(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Extraordinary interest in the Soviet elections in Ukrainian villages was displayed by the Jewish population, according to despatches from the cities where the elections are taking place, to the “Isvestia,” the official organ of the government.
Ninety percent of the Jewish population participated in the elections. The Jewish communist press points out that for the first time Jewish women were elected to the Soviets and it is the first time that certain classes of the population which were hitherto unrepresented, participated in the elections.
There were lively discussions and fights with the Zionists on account of the elections, the Communist press states.
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