Date:    12/19/1999  2:19 PM

Subject: Proposed Regulation FD

Stewart Kaswell: "We are concerned the proposal will end up restricting 
the flow of information rather than encouraging it by imposing detailed 
rules on companies,      investors and analysts."
     
This is nonsense. A clear picture of the motivation for Mr Kaswell's 
remarks are made by Bill Barker at the Motely Fool website: "The more 
accurate concern is that the analysts and brokers of Wall Street have a 
really good deal at the moment, and might soon lose it. Given a level 
playing field, analysts are going to have to learn how to earn their 
keep by creating some sort of value from their analyses, rather than 
just being the people who get to hear first what's going on with 
companies."
     
Please press ahead with FD.
     
Martin K. Oaks, Ph.D.
     
Individual Investor (who only wants a level playing field)