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Banker asked by Clinton for Whitewater advice WASHINGTON (API — President Clinton asked on* of the notion * top bonking regulators last Now Year's weekend to provide advice and counsel" on Whitewater issues, accord ing to a confidential memo written by the regulator Eugene A. Ludwig, comptroller of tho currency, said he dis cussed the president's request with both White House and Trea sury Department officials — and then decided not to haw further conversations with Clinton on the subject. 1 told them that I was not certain whether to discuss the mat ter with the president or the first lady." Ludwig said in the memo, obtained by Tho Associated Press. "Accordingly we did not discuss the matter " The memo was in response to a subpoena from Whitewater special counsel Robert B Fiske |r. asking about any Treasury Department documents or communications involving White water, an Arkansas land deal in which Clinton was a partner Both the House and Senate banking committees are *» hed uled to open hearings soon on contacts between federal bank mg regulators and administration officials about Whitewater Ludwig s memo, dated last March 11. makes dear that Clin ton had one of those contacts, and that Ludwig was troubled by the president's request. White House Counsel Lloyd Cutler said Monday that Clin ton was not asking Ludwig to provide his own advice but to "recommend some people to me who understand real estate transactions and could write alxuit them for tho public in a way the public could understand." Asked bow Ludwig could conclude that the president was asking him directly for advice. Cutler said in an interview. "They may not have understood one another." Cutler said Ludwig s calls to administration officials alerted Deputy White House Counsel Joel Klein, who asked the presi dent about the conversation. "Joel said that sinoo Ludwig was comptroller, he thought it was inadvisable to get that sort of information from Ludwig and he (Clinton) should gat it from someone else. Thu president said he will get it from someone else," Cutler said. While Ludwig said he did not get hock to Clinton — who had asked about advice during the annual Renaissance Weekend conference last Dec. 30-Jan. 2 at Hilton Head Island. S.C. — the official contacted Hillary Rodham Clinton 's chief of staff. Mar garet Williams, on Jan. 19. Ludwig wrote he "offered my own unsolicited view that the White House should promptly provide full public disclo sure of all materials associated with Whitewater, if that had not already bean done." He also suggested to Williams that the White House should "devote one fulltime lawyer and-or other fulltime staff to the matter because of the great public visibility it was getting. Oth erwise, we did not exchange any information," the memo said. Whitewater was the name of the Arkansas land venture for merly owned by Clinton and his wife, along with James Mc Dougal and his wife, McDougal also owned Madison Guaranty Savings and Loan, which later failed. Special counsel Fiske is investigating whether Whitewater caused losses at Madison. Ex-wife wants share in winnings NhWrC/RT. R I (AP) — Marie Hynes rarely thought about the husband who walked out -tn V^r* ago. leaving her with thrtw voting sons anti a $'-a-wwtk house*.-loaning job I Intil two months ago. that is. when the 73-year old woman got a new spaper t lipping from a rela tive in the mail showing a smiling John Gonsalves Sr holding up the first« hot k from the S.S 1 million Massachusetts lottery ja< k(Hi( he won in Mart h Mvnes thinks she deserves part of the winnings from her former husband who lives a few miles away in Dartmouth, Mass She filed a claim in Family Court seeking retro.It live t hi Id support payments through her sons Jlst birthdays, as well as unspecified alimo nv A Tuesday hearing was scheduled Gonsalves offered Mvnes $10,000. hut her law yer wasn't satisfied, noting the lottery winner will re (five $170,000 a year for JO years She wanted nothing to do with me mv entire life, a surprised Gonsalves said thn.'s said lifts was hard after her husband loft in l<Mt> She moved in with her mother and went on welfare while holding two jobs. In the final divorce dot ree, a judge said "the question ot alimony and support for said minor children is herein left open " Gonsalves never showed up for the pnx endings and Hynes said she and her sons did not hear from him again (»onsal ves, 71. who worked as a longshoreman, garbage truck driver and janitor, remumlvers things differently. "I pit ked up the kids at the grandmother’s all the time. (ions.dves said in a telephone inters itiw Monday Gonsalves' sis unci wife, from whom he is non separated, has not filed a claim for the money lie said he bought a house with his winnings, and gave em h of his five i hildren Ills lawyer doesn't think much of Hynes' claim tie's no deadbeat dad.' said Onvid Bazar Everything You Need Is On Sale! 49* • PtW* (rom j&d** •H*g «* ■ 4l#» • Prmwo by KAK Coto Uyb • 0««ap«i A • 'J.15. M„p ' * *«P S5 99 ■**# S^wprmnado j| . 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