In re Piastro

Mischel Piastro, native of Russia, bom in 1891, makes application to be admitted to citizenship. He is a concert violinist, now occupying the position of concert master and assistant conductor with the San Eraneisco Symphony Orchestra.

Piastro and his wife arrived in the United States on April 2,1920, and established a residence in New York City. Thereafter three children were born to the union, two in New York and the last one in San Eraneisco. On February 17,1922, in New York, pursuant to the Naturalization Law, Piastro filed his application to become a citizen. In June, 1922, after a residence of 2% years in New York, he made, under contract, a concert tour of the Orient. He carried with him a United States passport, properly viséed and giving his residence as New York. His concert tour ended in August, 1923, when he returned to his home in this country. He remained with his family in New York until June, 1925, when he accepted an invitation of Alfred Hertz to join the San Eraneisco Symphony Orchestra, since which time he has made his home in San Eraneisco. On October 6, 1926, he filed the petition under . consideration, with Mrs. Louise Bennett and J. Rosenbaum as…