Brown, Bruce K. (Bruce Keith), b. 1897

Participants in the television program "Battle Report - Washington" gather on the set of the show. Standing from left to right are: Paul Porter, Clifford B. McManus, Charles W. Connor, James Boyd, Bruce K. Brown and Theodore A. Ayers. Leaning on the desk is Robert McCormick, NBC's Washington Manager of TV News and Special Events. John R. Steelman, producer of the show for the Truman Administration, is seated.

Left to right: Senator Edwin C. Johnson; Senator Joseph C. O'Mahoney; Bruce K. Brown, former Deputy Administrator, Petroleum Administration for Defense; Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman; J. Ed Warren, Deputy Administrator, Petroleum Administration for Defense; and Vice President Alben Barkley at a luncheon in honor of Brown and Warren in the Secretary of the Senate's office.

Left to right: unidentified; Bruce K. Brown, Deputy Administrator of the Petroleum Administration for Defense; Antonio J. Bermudez, Director, Petroleos Mexicanos (PEMEX); Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman; Manuel Tello, acting Secretary of State of Mexico; Rogerio de la Selva, Mexican President Aleman's private secretary; Ernest Uruchurtu, Assistant Secretary of the Interior of Mexico; and U.S. Ambassador to Mexico William O'Dwyer at the U.S. Embassy in Mexico City for a luncheon. Secretary Chapman and Mr. Brown were in Mexico to visit oil refineries.

Antonio J. Bermudez (right), Director of Petroleos Mexicanos (PEMEX), Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman (second from right), and unidentified guests at a reception in the Secretary's honor at the Hotel del Prado in Mexico City. Bruce K. Brown, Deputy Administrator of the Petroleum Administration for Defense, is at left, in background.

Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman (head of table) attends a luncheon at the U.S. Embassy in Mexico City. Also pictured: Bruce K. Brown, Deputy Administrator of the Petroleum Administration for Defense (left side of table, second from right); and Antonio J. Bermudez, Director, Petroleos Mexicanos (PEMEX) (right side of table, left). All others unidentified.

Left to right: Bruce K. Brown, Deputy Administrator of the Petroleum Administration for Defense; Antonio J. Bermudez, Director, Petroleos Mexicanos (PEMEX); Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman; Manuel Tello, acting Secretary of State of Mexico; and Rogerio de la Selva, Mexican President Aleman's private secretary, at the U.S. Embassy in Mexico City for a luncheon.

A large group gathers around Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman (center, behind man in hat) after his arrival at the Central Airport in Mexico City. Secretary Chapman is in town to visit several oil refineries. Also pictured: Bruce K. Brown, Deputy Administrator of the Petroleum Administration for Defense (left of Chapman, back to camera); Antonio J. Bermudez, Director of Petroleos Mexicanos (PEMEX) (right of man in white hat); Manuel Tello, acting Secretary of State for Mexico (between Chapman and Bermudez); and U.S. Ambassador to Mexico William O'Dwyer (behind Bermudez, center).

Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman (center, right) speaks with Antonio J. Bermudez, Director of Petroleos Mexicanos (PEMEX) (center, left), on a plane to the Salamanca Refinery in Guanajuato, Mexico. Also pictured: Bruce K. Brown, Deputy Administrator of the Petroleum Administration for Defense (back to camera, right). All others unidentified.

Bruce K. Brown, Deputy Administrator of the Petroleum Administration for Defense (center), Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman (second from right), and Antonio J. Bermudez, Director of Petroleos Mexicanos (PEMEX)(right) speak with an unidentified man at the Salamanca Refinery in Guanajuato, Mexico. All others unidentified.

Front row: Bruce K. Brown, Deputy Administrator of the Petroleum Administration for Defense (second from left); Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman (second from right); and Antonio J. Bermudez (right), Director of Petroleos Mexicanos (PEMEX), tour the Salamanca Refinery in Guanajuato, Mexico. All others unidentified.