Author:  triode <triode@erols.com> at Internet
Date:    12/14/1999  5:10 PM

Subject: File No. S7-24-99

To Jonathan G. Katz, Secretary,
12/14/99
RE:  File No. S7-24-99

1.  I very strongly urge the SEC to extend regulation of market maker
shorting activities to OTC SmallCap stocks and the OTC:BB so that stocks
there will trade correctly, fairly, and will not have their market
makers working against the shareholder.

I do believe the biggest threat to the OTC BB market order
is the outrageous stock price manipulation by some market makers and
foreign brokerage firms.  Particularly, illegal shorting
(creating shares to sell short) has been, in my view, the biggest fraud
I
have ever seen in the stock market.

2. I also petition the maintenance of the 'uptick rule' for short
selling.

Sincerely,
Henry D. Bliley, Investor
Reston, Va. <triode@erols.com>