In re Goldberg

DYER, District Judge.

The question presented by this case is what

degree of acquaintance with American institutions and ideals is essential, on the part of a candidate for naturalization, to warrant favorable action upon his petition. To state the question another way, how ignorant may an alien be of American institutions and ideals, and still be admitted to citizenship ? Although this question is one of of the gravest any naturalization judge can be called upon to determine, there appears to be but one modern authority to be found in the reports, that of-In re Meakins (D. C.) 164 Fed. 334,…