1953 Press Photo AP correspondent Eddy Gilmore at Alabama's joint session

Associated Press correspondent Eddy Gilmore tells a joint session of the House and Senate in his native state of Alabama that Communist Russia appears headed for a crisis. But the former AP Moscow Bureau Chief warned that the western world must not relax its guard. Behind Gilmore are his Russian-born wife, Tamara, and Lt. Governor James B. Allen of Alabama.

Photo is dated 1953.

Photo measures 6.75 x 8.5 inches.