Who was the Oil Administrator who met with Henri Deterding and Walter Teagle in Washington, D.C. in August 1934?

• A. Franklin D. Roosevelt
• B. Harold Ickes
• C. Hugh S. Johnson
• D. Harry Hopkins

Answer: (B)

The situation tests who was in charge of federal petroleum policy at that time. In 1934, the Oil Administrator role fell to Harold Ickes, who was serving as Secretary of the Interior and coordinating nationwide oil policy. That position put him at the center of discussions with major oil leaders, so a meeting in Washington, D.C. in August 1934 with Henri Deterding of Royal Dutch Shell and Walter Teagle of Standard Oil makes sense for Ickes. The other figures listed were prominent officials in different roles (the president, a close presidential aide, or a different New Deal administrator) and not the Oil Administrator in that moment.