Subject: File No. S7-08-09
From: William O Russell
Affiliation: Retired Banker

May 4, 2009

We (long term investors) difinetly need some type of rule to limit short selling...either approach per the proposed regulation has merit.
Of course short selling has merit in the market place but should be contained during drastic price declines that prevents "day traders" to reap the benefits of a market decline due to the traders manipulating the market.