Date:    03/21/2000  10:58 AM

Subject: Regulation FD (Fair Disclosure)
 
Sirs:
     
Just as free speech is essential to a free society, the free flow of 
financial information is essential to a free economy - the very same 
that we are espousing to the third world as an ideal for which to 
strive. It hardly requires stating that we must practice that which 
we preach. The companies which supply the information can hardly 
help but benefit from enabling both current and potential investors 
to make well informed decisions, especially considering the great 
changes that are now taking place in the way business is being 
conducted in our society and, indeed, the world.
     
Thank you very much for your kind consideration of my comments.
     
David Marciel
     
Mathematics Instructor
(and Investor)