Date:    12/17/1999  10:36 AM
Subject: Proposed Regulation FD

I am writing in support of the proposed Regulation FD. In a free-market 
economy, there is no excuse for allowing selective disclosure of 
information to the middlemen on Wall Street, who then use that 
information for personal profit. The individual investors who are 
putting their money on the line to buy shares in publicly traded 
companies should have the right to receive the same information as 
quickly as Wall Street does. 
     
Moreover, allowing companies to selectively disclose valuable 
information to Wall Street analysts gives those companies leverage by 
which they can influence those who are in a position to influence the 
direction of a company's share price or of the market as a whole. It 
amounts to little more than bribery, and it damages the market and hurts 
the individual investor.
     
Give us a level playing field.
     
Eugene R. Valendo
3606 Dorshire Court
Pasadena, MD 21122