IN RE WARKENTIN

No. 6329.

93 F.2d 42 (1937)

In re WARKENTIN. WARKENTIN v. SCHLOTFELDT, District Director of Immigration and Naturalization.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Rehearing Denied December 22, 1937.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles P. Schwartz, of Chicago, Ill., for appellant.

Michael L. Igoe, U. S. Atty., and A. Bradley Eben, Asst. U. S. Atty., both of Chicago, Ill., for appellee.

Before EVANS, Circuit Judge, and LINDLEY and BALTZELL, District Judges.


LINDLEY, District Judge.

Petitioner asserts error in an order of the District Court denying his petition for naturalization. The action of the court was grounded upon the fact that petitioner, a member of the Mennonite Church, deeming its creed inconsistent with physical violence, testified that he was not willing to take up arms in defense of his country. This was because, among other declarations in the Mennonite articles...

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