Jewish Telegraphic Agency
Early returns of the Senate elections which took place on Sunday, March 11, indicate that one Jewish senator, a Zionist, was elected from Warsaw on the ticket of the national minorities bloc. The Orthodox Agudath Israel and other Jewish groups, which contested in the Senate elections in Warsaw, were defeated.
The pro-government list was victorious, polling 96,405 votes and electing two senators; the anti-Semitic National Democratic Party obtained 65,159 votes, giving them one seat in the Senate; the national minorities bloc obtained 36,435 votes, thus electing Moses Koerner, Zionist; the Communists polled 27,334 votes which does not entitle them to a seat in the Senate; the Polish Socialist Party (P. P.S.) 25,298.
The voting was accompanied by heavy street fights between the Communists and the Polish Socialists. Many were injured in the fray, including ten Jews.
The Sunday morning issue of the “Nasz Przegland,” Polish Jewish newspaper supporting the national minorities list, was confiscated by the authorities.
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