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-—- we. Lo ¥: ao ~ ™ a ick passage ot ani, backed by the. Justic epart- ment, sinted at. z-Slaritying” the meaning of the disclosure decision, Some Administration sources thought privately that the Presi- dent was particularily confused by the courts-martial decision of the court.- That ruling freed twe women who murdered their husbands overseas and “appear- = ed”-—for the court majority s Lit on this interpretation—to an | court-martial of any U. 8. civi- © lian overseas with our armed (2 forces, - a Defense Department pe AL To Wait ond See : The Defense Department has re decided temporarily te try to sit’ “that problem out. A check today be ' showed that while there will be ¢ No More court-martiala of over- a : seas civilians for capital crimes, * a —_ kK abroad who steal, assault or are |. { ymied by court's ruling ' caught blackmarketing will still . . be ,court-martialed in the areas © ; where that is provided for, . * And if anyone already so con- yieted—between 15 and 20 civi- he fians court-martialed abroad afe if F oom “Se in federal prisons in this country —wants to try for freedom on the basis of the Supreme Court's ruling, well and good. The Penta- }- gon, too, would like to know. . what's what and as soon as pos- | . f sible. ve 4 * President Eisenhower's interest ~ - 2 ’ in what should be done with over- i, seas civilians who break the law ~ " ix understandable, since he faced some of the same problems dur- alate ee 9 “et 4 . ing World War I. i ; : So perhaps the ambiguous ” ' court-martial ban by the Sua- 5 , preme Court was what he partic. *" 4 + wlarly had in mind when he | ” suggested today that the high . ; tribunal was trying, although not ; necessarily successfully, to make ** , its opinion crystal clear. va Thinks Court Hopes t To Be Understood - ~~ | “They write their decisions,” was the way “he put it. “in such ae a way that they hope at least that even a layman like myself ean understand them.” —° . And there wha a slight inipif- C cation that in some of the recent * controversial decisions he was more impressed by the minority: “views than those 0 rt | madeeteyyetn dite tae a+