They're Shoutin' It from Coast to Coast .

Sen. McNamara's New Year Message

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B'ter Pacts Bear Out Davy

By FRANK SIMONS
From vacation spots every-
where this summer, the story was
always the same.
In New York, Florida, all the
way out to California and back
up to the tip of Maine, coonskin-
capped youngsters totin' their
shootin' irons were all singing
the praises of America's new na-
tional hero.
Now, Davy Crockett has always
been a popular name on the
American scene, and almost any
sixth grade school child could tell
you, B.D. (Before Disney), that
Davy was associated with the bat-
tle cry, "Remember the Alamo."
The sudden burst of popular-
ity for Davy, which has turned
our youngsters from a cowboys
and Indian to a b'ar huntin' pop-
ulace, could only be attributable
to Hollywood—and a gentleman
named Walt Disney.
It's quite unlikely, however,
that much information would
have been discovered about
Davy if it hadn't been for the
foresight of a pair of Phila-
delphia publishers by the names
of Edward L. Carey and Abra-
ham Hart.
Back in 1833, when Davy was
riding the crest of a wave of pop-
ularity (there were several in his
up and down career), Messrs.
Carey and Hart published an
autobiography that drew Crock-
ett to the attention of the Amer-
ican people.
Hart, a Jew, was then only 23.
Yet he realized that the Crockett
story was a "natural." What he
and his partner might not have
known, however, was that Davy,
who had little "real learnin' "
didn't write the work, but that it
was ghost written by Mathey St.
Clair Clarke, then Secretary of
the Senate.
The autobiography was the be-
ginning of literature on Crockett,
according to the American Jew-
ish Archives in Cincinnati which
traced the record.
It is quite interesting that Hart,
like Crockett, began his career at
13, one as a pioneer publisher,
the other as a frontiersman. Hart
was to become the most prom-
inent Jewish layman in Phila-
delphia at the time.
For many years he was presi-
dent of the city's historic syna-
gogue, Mikveh Israel, and helped
to organize the first Jewish Pub-
lication Society in 1845.
Two other volumes on Crock-
ett's caperings also were pub-
lished by Hart and Carey. The
second was "Tour Down East,"
Which described the Tennessee
woodsman's observations as _ a
member of Congress and his tour
of the Atlantic seaboard.
The response to this book was
poor because Davy's popularity
had waned. But when heroic Col.
Crockett was 'shot down_ at the
Alamo, Carey and Hart obtained
the services of Richard Penn
Smith who wrote of Davy's ad-
ventures in Texas.
The book is described as an
immediate success; thousands of
copies were sold.
In a few circles, there has
been a movement on to debunk
Davy; however, loyal supporters
have produced records to indi-
cate he was a pretty good Amer-
ican after all.
In the II. S. Congress, Rep.

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Clyde Doyle, of California,
seeking to satisfy his grandson
and many other of his youthful
constituents, introduced several
pertinent items into the Con-
gressional Record to bear out
Davy's zealous fans.
From the archives of the Con-
gressional Library, we learn that
Davy served three times in Con-
gress—from 1827-31 and 1833-35.
Although there is no record of
his "patching up the crack in the
Liberty Bell," we learn that Davy
did get a few things done for his
constituents.
His closest claim to prominence
while in Congress, the Congres-
sional Record article goes on to
say, was a resolution he offered
on Feb. 9, 1830 calling for the
abolition of the United States
Military Academy at West Point.
As for Davy's having "killed
himself a b'ar when he was only
three," there is no record, but
he is described as a "mighty
hunter," although he was a "poor
farmer, indolent and shiftless."
Davy's congressional candidacy
started as a joke, but he took it
seriously and conducted a mighty
campaign, which led to his elec-
tion and re-election. After a term
of sitting it out, he returned to
Congress again until coming to
verbal blows with adherents of
Andrew Jackson.
"When he came home, his poli-
tickin' done," Davy was off to the
West - to fight for Texas' inde-
pendence. Here he made his fa-
mous last stand at the Alamo.
Several Jews were known to
have participated, along with
Crockett, in the fight for the lib-
eration of Texas, including Adol-
phus Stern, who served in both
Houses of the Texas Legislature
and served in the Fredonian Re-
bellion of 1826.

established, however, whether he
was a Jew.
Although these names have
long been relegated to history
books, Davy's stands out as the
noblest American of them all. To
America's young citizens, Davy is
likely to reign for many moons as
"King of the Wild Frontier."

Dr. Hertz Sees
Hopeful Year

Senator Pat McNamara has issued- the following New Year
greeting to the Jews of Michigan, through The Jewish News:

"On the occasion of Rosh Hashanah, it is time for all of us
to join in prayer for peace in the Middle East and the binding
up of wounds so that Israel may be able to make the progress
that the Jewish people so nobly earned."

Catholic Band Initiates New Synagogue in Brooklyn

NEW YORK (JTA)—A sixty-
piece band from the nearby Cath-
olic church of Our Lady of Lo-
retto participated in- a parade in
Brooklyn which celebrated the
dedication of a Torah of the
United Sephardic Synagogue. The

In a message issued this week,
Dr. Richard C. Hertz, rabbi of
Teniple Beth El, envisioned a
hopeful year. He stated in part:

Another was David Kaufman,
Speaker of the Lower House of
the Texas Legislature, who also
served in the Upper House and
later, after Texas joined the
Union, represented the state in
Congress.
The list of men who fought
with Gen. Sam Houston and
served in the battle of San
Jacinto included several Jews,
among them Albert Emanuel,
a German immigrant Moses
Albert Levy, Houston's sur-
geon-general; Isaac Lyons, s sur-
goon general in the command
of Gen. Tom Green; Maj. Leon
Dyer, Levi Myers Harby and
Lt. Henry Seligson.
One gentleman, -whose name
stands today on the Alamo monu-
ment and who died with Davy
Crockett in that battle was an
Abraham Wolf (Wolff). It is not

"Not only as Americans but
as Jews, therefore, we find rea-
son to be cautiously hopeful in
the year to come. The past year
has been a decisive one in Jewish
life. The State of Israel, now
eight years old, is here to stay—.
whether the Arabs like it or not,
whether some misguided Jews
want it or not. Israel's progress
in economic, social, cultural and
scientific fields has increased
immeasureably this year. Yet her
security hangs predariously in the
balance, with the Gaza strip
something like a sizzling fuse
getting closer and closer to blow-
ing up the whole Middle East.
Pray God that wisdom and pati-
ence may gain the upper hand,
and peace be secured for mighty
little Israel! Only our own evi-
dence of support—both material
and moral—will convince the em-
battled Israelis that they do not
stand alone.
"Here at home, Our philanthro-
pies and welfare federations, our
hospitals community c enter s,
family services and social agen-
cies, have continued their hu-
manitarian work of serving the
total Jewish community in Amer-
ica. Their gifted leadership, both
lay and professional, have cre-
ated a corps of civic servants,
v.rhose service above self con-
tinues to bring credit on the Jew-
ish as well as non-Jewish corn-
inunity.

gayly-uniformed boys and girls
led off the parade that included,
beside congregation members,
detachments from the local
American Legion and Masonic
chapters.

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We extend our sincerest good wishes to

the entire Jewish community of Detroit

and to Jewish communities everywhere

for a happy 5716. May this Year, and the

Years to come, be marked with progress

for our country's efforts to attain peace

and justice for all mankind.

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We welcome the New Year 5716 with prayers for the security of this
land, for the happiness of all its people and for the peace of the world.
May 5716 be a year of joy and happiness for Israel and for all mankind.'

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