Edition: U.S. / Global

Whitewater Posturing

Published: January 28, 1996

To the Editor:

Re "Extend the Whitewater Committee" (editorial, Jan. 25):

You seem to forget there is a more extensive inquiry by the special prosecutor Kenneth Starr at public expense.

Senator Alfonse M. D'Amato, in his desire to defame Hillary Rodham Clinton, plays the prosecutor, not the investigator, and thus contradicts his contention that he is only in search of the facts.

As for the copies of the billing records that turned up, they confirm Mrs. Clinton's statements that she did minimal work for Madison Guaranty and contain no motive for concealment.

ROBERT PHILIPSON Ardsley on Hudson, N.Y., Jan. 25, 1996