From: SuperVP@aol.com
Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2003 5:06 PM
To: rule-comments@sec.gov
Subject: DTC/Short Selling

Why shouldn't a company have the ability to chose to be with the DTC or not.  
Let the "free market" society continue. Regulation is for protection of the 
investor, let the public companies chose. If the DTC is involved with short 
selling fine them and use the funds to police other suspected areas. There 
is a tremendous amount of "naked" short selling  every day on  the OTCBB. The 
effects on many small companies have been horrendous. The "uptick" rule must 
be mandatory in conjunction with the "up day" rule along with monitored reporting 
requirements. We have to do everything posible to stop this illegal activity 
for the protection of investors, corporate america, and the growth or the US 
economy. Thank you for finally taking this topic seriously.