Brown, William, Sir, Secretary of the Civil Defense

Members of a joint U.S.-British Conference on International Oil Resources that met for the initial exploratory session in Washington, D.C. Ralph K. Davies, Deputy Petroleum Administrator for War fifth from left; Charles Raynor, U.S. State Department Chairman sixth from left; Commodore A.F. Carter, US Navy seventh from left; Sir William Brown, K.C.B., K.C.M.G., C.B.E., Secretary of the Civil Defence Department and head of the British Delegation fifteenth from left; and Brigadier General Howard Peckham, US Army, Representing the War Department eighth from left and Commodore A.W.

Charles Raynor (left), U.S. State Department Chairman and Sir William Brown (right), K.C.B., K.C.M.G., C.B.E., Secretary of the Civil Defense Department and head of the British Delegation at the Discussion between the United States and United Kingdom on the Petroleum Question at the State Department in Washington, D.C.

Charles Raynor (left), U.S. State Department Chairman, and Sir William Brown (right), K.C.B., K.C.M.G., C.B.E., Secretary of the Civil Defense Department and head of the British Delegation at the Discussion between the United States and United Kingdom on the Petroleum Question at the State Department in Washington, D.C.

Members of a joint U.S.-British Conference on International Oil Resources that met for the initial exploratory session in Washington, D.C. From left to right: Sir William Brown, K.C.B., K.C.M.G., C.B.E., Secretary of the Civil Defense Department and head of the British Delegation; Charles Raynor, U.S. State Department Chairman; Ralph K. Davies, Deputy Petroleum Administrator for War (fifth); Commodore A.W. Clarke, Chief of Staff to British Admiralty Delegation to Washington (eleventh); Commodore A.F.