Sent: Thursday, January 09, 2003 11:05 AM
Subject: "noisy withdrawal" proposal



i believe the capital markets of this country which fund all
government transfer programs has been harmed almost beyond repair
by the accounting events of the last several years. if the free
enterprise system is to survive you must protect the investing
public's savings.  as one friend of mine who is a lawyer put it
recently, when we were discussing whom to blame for the recent
accounting disasters and settling on accountants, ceos, analysts,
brokers, bankers..."where were the lawyers in all this"?  i think
your proposed "noisy withdrawal" requirement goes a long ways
toward both answering his question and providing some relief from
crooked books in the future.  if the BAR objects, how about
settling on a compromise, i.e. have lawyers required to report
illegal behavior to the highest management of a company, and
then, if the behavior is not rectified withi! n a period of time,
a year, the lawyers must then report to you, or resign "for
professional reasons".

sincerely, curt burkhead