(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
The votes of the Jewish deputies and senators in the Polish National Assembly were cast for Dr. Ignace Moscicki in the second presidential election which resulted in the election of Moscicki, with a majority of 280 to 200.
The 280 votes cast for Moscicki included those of the left and center parties, the Jewish Club and the German deputies. The 200 votes for Count Bninski were cast by the right parties. Sixty-three votes were blank, including those of the Slavic national minorities.
It is believed that President Moscicki is a man of liberal policy and is friendly to the Jews. He is reported to have been a strong opponent of the numerus clausus against Jewish students at the University of Lemberg when he was professor there. Lemberg leaders of the Zionist movement and of the Jewish students, urged the Jewish deputies to vote for him.
The president will be sworn into office on Friday.
Professor Moscicki studied for five years in England. During his stay there he was the editor of the “Robotnik”, the organ of the Polish Socialist Party which was at that time prohibited in Russian Poland.
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