FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                  98-107

Washington, D.C., October 15, 1998

                         Media Advisory

        SEC Chairman Arthur Levitt to Deliver Address on
      Social Security at Harvard's JFK School of Government
                                

What: Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Arthur Levitt
      will discuss the SEC's perspective on investing Social
      Security funds in the stock market.

When: Monday, October 19, 1998; 6:00 p.m.

Where:John F. Kennedy School of Government
      Arco Forum of Public Affairs
      79 JFK Street
      Cambridge, MA

RSVP: Adrianne Kaufmann, 617.495.8290

Internet:  Listen to the event live over the Internet:
www.audionet.com/events/ksg

Embargo:The speech will be available to the media by 12:00 noon
        on 10/19/98 by calling 202.942.0020 and will be
        embargoed until 4:00 p.m. the same day.

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