Date:    1/5/98  12:43 PM
Subject: s7-25-97
     
     
To the Securities and Exchange Commission,

        As a private shareholder administering a large portfolio, I
strenuously object to the attempt to change the rules governing shareholder 
initiatives, thus preventing shareholders and employees from addressing 
corporate sexism, racism and so forth by putting initiatives on proxies and 
annual meeting agendas.  I'm sure the head honchos at the corporations don't 
want to have to deal with intelligent and conscientious shareholders keeping 
a sharp eye on their often shortsighted and sometimes downright 
reprehensible actions, but this is part of the American tradition of 
democracy - a part that even the hegemonic corporations would do well to 
respect, and one that the SEC, given its relationship to our democratic 
government, should be strongly supporting.  There can be no gag rule, even 
to  keep the worst of crackpots from speaking up - or else voices that need 
to be heard will also be silenced.  History makes that very clear.
        Please take note that this shareholder wants to see the present
rules remain in force.

        Yours sincerely,
        Caron Cadle
        candr@compuserve.com