St. John Ervine Claims De Valera is American Jew

That Eamon De Valera, noted Irish leader and head of the Fianna Fail is a Jew, is alleged by St. John Ervine, dramatist and critic, in an article in the current issue of Time and Tide, a weekly review. Ervine, who has written a number of anti-Jewish articles since his return from his recent visit to the United States, says “no one knows of De Valera denying that he is a Jew but if anyone did, De Valera’s features would speak for themselves.”

Ervine says that De Valera was born in New York, is an American citizen and was taken to Ireland as a child and “has been a nuisance there ever since. Unless he has lately secretly naturalized himself, De Valera is an alien in Ireland and has no right to sit in the Dail at all. If I were a resident of Ireland I should apply to a court to remove De Valera on the ground that as a foreigner he cannot sit in parliament until he acquires legal status as a citizen. I should be interested to see the passport that De Valera uses when he travels to the United States.”