Date:    4/14/97 8:07 AM
     
     
I write in support of the use of profiles and streamlined prospectuses 
referenced by File #S7-18-96.  I have long wondered how my funds could 
justify or rationalize the expenses for sending prospectuses at least 
annually on an unsolicited basis; perhaps the firms are required to do so.  
At any rate, I urge the SEC to allow the use of the simplified forms and 
profiles.
     
C. Dale Whitman