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If I ran them out I wouldn't be neutral!
| Content Provider | Library of Congress - Photographs |
|---|---|
| Spatial Coverage | United States Ireland |
| Description | World War II cartoon shows Irish Prime Minister Eamon De Valera standing in a nest of snakes. The snakes are covered with swastikas or rising suns and their heads resemble either Hitler or a Japanese. De Valera protests, "If I ran them out, I wouldn't be neutral." Secretary of State Cordell Hull, watching from the other side of a stone wall, responds "St. Patrick was never neutral." When World War II broke out, De Valera declared Ireland to be neutral and in 1944 refused an American request to expel Axis diplomats who might be spying on the Allies. The cartoonist alludes to St. Patrick who converted the Irish to Christianity and according to legend rid the country of its snakes. |
| File Format | JPG / JPEG |
| Language | English |
| Part of Series | Cartoon Drawings |
| Requires | HTML5 supported browser |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Neutrality--Ireland--1940-1950. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | World War, 1939-1945--Diplomacy--United States. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | De Valera, Éamon,--1882-1975. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Patrick--Saint. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Snakes--1940-1950. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Hull, Cordell,--1871-1955. |
| Content Type | Image |
| Resource Type | Photograph |
