Date:    12/17/1999  7:12 AM
Subject: Proposed Regulation FD

                                         Thomas Clawson
                                         Route 1, Box 267-B
                                         Cleveland, OK 74020
     
To whom it may concern,
Selective disclosure of material corporate information through conference 
calls or meetings that are open only to selected securities analysts and/or 
institutional investors, and which exclude members of the public and the 
media appear to me to grossly unfair. The SEC proposed regulation to level 
the playing field, is something that, if properly implemented, could 
profoundly and positively effect my investment decisions.
     
Stuart J. Kaswell, general counsel of the Securities Industry Association, 
the principal lobbying organization for brokers. 
Says "We are concerned the proposal will end up restricting the flow of 
information rather than encouraging it by imposing detailed rules on 
companies, investors and analysts."
 I do not see where the proposed regulation could possibly restrict the flow 
of information from publicly traded companies to the investing public. 
Mr. Kaswell is doing his job and defending the status quo. 
But current system is weighted heavily in favor of brokers and institutional 
investors at the expense of the individual investors.
I applaud the SEC and lend my support to the Regulation FD.
     
Sincerely,
     
Thomas Clawson
Individual Investor