In re La Bella

SMITH, District Judge.

The United States moves that the petition for naturalization in this case be granted, setting forth the facts as follows:

This petition was filed December 5, 1940, under Section 4 of the Act of June 29, 1906, 34 Stat. 596, 8 U.S.C.A. § 372. This section requires a valid declaration of intention not less than two nor more than seven years old, five years’ residence in the United States, and is what is commonly termed the General Provisions of the Naturalization Law.

At the time of his preliminary examination on December 5, 1940, immediately prior *981to the filing of his…