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[SIDLEY & AUSTIN LETTERHEAD]
February 3, 1998
VIA ELECTRONIC SUBMISSION
Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Re: Strong Schafer Value Fund, Inc. (the "Company")
File Nos. 811-4384 and 2-99752
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We refer to Amendment No. 14 under the Investment Company Act
of 1940, as amended, and Post-Effective Amendment No. 14 under the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended, to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A of the
Company (the "Amendment"), which was filed on January 30, 1998 and became
effective on February 1, 1998. The Amendment is the most recent amendment filed
by the Company.
The Company has authorized us to convey to the Commission
its certification that:
(1) the form of prospectus and Statement of Additional
Information that would have been filed under Rule 497(c) would not have
differed from that contained in the Amendment, and
(2) the text of the Amendment has been filed electron-
ically.
Accordingly, as permitted by Rule 497(j), the form of
prospectus and Statement of Additional Information that would have been filed
by the Company under Rule 497(c), are not being filed.
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SIDLEY & AUSTIN CHICAGO
Securities and Exchange Commission
February 3, 1998
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Should the Staff have any questions relating to the
foregoing, please contact the undersigned at 312/853-7027.
Very truly yours,
/s/ Sandip K. Beri
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Sandip K. Beri
cc: Brendan J. Spillane
