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[SIDLEY & AUSTIN LETTERHEAD]
February 7, 2000
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 2-299752
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We refer to Amendment No. 18 under the Investment Company Act of 1940,
as amended, and Post-Effective Amendment No. 18 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 31, 2000 and became effective on
February 1, 2000. 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 electronically.
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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Securities and Exchange Commission
February 1, 2000
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Should the Staff have any questions relating to the foregoing, please
contact the undersigned at (312) 853-7324.
Very truly yours,
/s/ Andrew H. Shaw
Andrew H. Shaw
/cz
cc: Brendan J. Spillane
