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Speaker Rayburn with War Veterans

Black and white photograph of Sam Rayburn holding the wheelchair handles of Raymond J. McNeil and Harvey E. Moore who both look in Rayburn’s direction. McNeil sits with his left leg crossed over his right and extends his closed right hand toward Sam Rayburn. Moore grips either side of the wheelchair armrests, with his right leg extended. Copyright information present with a caption reading, “House Speaker Sam Rayburn, (D) Texas, shown with casualties of the Korean War, PFC Raymond J. McNeil, Left, of Philadelphia, Pa., and PFC Harvey E. Moore, Right, Camden. N.J., intimated today in House debate on the draft bill, that Russian troops are massing with the Chinese reds in Manchuria and declared that the U.S. is closer to World War III than it has been at anytime since 1945.”/tiles/collection/5/5743.xml
Photograph reverse with text reading, “Sam Rayburn. PRC. Raymond J. McNeil. PFC. Harvey E. Moore.”/tiles/collection/2/28579.xml
Black and white photograph of Sam Rayburn holding the wheelchair handles of Raymond J. McNeil and Harvey E. Moore who both look in Rayburn’s direction. McNeil sits with his left leg crossed over his right and extends his closed right hand toward Sam Rayburn. Moore grips either side of the wheelchair armrests, with his right leg extended. Copyright information present with a caption reading, “House Speaker Sam Rayburn, (D) Texas, shown with casualties of the Korean War, PFC Raymond J. McNeil, Left, of Philadelphia, Pa., and PFC Harvey E. Moore, Right, Camden. N.J., intimated today in House debate on the draft bill, that Russian troops are massing with the Chinese reds in Manchuria and declared that the U.S. is closer to World War III than it has been at anytime since 1945.”
Photograph reverse with text reading, “Sam Rayburn. PRC. Raymond J. McNeil. PFC. Harvey E. Moore.”
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Date

1951-04-04

Artist

Maurice Johnson

Maker

International News Photos

Dimensions

7 1/8 x 9 in. (18.1 x 22.9 cm)

Accession Number

2008.058.003

Credit Line

Collection of the U.S. House of Representatives

Object Details

Korean War veterans Raymond McNeil (left) and Harvey Moore (right) met with Speaker Sam Rayburn outside the House Gallery on April 4, 1951. In a rare floor speech earlier in the day, Rayburn told Members of communist troops massing in North Korea and warned of expansion to the war. At the time, Members were embroiled in a bitter debate over a universal military service bill.

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