Subject: File No. S7-08-09
From: Harriet W Aristeguieta, CPA

May 5, 2009

Please restore the uptick rule. Stop punishing the small investors by letting the hedge funs run wild shorting stocks for thier own gain at the expense of the small investor. Also enforce the rule that they must own the stock they are shorting.
Thank you.
Harriet Aristeguieta