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Show LONG FIGHT WON BY LEGION Federal Judge Killits Holds Foreign. Born Objectors Not Entitled to Citizenship. Foreign-born men who had conscientious conscien-tious objections against serving in the United States military and were exempted ex-empted have been denied citizenship by Federal Judge John M. Killits of Toledo, Ohio. This matter has been the subject of a long and bitter fight by members of the American Legion throughout the country, and officials of the Veterans' organization were well pleased with the action denying to such men the rights of citizenship. Judge Killits, in his opinion, declared de-clared that the court was unable to see how any applicant, who, on the grounds of conscience, objected to bearing arms in his country's defense, can take the oath of citizenship without with-out reservations and that he, as the court, was unwilling to accept any such oath with reservations to it. "Without any Intention to reflect upon the quality of the profession of conscientious objectors," declared Judge KlirAA'we feel that It is enough jpuntry must endure the n:1i?o OI that persuasion whose .jSup Is a birthright without with-out o!Aing the number by the favor of the naturalization laws." Many posts of the Legion have fought against granting of citizenship rights to such applicants since the close of the war, and, in a number of cases, the fight has been successful. The Toledo instance, however, Is believed be-lieved to be the first decision of a federal fed-eral court in the matter. |