Author:  Don Lindell 
Date:    12/21/1999  9:30 PM


Subject: File# S7-24-99
     
     
  Please consider that we, the individual investing public, want to have
the shorting Rules that currently cover the Main Exchanges extended to 
the stocks and companies that trade on the OTCBB.
     
Also, 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.
     
Thank you for your consideration.