Ignacy Mościcki

From POLAND : Key to Europe, 1939 by Raymond Leslie Buell

When Piłsudski refused to accept the Presidency for himself, at his suggestion the Assembly elected Ignacy Mościcki, a prominent scientist and industrialist who was a professor in the Engineering School of Lwów. In May 1933 Mościcki was elected for a second term, expiring in 1940. Piłsudski became Inspector-General of the army, in addition to being Minister of War, on the understanding that his authority over the army be made definitive.

Although the 1921 constitution continued in force on paper, a constitutional law of August 2, 1926 gave the President power to dissolve the Diet [Seym] and Senate and, in certain cases, to issue decrees having the force of law. It also authorized the President to put the budget into effect if the Diet had not approved it by a certain date.   (Etc.)

New York * London : A. Knopf (1938), 1939, p. 91.

From PILSUDSKI (1941) by Aleksandra Piłsudska

On May 21st he was elected President by a majority of three to two. He refused to accept the office. He had only stood because he wished to obtain parliamentary approval fro his actions of May 12-14. The result of the voting was in itself simple justification. He held the confidence of the Seym. In a letter to the Speaker he explained his views. He was grateful to the Parliament for legalizing his actions, as in February 1919. The fact that the verdict was not unanimous this time was a hopeful sign. There might be less falsehood and treachery in Poland. But he considered that the office required a man of a different type, and that he for his part could not live without fruitful work.

A new election was held next day and Professor Moscicki, the well-known scientist, and Pilsudski's friend of many years' standing, was chosen in his stead. The choice was a most happy one for Poland, for no man could more ably have represented the country both at home and abroad. For my husband it was the beginning of a harmonious collaboration which lasted until his death.

PILSUDSKI : A Biography by his Wife,
by A. Piłsudska (with Jennifer Ellis).
New York : Dodd, Mead (1940), 1941, page 333.

Bibliographic, http://catnyp.nypl.org

Author Moscicki, Ignacy, 1867-1946. Title Ignacy Moscicki, prezydent RP : autobiografia / Ignacy Moscicki ; slowo wstepne Lech Walesa ; wstep, przypisy oraz wyb�r wywiad�w i deklaracji publicznych Marian Marek Drozdowski. Imprint Warszawa : Wydawn. Bellona, 1993. Descript 338 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 20 cm. Note Includes index. "Spis prac ogloszonych przez Pana Prezydenta Rzeczypospolitej profesora doktora h.c. Ignacego Moscickiego": p. 332-[335]. Local note Autographed by Lech Walesa during his visit to The New York Public Library and the Slavic and Baltic Division on February 26, 1999.