In re Dweck

KENNEDY, District Judge.

The petition of Dweck for naturalization is opposed .by the government .on the ground that he is ineligible for citizenship under the'Selective Training and Service Act of 1940, § 3(a), 50 U.S.C.A.Appendix, § 454(a).

On February 23, 1943, petitioner filed with his local draft board (Local Board No. 200) an application for exemption from service on the ground that he was a citizen of a neutral country, namely, Syria. That country became a .co-belligerent of the United States on February 25, 1945 as against Germany, and on February 26, 1945 as against Japan.

Dweck was then…