Date:    12/15/1999  9:07 PM

Subject: File no. S7-24-99
 
I wish to extend the following sentiments on the rules revisions currently 
being considered.  I fervently believe, (and many people that I have spoken 
with), that;
     
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, it is only fair. 
     
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! 
     
                                            Sincerely,  Phillip Crawford
                                            3843 Canterbury Dr
                                            Redding, CA 96002