Oil industries

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.

Portrait of Bert I. Graves, Director for War Emergency Pipelines. Inscribed at bottom: "Ralph K. Davies, Kindest Regards, B Graves, 1/31/45".

Group of men watching first train of tank cars roll toward the East in Norris City, Illinois after the Opening Ceremony. Back row left to right: W.L. Draeger, Chief Engineer, Defense Plant Corporation; W. Alton Jones, President of War Emergency Pipelines, Inc.; and George A. Hill, Jr., Executive Vice President and General Counsel of Defense Supplies Corporation. Front row from left to right: Major A.N. Horne, Vice President and Assistant General Manager, War Emergency Pipelines, Inc.; Ralph K. Davies, Deputy Petroleum Administrator for War; Burt E.

Ralph K. Davies (at microphone) presenting citation on behalf of Harold L. Ickes to W. Alton Jones (left foreground). Others in photo from left to right: B.I. Graves, Director, WEP (behind Davies); Davies; unidentified child; Burt E. Hull, WEP, Vice President; George A. Hill, Jr., Executive Vice President, Defense Supply Corp. (behind Hull); and J.R. Parten, Director Transportation Division Petroleum Administration for War (half off the photo). All others unidentified.

Close up view of citation signed by Harold L. Ickes, Petroleum Administrator for War, presented to the great organization of Americans who made the pipeline a reality.