Klein v. Steel

This is a proceeding instituted by Arthur G-. Klein, the Democratic candidate for Representative in Congress from the 19th Congressional District, New York, in the special election to be held on February 19,1946, to invalidate the candidacy of Johannes Steel, the person named as the substituted candidate of the American Labor Party in said special election.

There is no dispute as to the essential facts. In 1934, the respondent, Johannes Steel, then a German national, came to this country for the purpose of acquiring residence here. He had a German passport issued to him in the name under which…