Date:    09/18/2000  1:37 PM

Subject: File No. S7-24-99

Reference File No. S7-24-99
As far as I'm concerned, anything that will prevent the "naked shorting" 
is a good thing.  Situations where most of the float trades on a single 
day without the stock price increasing places the individual investor at 
a real disadvantage and at risk of being fleeced by the MM.
     
Thank you,
     
Noah Hart