Oil industries

Portrait of Ralph K. Davies, Deputy Petroleum Administrator for War, standing in front of mural. Mural is of pipeliners laying pipeline. Original is a color transparency.

Portrait of Ralph K. Davies, Deputy Petroleum Administrator for War, behind desk. Original is a color transparency.

Ralph K. Davies (right), Deputy Petroleum Director for War, and unidentified man at desk.

Group of men at unidentified banquet. On far left is Ralph K. Davies, Deputy Petroleum Administrator for War. All others unidentified.

Group of unidentified men around conference table, evidently in a meeting related to the petroleum industry.

Group of men at high-octane gasoline meeting. The meeting took place in Washington, D.C. on Thursday, June 29. From left to right seated: Air Marshall Sir William L. Welsh, The Royal Air Force; Harold L. Ickes, Petroleum Administrator for War; H.H. Arnold. Standing from left to right: H. Wilkison, British Petroleum Representative; Ralph K. Davies, Deputy Petroleum Administrator for War; Harry C. Burks, Jr., chairman of the Aviation Gasoline Advisory Committee of the Petroleum Administration for War; and Admiral DeWitt Ramsey, Chief of Bureau of Aeronautics, United States Navy.

Ralph K. Davies (standing) at unidentified meeting.

Actress Geraldine Fitzgerald (left) presenting Ralph K. Davies (right) with letter in which Warner Brothers' Vice-President Albert Warner offers help in calling the public attention to the need to preserve fuel oil.

Actress Geraldine Fitzgerald (left) presenting Ralph K. Davies (right) with letter in which Warner Brothers' Vice-President Albert Warner offers help in calling the public attention to the need to preserve fuel oil.

Actress Geraldine Fitzgerald (left) presenting Ralph K. Davies (right) with letter in which Warner Brothers' Vice-President Albert Warner offers help in calling the public attention to the need to preserve fuel oil.