From: Expertwitnessjim@cs.com Sent: Monday, January 26, 2004 1:38 PM To: rule-comments@sec.gov Cc: Expertwitnessjim@cs.com Subject: New Confirmation and Point of Sale Disclosure Requirements I have been licensed for the last 40 years. I have a clean U-4. I have been registered as an expert witness for Attorneys with TASA nationally since 1991. I have been doing expert witness work for Attorneys. I designed, registered and marketed the first public real estate limited partnership in 1969. In 1979 I was the first one to "blow the whistle" on Pru/Bache and the lousy investments they wanted me to approve. I am in Chapter One for doing so in "Serpent On The Rock" published in 1995. I would like to help in any way I can. James E Ashworth,III