegeman Sidney Hillman General Hugh S. Johnson Mrs. Walter Graeme Ladd Mrs. James Lees Laidlaw Vincent Libell Clarence H. Low Mr. and Mrs. Henry R. Luce Keith Morgan Basil O'Connor Mrs. Hortense Odlum Benjamin O'Shea W. S. S. Rodgers Mrs. James Roosevelt Mrs. Moritz Rosenthal Mrs. Edwards Spencer Juan Trippe Thomas J. Watson Earle Webb

34		SECOND TIER

35		Elizabeth Arden R. A. Corroon William Nelson Cromwell Colonel Joseph M. Hartfield Miss E. Frederica Millet Keith Morgan Frank C. Paige Frank A. Vanderlip William J. Wallace

36		PROGRAM

37		SIXTH ANNUAL CELEBRATION OF THE PRESIDENT'S BIRTHDAY

38		Events of the Evening

39		From 9:00 P. M. on ... CONTINUOUS DANCING AND ENTERTAINMENT IN:

40		THE ORLEANS CAFE . . . Mr. Nat Nazarro, director of entertainment. Arvis Andrews, Berry Brothers, Jean Starr, Chuck and Chuckles, and Jigsaw Jackson.

41		LITTLE OLD NEW YORK . . . Mr. George Bennett and Mr. Bobby Randall, directors of entertainment. Ruth and Victor de Meranville, Paul Bartels, Crystal Clarkson, and The Colstons. Special divertissement by the Ziegfeld Girls Club -- Miss Diane and Anita Rice Yorks.

42		GOLDEN WEST ROOM . . . Mr. Al Rogers, director -- Mark Plant and Tom Swift, Western entertainment throughout the evening.

43		SWING CABARET . . . Mr. Fred Le Quorne, director, and his Jitterbugs. Mr. Allen Corelli in charge of all entertainment in these rooms. A Ben Nelson orchestra for dancing in each room.

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