Subject: File No. S7-08-09
From: Ben Rader W Rader
Affiliation: Retired Small Business Person

May 4, 2009

Dear Madam Chair Lady:

Please reinstate the uptick rule and stop naked short selling.Comments about these rules as they applied in 2005 are specious at best. Please help the small investor and level the playing field for the independent investor.

Sincerely yours,
ben rader