Author:  "sterling bird" <stbird@mindspring.com> at Internet
Date:    12/16/1999  11:34 AM

Subject: proposedS7-24-99
 
Please consider this a comment in favor of the above-mentioned proposed rule. I 
believe naked shorting obviously contributes to volitility of penny stocks in an
artificial manner unrelated to any actual fundamental factors of the stocks in 
question. 
michael bird