  We comment on a recent paper by Weiser et al. [Phys. Rev. C {\bf 54}, 1930
(1996)]. The authors have performed a single-energy analysis of $\pi^+ p$
scattering data at 68.3 MeV, finding a value for the $S_{31}$ phase shift about
1^o smaller than found in the Karlsruhe-Helsinki (KH) partial-wave analysis.
The authors use this result to argue for a dispersion relation analysis using
recently measured data, so that their effect on the $\pi NN$ coupling constant
(f^2) and $\Sigma$ amplitude can be determined. We note that these tasks were
accomplished prior to the submission of the above paper. We clarify the effect
of this new analyzing power data on f^2 and the $\Sigma$ amplitude.
