Show Plans for Congress To Conduct Hawaiian Inquiry Are Delayed Action Taken After Four Cabinet Members and Island Representative Are Heard Grand Jury Action Lags By Associated Press WASHINGTON Jan 16 Decision 16 Decision on a congressional Inquiry into crime conditions in Hawaii will be withheld until until un un- un- un til Ui after the impending study has been made by the justice department The senate territories committee today voted against an Investigation at this time after cabinet officers and the delegate dele dele- II gate nate from Hawaii had said they did not believe one necessary The came from Secretaries Hurley Adams Wilbur Attorney General Mitchell and Victor S. S K Houston Immediately afterward Admiral William V. V Pratt chief chie of naval op operations oper operations op- op er said the navy had under ad advisement advisement advisement ad- ad a request from service men st stationed in Hawaii that the fleet maneuvers be shortened to permit th them m to protect their families By y DAN CA CAMPBELL United Press Fress Correspondent HONOLULU T. T H. H Jan 16 UP UP- UP Defense and prosecution in the honor slaying of a young Hawaiian were delayed by the thc new grand jury today while legislators and civic leaders combined to attack political pout cal maneuvering Summoned to consider four indictments indictments indictments indict indict- ments asked in the and killing of Joe Kahahawai li native youth the grand jurors decided to postpone action until next Thursday and did not take up the C case lse at all The del delay lY affected the scheduled arraignment in circuit court today of Mrs Grace Hubbard Fortescue Continued on Page Pue Two HAWAII PROBE MEETS DELAY Continued Prom From rate race One Ono prominent New York and Washington Washing Washing- ton on society figure Lieutenant JG Thomas H. H Massic Massie her son law and E. E 2 J. J Lord and A. A O. O Jones enlisted men charged with murdering the youth It was the second postponement of the he arraignment which was WIS to have been een held last Saturday the day a af after ter cr Kahahawai's battered body al al- was found in an automobile carrying Mrs Fortescue Massie and Lord The Hawaiian was one of oC five live recently tried on charges of attacking attacking attack attack- ing year old 20 old ear Thalia Massie Massic the navy avy officers officer's bride Governor Lawrence M. M Judds Judd's order or or- der cr for a special session of ot the legis legis- lature to correct government deli Drought to light by a long series erics of attacks on women drew the le legislators and antI politicians to Hono Hono- lulu ulu today in preparation for the first meeting Monda Monday Commenting on the political situation sit sit- the Honolulu Advertiser said editorially today that the whole territory of ot Hawaii and its politicians ans in particular are arc on probation Only by speedy enactment of wise vise remedial legislation that will willIbe willbe wille Ibe be e presented to the legislature Monay Monday Mon- Mon day ay can the territory justify itself In n Washington and before the country coun coun- tr try ry the Advertiser said Yet there are arc already signs that politicians are at work to hamper acion action ac ac- tion ion to this Ulis end Already political groups are promoting candidacies of certain ertain persons for appointment to the he proposed police commission and andor for or th the posts of police chief chie and prosecuting pros pros- attorney It isn't time for warming varming up candIdates candidates can- can and there must not be jockeying jockeying jock eying ying for political patronage JURY URY MUST ACT The grand jury jur composed of 15 Americans one Chinese one Eng Eng- lishman and the rest o of mixed Haanan Hawa Ha- Ha wa anan ian blood must act on the indictments indict indict- 1 ments before the four accused can cane be e brought broucht into court for triaL They are re held now for safe keeping aboard the he navy receiving ship Alton formerly formerly for for- merly the old cruiser Chicago at Pearl earl harbor Police investigators said they had nothing beyond circumstantial evidence ovi- ovi dence ence to base their charges At one onetime onetime time me they admitted the possibility that lat the killing was not premeditated ed d a situation which would prevent the le state from asking the death pen- pen alty ty Because of criticism directed at County City Attorney James Gilliand's Gilliland's Gilli- Gilli lands land's prosecution of the first trial in n the Massic Massie attack case a new prosecutor was named today for the second trial of the remaining four tour defendants He is A. A G. G M. M Robertson Roberton Robert- Robert son on former chief chie justice of af the territorial ter ter- supreme court The le legislature will take up a num- num number ber cr of reform measures designed to improve Honolulu's law enforcement machinery which has been the object ob- ob of at widespread attack The most important change proposed is to make the he chief chie of police now an elected officer an appointee in charge of a commIssion |