Jost v. United States Department of Labor

On May 25, 1950, appellant, a native of Canada, petitioned for naturalization. The law then in effect (Nationality Act of 1940, 54 Stats. 1137, 1157 [8 U.S.C.A. § 735], as amended by Internal Security Act of 1950, 64 Stats. 987, 1017, U.S. Code [1946 ed.] Sup. IV § 735), provided for two oaths, one of which must be taken for admittance to citizenship. The first, (b) (1), so far as here involved, contains the clause that petitioner will “support and defend the Constitution and laws of the United States of America against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and…