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State Department Issues Booklet
on Adoption of U.S. Great Seal

WASHINGTON, (AJP)—The mittee was resurrected and re-
State Department has released ferred to a new committee. The
(Copyright, 1957, Jewish Telegraphic
a booklet on the story behind second committee fared no bet-
Agency, Inc.)
the Great Seal of the U.S.
ter than the first, and two years
Future ages will have the
In recounting how the Found- later a third committee was ap-
benefit of the movies to give
ing Fathers came to adopt the pointed to prepare a suitable
them a picture of the age we
present Seal, the booklet refers design.
live in but we have only the
to the original Old Testament-
"On June. 13, 1782, the entire
printed words to help us visual-
inspired Seal as follows:
collection of reports and de-
ize the past.
"'With the signing of the signs of all three committees
What was life like in the
Declaration of Independence, a was presented to Charles Thom-
America of the original Fourth
new nation was born, but its son, Secretary of Congress. He
of July?
ability to maintain its indepen- selected certain features from
There was an American, a
dence had yet to be proved, all and rearranged them, writ-
Jew, who tried to preserve the
and it needed a visible and tan- ing a description and making a
picture as long as he lived. He
gible symbol of sovereignty.
rough drawing in color of the
became known as "Cocked Hat"
"So, on that same memorable new combination ... "
Sheftall.
July 4, 1776, the Founding Fath-
He was born in Georgia
The result was the formula-
ers adopted the resolution 'That tion of the Great Seal as we
two years after the founding
Dr. Franklin, Mr. J. Adams and have it today with its many
of the colony of Oglethorpe.
Mr. Jefferson, be a committee, biblical symbols.
His father,. Mordecai Sheftall,
to bring in a device for a seal
must have liked his last name
for the United States of Ainer-
for he named his son, Sheftall
Ship 72 Jeeps to Finland
Ica.'
Sheftall. The Sheftalls both
TEL AVIV (JTA)—A ship-
"However, it took six years
were active in the American
and two committees, with the anent of 72 jeeps assembled in
Revolution — both father and
new nation's right to indepen- Israel have been shipped to
son, in fact, were ultimately
dence established on the battle- Finland. The shipment is worth
captured by the British.
fields of a long and bloody war $106,000, of which it is esti-
After the war, Sheftall Shef-
before a `device' for the em- mated 34 per cent represents
tall became a lawyer. Time
-
blem of sovereignty won the Israeli labor and parts.
marched on, styles changed but
approval of the Congress.
Sheftall Went on wearing the
"Franklin proposed a device
knee breeches and three-corn-
showing Moses dividing the Red
ered hat characteristic of Revo-
NOW'S THE BEST TIME
Sea for the children of Israel
lutionary times. He became
and the waters closing behind
nationally known for this ec-
TO CHANGE .TO BUICK
them to overwhelm Pharoah in
centricity. He died at 86 in 1848
... the '57 BUICK!
his chariot. The motto read:
—still wearing Revolutionary
styles.
`Rebellion to tyrants is obedi-
ence to God.'
The Jew is often accused of
For the best deal
being an avant gardist, a revo-
"Jefferson favored showing
anywhere . . . SEE
lutionary, but he is also a
the children of Israel in the
conservative as the case of
wilderness under the guidance
Sheftall Sheftall shows.
of a cloud by day, a pillar of
fire by night.
Sheftall Sheftall was presi-
at
dent of the Georgia Historical
"Franklin's committee re-
Society in his old age and he
ported the design agreed on to
left some writings of Revolu-
Congress on Aug. 20, 1776, but
tionary days—but he could have
Congress tabled it. In those
6164 CASS AVE.
told us much more that we
years, the war with its problems
should like to know—especially
was more pressing than the need
Near G. M. Bldg.
about the Jewish part in the
for a Seal.
TR 5-9700
events of 1776.
"It was not until March 25,
Though the number of Jews
1780,
that
the
report
of
the
29th
Year With Buick
NEW YORK (AJP)—In re- Israelis, and not as Jews. Many
in America at the time was
viewing Waldo Frank's book, are even impatient of Jewish Franklin-Adams-Jefferson com-
small, their role was by no
"Bridgehead: The Drama of traits and fealties, for in the
means inconsiderable.
Israel," in the New York Times
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European and Asiatic lands
There were some 3,000 Jews
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Book Review, historian Allan now left behind these were
in America then out of a total Nevins finds that "Mr. Frank
population of some 3 million. sees clearly two great and (to identified with unhappy dis-
abilities and abnormalities.
Newport, R.I., was the largest many) uncomfortable facts.
♦
They wish above all else to be
Jewish settlement with some-
"The first is that the rising
thing like 1,000 Jews. At the generation, holding the future, able, constructive, self-con-
time, Newport was considered regard themselves - wholly as tained and highly normal Is-
raelis.
more important than New York.
"The Sabras," Nevins con-
In Newport lived Aaron Lo-
tinues in his review, "in par-
pez, probably the biggest fig-
ticular are nationalistic, realis-
ure in American shipping at the
tic and pragmatic. The atmos-
time, owning some 40 vessels.
phere of Tel Aviv is that of
The war wiped out his fortune
Chicago, not of the East
and the great port city sank in
European ghetto; the outlook
commercial importance, becom-
PHILADELPHIA, (JTA) — of Beersheba and still more
ing transformed after the war
into a city famous as the resi- The Jews in Egypt are living Elath is that of our semi-West,
"happily enough" and reports not of any community devoted
dence of the social elite.
Lopez was a Maranno — a of their eviction are "utterly to Torah or Talmud.
false Zionist propaganda" ac-
Prof. Nevins sees Frank dis-
-fugitive from the Inquisition.
cording to a letter written by tinguishing the yishuv from its
Outwardly, the Lopez family
President Gamal Abdel Nasser leaders. "It is the people of
had been conforming Cath-
of Egypt to a member Of the whom most of the glory must
olics, counting their beads and
going through all the Catholic Jewish Community here.
go. Mr. Frank's most delightful
ritual but secretly observing
The letter, a reply to one sent pages give us a series of pic-
the Jewish faith. Dr. Ezra
him in March by Morris Goren, tures of the heterogeneous
was published in the Jewish folk, the variegated country,
Styles said of him when he
Exponent.
and the growing unity between
died, that no American sur-
Goren, the Exponent said, the two—a unity that is giving
called the Egyptian leader's let- Israel a highly marked indi-
ter "evasive." Nasser "hasn't viduality."
even got the ability to hide his
An American Savings
own bitterness against Israel,"
account offers high earn-
the paper quoted Goren as
ings combined with
saying.
TIME
guaranteed safety. No
In his original letter, the Ex-
wonder over 36,000 folks
ponent reported, Goren told
FOR
TEL AVIV (JTA) — The
now "Save the Ameri-
Nasser that neither the Inquisi-
can Way."
tion in Spain nor Hitler in Ger- lengthy strike of 1,700 workers
many could destroy the Jewish at the ATA textile company
people. Goren had advised the reached a total deadlock when
Egyptian leader to "come out a Histadrut leader rejected a
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Savings Insured to $10,000
on your own free will for peace, management demand for the
right to dismiss workers on ef-
and cooperate with Israel."
by an Agency
Nasser's brief reply, published ficiency grounds regardless of
of The United States Gov't
in full by the Exponent, stated Seniority.
WINES
The rejection by Pinchas La-
that those Jews evicted from
Egypt during the war last fall von, Histadrut secretary general
were "dangerous to state se- was communicated to Hans Mol-
Current Rate
ler, chairman of the ATA board
curity."
of directors.
WITH
Lavon's stand was taken on
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By DAVID SCHWARTZ

passed him in the extent of ing them pork. They doubt-
his commerce, in the integrity
less thought it was very
of his character and in the
funny. It is told of both Mor-
scope of his philanthropy.
decai Sheftall and Haym
A strange contrast to the Sep- Salomon that when captured,
hardic Lopez is to be found in the British "chazerim" con-
the Polish Jewish financier fined them to a pork diet.
Haym Salomon. Robert Mor-
But if the British had fun
ris, who was to all intents and with the Jews, the Jews also
purposes the Secretary of the had some fun with the British.
Treasury during the Revolu- They must have had a good
tionary War,. mentions Salomon laugh when David Emanuel,
more than any other one indi- later Governor of Georgia, es-
vidual in his diary of the Revo- taped from the British. The
lution.
story goes-that Emmanuel and a
Col. David S. Franks, who fellow American were to be
was on the staff of General shot but were given a few min-
Benedict Arnold but was exon- utes for a last prayer — mo-
erated of complicity in Arnold's ments which Emanuel utilized
treason, was quite different by jumping astride his horse
from either of these two. Fi- and fleeing. The prayer was de-
nance was not his line. He was layed, but doubtless Emanuel
more of the public relations later uttered a prayer of thank-
type—a man who liked to con- fulness to God.
sort with celebrities. If he were
Benjamin Rush, a signer of
living today he probably would the Declaration of • Independ-
be an ambassador or some such ence, wrote that most Jews
thing. In fact, he was espe- were Whigs, that is to say, they
cially selected after the Revo- : took the American side. But
lution for diplomatic missions. one who didn't was the beauti-
Francis Salvador of South ful and witty Rebecca Franks of
Carolina was a statesman, al- Philadelphia.
though like Franks he fought
She was one of the queens
in the war and was in fact the of beauty at the famous Brit-
first South Carolinian killed in ish officers ball known as the
action. Had he lived, he might Meschianza. Howe, Andrew and
have looked forward to repre- other British military men vis-
senting his state in Congress.
ited at her home. She married
Col ` Solomon Bush was more a British officer and later in
of a simple fighting man, After life regretted her choice of
the fighting was over, he ap- sides. It may be that she helped
pears to have had nothing to ' the Americans the way she was.
fall back on.
It is a known fact that Howe
The British appeared to de-
and other British officers might
light in wreaking special ven-
have been much more success-
geance on Jews , taken pris-
ful if they hadn't been so busy
oners during the war by feed-
flirting with pretty women.

CHARLES WEINSTOCK

BUICK'S RETAIL STORE

Loyalty to Israel, Not Judaism
Are Findings in Waldo Frank's Book

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`Happy Enough,'
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SMa N HSTAlat namaa

Sheftall Shelia11 and Other Early Jews
of the American Revolutionary Period

