Davies, Ralph K. (Ralph Kenneth), 1897-1971

Group of men in office signing papers. Ralph K. Davies, Deputy Petroleum Administrator for War, standing at back on right side. All others unidentified.

Official inspection party at Defense Plant Corporation financed chemical manufacturing plant somewhere in Arkansas. Ralph K. Davies center. All others unidentified.

Official Inspection Party at Defense Plant Corporation financed chemical manufacturing plant somewhere in Arkansas. Ralph K. Davies, Deputy Petroleum Administrator for War, center. All others unidentified.

Official Inspection Party at Defense Plant Corporation financed chemical manufacturing plant somewhere in Arkansas. Ralph K. Davies, Deputy Petroleum Administrator for War, third from right. All others unidentified.

First trainload of 24 inch seamless for War Emergency Pipelines, Inc. Ralph K. Davies fourth from right. All other men unidentified.

First carload of 24 inch seamless pipe for War Emergency Pipelines, Inc. Ralph K. Davies, Deputy Petroleum Administrator for War, standing fourth from right on ground. All other men unidentified.

First trainload of 24 inch seamless for War Emergency Pipelines, Inc. Ralph K. Davies fourth from right. All other men unidentified.

First cartload of 24 inch seamless pipe for War Emergency Piplelines, Inc. Ralph K. Davies standing fourth from right on ground. All other men unidentified.

Ralph K. Davies (left), Deputy Petroleum Administrator for war, and William R. Boyd, Jr. (right), Chairman of the Petroleum Industry War Council, carrying telegrams from the Executive office of the White House regarding the progress of the Rubber Stockpile Drice which they and Secretary Harold Ickes have just exhibited to the President.

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.