The Jews of Hungary are interpreting the results of a special parliamentary election in the Pach district today as evidence that political anti-Semitism is waning in Hungary. In this district, always represented by an anti-Semite, M. Zsirkay, a racial purist, declined to run and the Christian Socialist nominee was defeated by his opponent, Tibor Farkas.
The victory of Farkas, which was not a fluke, the victor having received much more than a majority, is viewed as a good omen by Hungarian Jewish leaders. They see in the defeat of the Christian Socialist candidate the growth of the opposition movement and are also hopeful that it means a diminution of economic anti-Semitism in the next parliament.
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