In re Pringle

BRYAN, District Judge.

Narrowed, the inquiry here is whether the filing of an administrative appli*91cation for naturalization with the Immigration and Naturalization Service prior to- the expiration of the Nationality Act of 19401 preserves for the applicant, through the savings clauses of the Immigration and Nationality Act2, "the right to have his petition for naturalization heard and determined in accordance with the 1940 Act, though filed after the latter’s repeal by the other Act. 'The Service has denied any such significance to the preliminary application and has recommended against the…