STATE SECRETARY FOR THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 1856, sig. 109-5/84

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The elections took place on 7.I1I.1938 /Masaryk's birthday!/./11 The political key was again decisive. Chairman :JUDr.Jan Kapras /Nationaldem.,left/ "Stellv. :Ing.Heinrich Žilka/Gen.Sekr,d.Agr. JUDr.Franz Soukup /soz.Dem.,Sen.Pres./ JUDrs.Anton Klouda /Nat.Soz.,Ehem.Masa ryks Reslistenpartei/Sekr.Vladinir Cervenka,see.iarl Redl,veteEiive,Fedor Houdek and Václav Linhart.The committee also included: JUDr Anton Schauer /rea-list,Freimaurer/,JUDr.dosef Pilař and JUDr Wenzel Wurz. The political parties continued to put 2 nitgieders in sight each, including Abg-Rudolf Beran and Abg.Ursiny for the agricultural party,Marie Jurnecková and Wenzel Henřlik for the social democrats Fránna Zeminová and Dr.Petr Zenkl for the Mational Sociists,Tranz Drobný and Senator Dr.Josef Karao for the People's Party,JUDr. Vojtčch Horák and Abg-Johann Sedláček for the Národni Sjednoceni /national association/,J.E.Svoboda and Franz Petrovický for the trade party.The other punctuations were also occupied according to the party key.The N.R. had Zyeigorganisationen in Brinn,Troppau,Pressburg and Ungvár. The central committee is composed of 16 members of the executive board, 4 representatives of political parties, 4 members of N.R.'s branch, etc. The former National Council, which now calls itself, instead of being friher, "Czech-Slovak" only "Czech", is, in spite of its approach, as already noted at the outset, a mere association, of which there is no way in the Constitution.