In re the Citizenship Application of Reilly

In this controversy arising out of the prodigious efforts by the petitioner, Matthias Reilly, to *1074become a naturalized citizen of .the United States — so far frustrated — the introductory language by the late Mr. Justice Frahk Murphy, writing for the majority of the United States Supreme Court in Schneiderman v. United States (320 U. S. 118, 119-120), although relating to the rules of law applicable to a denaturalization proceeding, is well worth recalling: “ Our concern is with what Congress meant by certain statutes and whether the Government has proved its case under them.

“ While it is our…