Author:  Mark Cizek 
Date:    12/22/1999  2:40 PM

Subject: File no. S7-24-99

1) We the Individual Investing public, want to have the shorting Rules 
that            currently cover the Main Exchanges (the NASDAQ, NYSE, 
and  the AMEX), Extended to the stocks and companies that trade on the 
OTCBB
     
  and
     
2) We the Individual Investing Public, want to make sure that the Uptick 
rule is KEPT IN PLACE for our protection so as to avoid 'bear raids' and 
'pile on' attacks by the shorts that would most assuredly occur, if this 
current protection is removed!