Oil industries

Group sitting around table on Hitler's yacht. From left to right: Ralph K. Davies; Secretary Harold L. Ickes; Ralph T. Zook; and Captain A. F. Story. Yacht was a gift by the city of Cologne and was captured intact by U.S. Army at Wiesbaden.

Stanley Richardson, traveling with a group that appears to have business in Europe regarding petroleum, on Hitler's yacht. Yacht was a gift by the city of Cologne and was captured intact by U.S. Army at Wiesbaden.

Group of people on Hitler's yacht, during visit to Germany. From left to right: Elaine Owens; Ellen Downes (half blocked); Secretary Harold L. Ickes; and Petroleum Administrator Ralph K. Davies. Yacht was a gift by the city of Cologne and was captured intact by U.S. Army at Wiesbaden.

Group of people outside Heidelberg University. From left to right: unidentified local guide; Sam Botsford; unidentified U.S. Army Officer; Petroleum Administrator Ralph K. Davies; Interior Secretary Harold L. Ickes; and Ellen Downes.

Men standing outside I.G. Farben office building which housed General Dwight D. Eisenhower's Headquarters. From left to right: George A. Hill, Jr. (Defense Supply Corporation); W. Alton Jones; and William R. Boyd, Jr.

Group of petroleum people with General Dwight D. Eisenhower in his office. From front to back in circle: R.E Hardwicke; George A. Hill, Jr.; William R. Boyd, Jr.; Brigadier General Owen Summers; Petroleum Administrator Ralph K. Davies; Interior Secretary Harold L. Ickes; W. Alton Jones; and General Dwight D. Eisenhower.

Group of people in General Dwight D. Eisenhower's office. From left to right: Secretary Harold L. Ickes; Captain Thomas Higginson; Brigadier General Owen Summers; and Ralph K. Davies.

Group of people with General Dwight D. Eisenhower in his office. From front to back, left to right: W. Alton Jones; Interior Secretary Harold L. Ickes; General Dwight D. Eisenhower; Ralph T. Zook; Gordon Sessions; Sam Botsford; and Elaine Owens. The visit by the group to Europe is probably related to the petroleum situation.

Secretary Harold L. Ickes (left) and W. Alton Jones (center, President of WEP) with General Dwight D. Eisenhower (right) in his office. Mr. Ickes and his group are in Europe.

General Walter Bedell Smith's dinner at Victory House in Frankfurt. Around table starting at left, front: Brigadier General Owen Summers; W. Alton Jones; Dr. Joseph E. Pogue; Captain Thomas Higginson; Secretary Harold L. Ickes; General Walter Bedell Smith; Petroleum Administrator Ralph K. Davies (half hidden); Ellen Downes; Sam Botsford; General Willard Stewart Paul (half hidden); Stanley Richardson; Gordon Sessions (half hidden); General Thomas Jefferson Davis; unidentified General; and Ralph T. Zook.