From: Crows3nest@aol.com Sent: Friday, August 02, 2002 12:48 PM To: rule-comments@sec.gov Subject: file #57-25-99 Regarding file No. 57-25-99: As a member of the Financial Planning Association, I support its position that the proposed SEC rule exempting certain broker-dealer activity from the Investment Advisors Act of 1940 should be withdrawn. Are there any reasons that standards of conduct for one group should be lower than for another group? Also, there is a very prominent case of broker-dealer responsibility here in the Cleveland area that should make you reluctant to offer more lenient standards for that group. Sincerely, Walter Crow, CFP