Date:    04/25/2000  11:05 PM

Subject: Proposed Regulation FD: File No. S7-31-99
 
    To whom it may concern,
     
        I am an individual investor who supports the SEC's desision to propose
letting inside information be made public,
     
        rather than to a select few analysts on Wall Street.  
     
     
     
        Sincerely,
     
        Brent Schmidt