Date:    12/17/1999  12:30 PM

Subject: Proposed Regulation FD

Dear Chairman Levitt,
As an individual investor, I wanted to voice my support for your pending 
Fair Disclosure regulation.  I completely agree that the  selective 
disclosure of company information to a hand-picked group of analysts and 
institutional investors is contrary to the very ideal of a 'free-market' 
environment.
     
I applaud the efforts of the SEC to bring about equilibrium between all 
'owners' of a company, and not just those trading huge amounts of shares.
     
Is the SEC going to make public all of the comments to the ruling? Perhaps a 
'preamble' to the final ruling would be an interesting piece of information 
to see how the industry feels about this proposal.
     
Thank you again for remembering us little guys!
     
Frank Bosley
Research Quality Assurance
Hoffmann-La Roche
973.235.6150
frank.bosley@roche.com