Comments on Proposed Rule
Proposed New Disclosure Option for Open-End Management Investment Companies

(Rel. No. 33-7399; File No. S7-18-96)

• Anonymous reviewer, March 24, 1998 (File name: any18972.txt)

• Anonymous reviewer, March 24, 1998 (File name: any18971.txt)

• Aaron Ezekiel, Senior Analyst, Information Resource Center, Computer and Information Resources and Technology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, N.M., June 17, 1997 (File name: ezekiel1.txt)

• Kenneth Morris, President, Siegel & Gale, New York, N.Y., June 12, 1997 (File name: morris1.txt)

• Dr. Scott D. Greenbaum, CFP, June 9, 1997 (File name: greenba1.txt)

• Anonymous reviewer, June 9, 1997 (File name: anony12.txt)

• Kristine M. Nishiyama, Capital Research and Management Company, Los Angeles, Calif., June 9, 1997 (File name: nishiya1.htm)

• Stephen E. Cavan, Senior Vice President and General Counsel, and James R. Bordewick, Jr., Senior Vice President and Associate General Counsel, Massachusetts Financial Services Company, Boston, Mass., June 9, 1997 (File name: cavan1.htm)

• Roy C. Daw, Chugiak, Alaska, June 7, 1997 (File name: daw1.txt)

• Mark J. Mackey, National Association for Variable Annuities, Reston, Va., June 6, 1997 (File name: mackey1.txt)

• William Quinn, June 5, 1997 (File name: quinn1.txt)

• Donald Minor, June 5, 1997 (File name: minor1.txt)

• Stanley Halverson, Novato Oaks, Calif., , June 5, 1997 (File name: halvers1.txt)

• Jared W. Slomack, June 4, 1997 (File name: slomack1.txt)

• Candace M. Shedden, Atlanta, Ga., June 4, 1997 (File name: shedden1.txt)

• Brian Savory, June 4, 1997 (File name: savory1.txt)

• Rex B. Ivie, Jr., Wilmington, Del., June 4, 1997 (File name: ivie1.txt)

• Glen King Parker, Publishing Director, Mutual Funds Magazine, Deerfield Beach, Fla., June 2, 1997 (File name: parker1.txt)

• Donita Hohenstein, June 2, 1997 (File name: hohenst1.txt)

• Keane Matthews, June 2, 1997 (File name: matthew1.txt)

• Nelson Van Wie, May 29, 1997 (File name: vanwie1.txt)

• Jerry Tishman, May 29, 1997 (File name: tishman1.txt)

• Roy R. Krebs, Alexandria, Va., May 29, 1997 (File name: krebs1.txt)

• Bob Turnbull, Conroe, Tex., May 27, 1997 (File name: turnbul1.txt)

• David Wicker, May 26, 1997 (File name: wicker1.txt)

• Robert S. Cline, Sanford, N.C., May 26, 1997 (File name: cline2.txt)

• William Bruml, Cleveland, Ohio, May 26, 1997 (File name: bruml1.txt)

• Richard C. Murphy, May 25, 1997 (File name: murphy1.txt)

• Richard S. Akerman, Sr., Rochester, N.H., May 23, 1997 (File name: akerman1.txt)

• Bob Coleman, May 21, 1997 (File name: coleman1.txt)

• Anonymous reviewer, May 21, 1997 (File name: anony11.txt)

• Ralph Steinhart, May 20, 1997 (File name: steinha1.txt)

• Mary Rysdale, Calif., May 19, 1997 (File name: rysdale1.txt)

• Mathew and Margaret Ahmann, May 19, 1997 (File name: ahmann1.txt)

• J. Laudato, May 17, 1997 (File name: laudato1.txt)

• Brian Clymer, Tucson, Ariz., May 7, 1997 (File name: clymer1.txt)

• Charles Robert LeMaire, Esq., May 5, 1997 (File name: lemaire1.txt)

• Len Schwer, Schwer Engineering & Consulting Services, Windsor, Calif., May 5, 1997 (File name: schwer1.txt)

• Jim Finley, San Jose, Calif., May 5, 1997 (File name: finley1.txt)

• Susan Hannon Gorman, May 5, 1997 (File name: gorman1.txt)

• Vincent R. van der Straeten, CLU, ChFC, Lt. Col. , AUS, Retired, Brussels, Belgium, May 4, 1997 (File name: straete1.txt)

• Anonymous reviewer, May 3, 1997 (File name: anony10.txt)

• Scott Davis, May 2, 1997 (File name: davis2.txt)

• Susanne Kapp, May 2, 1997 (File name: kapp1.txt)

• Janet Maker, May 2, 1997 (File name: maker1.txt)

• David R. Morgan, Norman, Okla., April 30, 1997 (File name: morgan1.txt)

• Walter Batchelor, April 22, 1997 (File name: batchel1.txt)

• Neil Webner, April 22, 1997 (File name: webner1.txt)

• Daniel Visger, April 22, 1997 (File name: visger1.txt)

• Annette Tomal, Ph.D., Department of Economics/Business, Wheaton College, Wheaton, Ill., April 21, 1997 (File name: tomal1.txt)

• Mark Srednicki, Santa Barbara, Calif., April 21, 1997 (File name: srednic1.txt)

• Tom Serrano, April 20, 1997 (File name: serrano1.txt)

• Alan W. Scheufler, Brecksville, Ohio, April 19, 1997 (File name: scheufl1.txt)

• Ralph Phillips, April 19, 1997 (File name: phillip2.txt)

• Don Phillips, April 18, 1997 (File name: phillip1.txt)

• Peter Niels Heller, April 18, 1997 (File name: heller1.txt)

• Anonymous reviewer, April 18, 1997 (File name: anony8.txt)

• Bill Rausch, Mac and Unix User and Programmer, Richland, Wash., April 17, 1997 (File name: rausch1.txt)

• Stephanie Frogge, April 17, 1997 (File name: frogge1.txt)

• Richard Ringo, April 16, 1997 (File name: ringo1.txt)

• C. Dale Whitman, April 14, 1997 (File name: whitman2.txt)

• Chuck Wegner, Pocatello, Idaho, April 14, 1997 (File name: wegner1.txt)

• Kirk Wells, April 13, 1997 (File name: wells1.txt)

• Lauge Bok, April 12, 1997 (File name: bok1.txt)

• Keith Hotard, Mandeville, La., April 12, 1997 (File name: hotard1.txt)

• Gabriel Ettorre, April 12, 1997 (File name: ettore1.txt)

• Paul K. Winterson, April 11, 1997 (File name: winters1.txt)

• Robert Villanueva, Spring Hill, Florida, April 9, 1997 (File name: villanu1.txt)

• Ray and Sharon Pack, April 9, 1997 (File name: pack1.txt)

• Karl Bundschuh, April 8, 1997 (File name: bundsch1.txt)

• the Staff of New Smile Dental, March 6, 1997 (File name: newsmile.txt)

NOTE: File No. S7-18-96 includes letters submitted to the Securities and Exchange Commission regarding this matter before the release was issued. Those letters appear below.

• Lon Waltenberger, December 16, 1996 (File name: waltenb1.txt)

• Denis J. Hom, M.D., Mercer Island, Wash., July 10, 1996 (File name: hom1.txt)

• Fred J. Backhaus, Jr., Summer 1996 (File name: backhau1.txt)

• Daniel Blanchard, CPA, August 1996 (File name: blancha1.txt)

• Jeff Booker, Summer 1996 (File name: booker1.txt)

• Sue Brooks, Kemah, Texas, Summer 1996 (File name: brooks1.txt)

• Earl A. Dau, Summer 1996 (File name: dau1.txt)

• Richard H. Eldridge, Ph.D., Summer 1996 (File name: eldridg1.txt)

• John Grabowski, Summer 1996 (File name: grabows1.txt)

• Donald Hirt, Paso Robles, Calif., Summer 1996 (File name: hirt1.txt)

• Joe Johnson, Birmingham, Ala., August 1996 (File name: johnson1.txt)

• Ronald R. Kelley, Summer 1996 (File name: kelley1.txt)

• Marvin L. Kohn, Summer 1996 (File name: kohn1.txt)

• T. Martin, 1996 (File name: martin1.txt)

• Roger A. Martin, Livada Securities, Summer 1996 (File name: martin2.txt)

• Rosalie H. Mechanic, Ph.D., Summer 1996 (File name: mechani1.txt)

• Maynard Miller, Summer 1996 (File name: miller1.txt)

• D.Notari, Pennsylvania, Summer 1996 (File name: notari1.txt)

• Susan Parkes, Summer 1996 (File name: parkes1.txt)

• John F. Peters, Summer 1996 (File name: peters1.txt)

• Carol Pitts, Summer 1996 (File name: pitts1.txt)

• Emmanuel Ramos, Summer 1996 (File name: ramos1.txt)

• Vivek Rao, Summer 1996 (File name: rao1.txt)

• Mark D. Rayha, private investor, Summer 1996 (File name: rayha1.txt)

• Harold Rosenblum, Longwood, Florida, Summer 1996 (File name: rosenbl1.txt)

• Robert Sarquis, Sunnyvale, Calif., Summer 1996 (File name: sarquis1.txt)

• Joseph Ventola, Summer 1996 (File name: ventola1.txt)

• Ivo Welch, Associate Professor of Finance, Unoversity of California, Los Angeles, Summer 1996 (File name: welch1.txt)

• Dale Whitman, Summer 1996 (File name: whitman1.txt)

• Paul Yenter, Summer 1996 (File name: yenter1.txt)

In addition, because the Proposed Rules mailbox address has appeared in many media discussions of this issue, a number of anonymous comments have been received (no address/signature material was included within the body of the message).

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