HAINISCH, MICHAEL (1858-1940), Austrian statesman, was born on Aug. 15, 1858, at Aue, near Gloggnitz, Lower Austria, the son of a manufacturer, and of Marianne Hainisch, a pioneer of women's rights. After a short career in the Austrian public service, he devoted himself to the study of social and agricultural questions. As a practising farmer, he was a recognized authority on agriculture ; while the interest which he took in the problems of the industrial labourer was shown by his joining with Engelbert Pernerstorf er to found the Gesellscha f t der Fabier on the model of the British Fabian Society. Hainisch, who was particularly active in the cause of popular education, founded and endowed many hundreds of popular libraries. His works include: Die Zukun f t der deutschen Oesterreicher (1892 ) ; V oraussetzungen and Berechtigung des Sozialismus (1919) ; Die Landflucht (Jena, 1923). Hainisch was elected first president of the Austrian re public in Dec. 1920 and re-elected for a further four years in Dec. 1924. He was minister of commerce,