In re Kohl

CLARK, Circuit Judge.

Stephen Kohl, appellant herein, was bom in Bayreuth, Germany, on February 17, 1909, and came to this country on September 22, 1936. He filed his declaration of intention to become a citizen on March 11, 1937, and his petition for naturalization on June 19, 1942. The District Court heard the petition in April, 1944, and immediately denied it, on the ground that appellant had failed “to establish attachment to the Constitution.” This appeal followed.

The hearing below appears to have taken a curious turn. The attorney for the naturalization examiner stated that the…