UNITED STATES v. MEKOLICHICK

Nos. 11794, 11795.

234 F.2d 71 (1956)

UNITED STATES of America v. Frank MEKOLICHICK, Jr., Appellant. UNITED STATES of America v. David Charles WENNER, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals Third Circuit.

Decided June 1, 1956.

Rehearing Denied August 15, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hayden C. Covington, Brooklyn, N. Y., for appellants.

Stephen A. Teller, Asst. U. S. Atty., Scranton, Pa. (J. Julius Levy, U. S. Atty., Scranton, Pa., on the brief), for appellee.

Before BIGGS, Chief Judge, and McLAUGHLIN and STALEY, Circuit Judges.


McLAUGHLIN, Circuit Judge.

These two Selective Service cases present the same major problem with an additional proposition raised in the Wenner appeal.

In Mekolichick, the registrant asserted he was a minister of religion and a conscientious objector. The board denied both claims. He was given a personal hearing, thereafter reclassified as I-O and assigned to civilian work. He reported, undertook the hospital work assigned him and was classified I-W. He worked...

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