MEDIA ADVISORY			98-29

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National Roundtable Opens “Facts on Saving and Investing Campaign”
Forum will feature leading voices from government, business, consumer groups and 
media.

What:	National Roundtable on Saving and Investing to launch campaign to 
	motivate Americans to “get the facts” they need to achieve financial 
	security.  The two-house forum will address barriers to saving and 
	investing wisely.

Who:	Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Arthur Levitt,  
	Federal Trade Commission Chairman Robert Pitofsky,
	Treasury Department Deputy Secretary Lawrence Summers, 
	Labor	Department Assistant Secretary Olena Berg, 
	Commodity Futures Trading Corporation Chairwoman Brooksley Born, 
	North American Securities Administrators Association President 
		Denise Voigt Crawford, 
	New York Stock Exchange Chairman Richard Grasso, 
	NASD Chairman Frank Zarb, 
	and other experts.


Where:		Federal Trade Commission, Room 432
	 	600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
	 	Washington, D.C.  20580


When:		Monday, March 30, 1998
	 	10:00 a.m. - noon

(Room will open at 9:00 a.m. for camera set-up)

Other Roundtable Participants:

Dallas Salisbury 
President, Employee Benefit Research Institute

Margaret Dixon 
President, AARP

Stephen Brobeck 
Executive Director, Consumer Federation of America

Tom O’Hara
President, National Association of Investors Corporation 

Heather Ruth
President, The Bond Market Association

Alexandra Lebenthal
President, Lebenthal & Co.

Don G. Powell
Chairman, Investment Company Institute

John W. Rogers, Jr. 
President, Ariel Capital Management

Michael Lipper
President, Lipper Analytical Services

Don Phillips
Chief Executive Officer, Morningstar

Ric Edelman
Personal Financial Advisor and Author

Jane Bryant Quinn
Syndicated Columnist

Maria Bartiromo 
Anchor, CNBC

Humberto Cruz 
Syndicated Columnist


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