European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 21, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday August 21, 1988 the stars and stripes Page 7 hispanic agent says suit targets High up bigots Elpaso Texas up the special agent who originated the discrimination lawsuit against the Fri said in Federal court Friday that he and 310 of the nation s 404 hispanic Fri agents Are trying to get rid of a few bigots in High places. Bernardo Matias Matt Perez 48,who began the class action discrimination suit in january 1987, said he another hispanic agents have been subjected to systematic discrimination in assignments and promotions. Plaintiffs rested their Case Friday afternoon and the court recessed until Reagan signs Bill including space station Santa Barbara Calif. A president Reagan signed a $48.5 billion appropriation Bill for housing and various inde pendent agencies saturday that included Money for the space station  q the space station will Advance the frontiers of scientific knowledge an strengthen cooperation in space among the United states and its allies Reagan said in a statement. Congress appropriated $900 million for space programs but required that$515 million of it be withheld until May 1989 to allow the next president to deter mine priorities. The act also provides important fund ing needed to restore the nation s space shuttle capability which is essential to National Security and the effective use of space to meet our economic needs Rea Gan said. The Law permits Transfer of $ 100 million in defense department funds to the National aeronautics and space administration. Because the Transfer is Only permitted and not required Reagan said it does not violate the administration s budget agreement with Congress last november. In addition to providing the funds to continue the nation s leadership in space the act funds essential Federal housing assistance programs supports vital efforts to improve the environment and provides veterans the benefits they earn by answering the nation s Call to arms the president said. The Bill was the second of 1 3 appropriations Bills to reach his desk. Reagan urged Congress to continue its work and sen me the remaining 1 1 appropriations Bills in a timely fashion instead of lumping them into one catch All spending Bill As it frequently has done in the past. Agency sues Sears Over Lawn Dart sales monday morning. Government lawyers said they will present about 25 witnesses this week. Perez now stationed in Elpaso said hispanics in the Fri Are Given jobs that do not Lead to advancement. He said such treatment was not dealt out across the Board by White Fri employees. I be had a lot of help from anglos in my Fri career Perez stated. What this class action suit is about is getting rid of the few bigots in High positions. Ninety nine percent of the Fri agents do not  he said that when he joined the fbi26 Viz years ago he was one of the few hispanics in the Agency and that hispanics and Blacks have been traditionally mistreated. The Fri has this idea that everyone who is hispanic should be Able to speak Spanish he testified. But that is no True. I Learned Spanish at Georgetown University. It does t come in the  he said a knowledge of Spanish is actually used against hispanic agents by Fri management to keep them within certain roles at the  previous testimony hispanic agents have charged that they Are sent Ona disproportionate number of dangerous undercover assignments Are denied transfers and promotions Are disciplined More harshly than other agents and Are subjected to ethnic  a separate lawsuit a Black Fri agent Donald Rochon of the Phila Delphia office alleges he suffered harassment in Fri offices in Omaha an Chicago. Rochon filed a discrimination suit against the Fri in 1984, alleging pattern of racial abuse at the hands of White officers in the Omaha Field office. Fair ladies Margaret Mcmillan 104, right some pageant at the county fair last week in How manages to maintain her Compo san Mateo Calif. Rosaleen Bowler 85, sure after winning the my fair lady at left and 92-year-old Lucy Prestidge were among nine contestants judged on poise wit personality appearance and answers to three questions. Washington a the Sumer product safety commission charged Friday that Sears Roebuck and co. Has continued to sell Lawn darts Vio lating its official Promise to Stop Market ing the hazardous game. The safety commission filed suit in fed eral District court in Washington asking that Sears be found in contempt and be ordered to halt Lawn Dart sales to Survey All its stores to make sure sales have been stopped and to compensate the commis Sion for its costs in policing the agreement. I m disappointed at Sears for this new violation but expect this contempt action will Send a Strong message to Sears and other retailers that the cps will enforce its regulations on Lawn darts said commission chairman Ter rence m. Scanlon. The darts thrown at targets on the ground in a game similar to horseshoes have been blamed for several injuries in recent years and at least one death. Judge kills self As paper details alleged sex sins Seattle a a judge who killed himself in a deserted courthouse hallway after he Learned details were being published about his alleged sexual misconduct Felt hounded by the press and unable to Bear it anymore a Friend says. King county Superior court judge Gary m. Little was found dead thursday night of a self inflicted gunshot wound to the head officials said. In the past six years Little had been officially criticized or disciplined Over improper contacts with juvenile defendants. But rumours persisted of More serious sexual misconduct leading a political challenger to raise those contacts As a Campaign Issue this year and reporters from several new organizations to pursue reports Little had used his influence to coerce Young men into sex. Little 49, a judge since 1980, announced last month that he would not seek a third term acknowledging that innuendo about his work with teen age boys was the reason. He said he planned to move to California and work outside Law. Little shot himself about an hour before the presses at the Seattle Post intelligencer started printing Friday s editions which contained More than three full pages outlining allegations by five men three of them former students of Little s that he had coerced them into having sex with him. The Seattle times also reported Friday that it had been investigating Little and had interviewed More than 80 people. He said he Felt he d been hounded by the press and he just could t take it anymore said attorney Camden Hall a Friend of Little who spoke to him by Telephone just minute before the judge died. It was too much pressure. The hound ing would t  Superior court judge Gary Little he was not Only driven into disgrace but to death said Hal Foster an Art history professor and author who was interviewed from Paris by Telephone by the  took Little s Law class at private Lakeside school in the 1970s and said there was no sexual Contact involving him an that he was t aware of any with his classmates. He was tried out of court on suspicions about his sexuality. That to me is reactionary. It s scary Foster  Post intelligencer had no immediate comment but planned a statement later said Myrna Casad assistant to pub Lisher Virgil Fassio