;: 2.523 Vol. 108. No. 12 ISSN: 0030-8579 941 East 3rd St. Suite. 200. Los Angeles, CA 90013 . (213) 626-6936 Friday. March 31.1989 Nikkei Accused of Child Molestation Next Redress Payment Hearing LOS ANGELES-Stanley Y. Tanabe, 32, of the Lo Angeles Police Dept. ' Before House Appropriations Metro Division was charged this past By Rita Takahashi are al 0 scheduled, including the week (Mar. 21) by the district attor­ WASHINGTON-Hearing in the American War Veterans Relief Assn., ney's office with molesting a l4-year­ Congress on authorizing payment of which eek to top payment OIl old girl while pretending to search her redre wiu continue in the Hou e grounds P.L. 100-383 violates equal (for weapons. it was contended) under April 5 with repre entatives from Japa­ protection and i unconstitutional. pretense of answering a call for help ne e American organization ched­ The Japan e American Citizens at her Hollywood home. uled to speak in favor. The first hear­ League' Legi lalive Education C0m­ Four felony charges were filed, bail ing were held Feb. 23. mittee (JACL-LEC) had previously set at $250,000. and Tanabe i facing The next opportunity come before te lified for redress with the Senate one count each of lewd conduct by the the Hou e Appropriations Subcom­ appropriation ubcommittee Feb. 23 force. assault with intent to commit mittee on Commerce, Justice, and and with the Hou e judiciary subcom­ child molestation and two counts of State. the Judiciary and Related Agen­ mittee Mar. 15 (see Mar. 24 P.c.). burglarly for allegedly barging into the cies chaired by Rep . Neal Smith (D­ Al 0, the Hou e budget ubcommit­ house twice. Iowa), who has hearing for three day tee met Mar. 20 for testimony from Deputy district attornt:y Ken (April 4-6) with the afternoon of April congre ional members only . Freeman said the girl's parents, who 5, Wedne day , planned on P.L. 100- Reporting on redress strategy in de­ speak only Spanish, filed the com­ MUNICIPAL OFFICERS LUNCHEON-Rep. Robert T. Motsui recently 383, the redress bill. tail is the JACL-LEC newsletter, '''The plaint with police. hosted a luncheon for Asian Pacific American municipal officers attend­ Joining the JACL and other Japa­ Redre s Monitor," the current issue Defense attorney Paul DePasquale ing a Notional League of Cities Conference in Washington, D.C. during nese American group te tifying in bearing a Feb.-Mar. 1989 date. Copies said Tanabe wiu plead not guilty at his the week of March 14. Seated (I-r) are Marshall J. Wong, special assis­ favor next week will be various con­ are available at JACL-LEC, 1730 arraignment April 4. 'There is nothing tant to D.C. Mayor Marion Berry for Asian & Pacific Islanders Affairs; gressmen and individuals. Rhode Island Ave. NW, Suite 204, in this fellow's background that would Nao Takasugi, mayor, Oxnard, Calif.; and Mrs. George Nakano. Stand­ Six or seven groups in opposition Washington, DC 20036. lead you to believe he could have done ing (I-r), Ken Nishino, mayor, Hemet, Calif.; Lloyd Haro, city treasurer, something like this," DePasquale Seattle; Matsui; and George Nakano, city councilman, Torrance, Calif. added. Tanabe is married, is the father of an infant, and a nine-year veteran SFSU Rejects Nakajo's Grievance with the department. April Date Set for 'Go for Broke By Patty Wada Studies. Nat'l Vets Association' Meeting Hokubei Mainichi In her letter, Gappa noted that Na­ AAJA Convention SAN FRANCISCO - Steve Nakajo' kajo till carries the same number of WASHINGTON - A meeting to or- mine how the legacy of the Nikkei war grievance against San Francisco State ganize the Go For Broke National Vet- veteran will be chronicled. Members teaching hours and that he "was not Begins Next Week University's Asian American Studie asked to teach courses outside his field erans Association is scheduled for of the Preparatory Organizing Com- Department has been denied . SAN FRANCISCO - An estimated April 14-16 at the Buena Park Hotel mittee include Jun Yamamoto, Dr. of experience, nor was he as igned Nakajo learned of the decision dur­ 500 journalists, media executives, job near Los Angeles. Harold Harada, Paul Bannai, Mike courses in unrelated disciplines." ing the week of March 12 from a letter recruiters and students will meet in San Ma aoka, Key Kobayashi, Ben Obata, A for Nakajo' contention that the According to Toro Hirose, acting he received from Judith Gappa, a - Francisco beginning Wednesday. Toro Hirose and Joe Ichiuji . clas reassignment was in violation of vecretary. the JDeeting is directed at all sociate provost of faculty affairs. April 5, for the Asian American Jour­ All interested Japanese American the Personnel Action File, Gappa Japanese American veterans, espe­ A part-time temporary faculty nalists Association 1989 National Con­ veterans de iring additional informa­ stated that "course a signments are not cialJy those who served during wwn. member at the campus, Nakajo filed vention. tion may contact Dr. Harold Harada, considered per onnel actions . A his grievance last year, protesting the The four-day convention----;"Vi ions The organizational meeting, de­ P.O. Box 2525, Culver City, CA faculty member is not entitled to teach loss of an A ian American studies for a New Decade"-will be held at scribed as "what may be our fmal 90231-2525, or call him at (213) 837- pecific course within a department. course he had taught ince 1983 . the Hyatt Regency Hotel at the Embar­ bivouac together," wilJ in part deter- 5121. The grievant wa given a subsequent cadero. The convention will feature He claimed he was not given due appointment and the university has met keynote addresses by C. Shelby Cof­ con ideration when the teaching as­ it obligation under the agreement. " fey ill, editor of the Los Allgeles Times ignment was made and that the deci­ In November 1988, when Nakajo and Ken Kashiwahara, San Francisco ion violated the Personnel Action wa a ked whether he thought he was Bureau chief for ABC News. File, upon which personnel actions being " queezed out" of the depart­ A number of workshops will pro­ must be based. ment. he said he felt Woo had a "per­ vide educational infornlation and pro­ The grievance, filed against the de­ sonal vendetta," adding, "I think this fessional skills enhancement for jour­ partment and its chairman, George is a case of an adm ini trator manipulat­ nalists working in print, boradcast and Woo, ought reinstatement to the de­ ing the system to strategically master photojournalism. Also, approximately partment and back pay for the course a department at the expense of qual­ 100 job recruiters from throughout the assignment Nakajo did not receive. ified veteran per onnel and cuniculum U.S. wilJ be interviewing applicants Accompanying Nakajo to a Feb. 22 and tudent need ." at the convention's job fair on April 7 . grievance meeting with the university Gappa wrote that "no evidence was For more information, call the na­ were Nina Fendel of the California presented to indicate Mr. Nakajo's tional AAJ A office at (415) 346-2051. Faculty Association; Cynthia Hall , course assignments were punitive." chair of the CFA Faculty Rights Panel; Reacting to the deci ion, Nakajo re­ UCLA's Nikkei Student Union and Dean Ito Taylor, a member of marked , "I'm real di appointed and Nakajo' support committee. Seeking Donations for angry," and expressed "disenchant­ Representing SFSU were Gappa; ment" with the university and the de­ Scholarship Fund Drive Photo By Tom Mosomori Patrica Rogers, acting associate dean partment. LOS ANGELES - The Nikkei Stu­ ALBUQUERQUE'S SPRING MEETING-Speaking at the JACL Redress for faculty affairs; and Mollie B. Dun­ However, he added, "As far as I'm dent Union (NSU) of the University testimonial to New Mexico's congressional delegation were Ruth lop, an attorney with the Office of Gen­ concerned, it's not over. " of California, Los Angeles, is cur­ Hashimoto (left), notional JACL president Cressey Nakagawa, and eral Counsel. Nakajo's only recourse at this point rently seeking donations for its NSU New Mexico Secretory of State Rebecca Vigil-Giron. Also present were Woo and Phillip is to file an appeal for a grievance Scholarship Fund. McGee, dean of the School of Ethnic Continued on Page 2 Unlike scholarships based primarily Nisei Loyalty Issue of World War II Era upon scholastic achievement, the NSU Scholarship 'emphasizes an indi­ Reviewed at Mountain Plains District Meet NEWS IN BRIEF vidual's record of community service, ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.-Wartime The national JACL convention last interest in Japanese American culture, experiences of Japanese Americans August had deferred action on the re­ Sansei Woman Lands No. 2 Alameda County Job and financial need. The main emphasis were exchanged - especially over the solution. The national board Feb. 4 OAKLAND, Calif. - Susan Murani hi, 38 , was appointed assi tant county of the scholarship is student involve­ WRA leave clearance questionnaires (see Feb. 17 P.C.) established a pres­ administrator, effective March 6, - a $69,096 position today and the highest ment in the community and to recog­ No. 27 and 28 which was not cited in idential study group to review JACL's level in Alameda county hi tory ever held by a woman, county administrator nize the efforts of those individuals the controversial JACL National Con­ policies and actions during the Evacu­ Steven Szalay announced . Daughter of the Tak Shirasawa , Berkeley JACLers, who work toward the benefit of the vention resolution #7 that was the sub­ ation, internment and resettlement will oversee 9,800 employee in a wide range of ervices including welfare, community.