Date:    1/1/98 6:53 PM
     
     
Dear Mr. Levitt:
     
        I am writing to express my opposition to Rule S7-25-97.
     
        If the United States is to remain a democracy to any extent, Rule
S7-25-97 cannot exist.  
     
        If there is any possibility that corporate executives wake up and
realize that the ultimate victims of their unsustainable and undemocratic practices 
may very well be their own families, and that, accordingly, they transform 
their myopic insistence on making a profit into genuine concern for the 
future of the human race, the defeat of Rule S7-25-97 could be a step in 
that direction.
     
        I know I sound probably extremely naive in saying that, myopic in my own
way and unrealistically idealistic.
     
        But in order to be right, we both are willing to believe whomever we
want to.  And I assert the next two generations will either or both pay the 
price of our consumptive ways and/or have the opportunity to decide if the 
human race continues.
     
        The Multilateral Agreement on Investment currently being negotiated at
the OECD in Paris protects investors and gives them the right to sue any 
government that won't let them in.
     
        It doesn't matter how powerful the corporations become.  If we let the
corporations foist our unsustainable lifestyle on the rest of the planet, 
no wars will be necessary.  The planet will simply not be able to support 
human life after awhile.
     
        Rule S7-25-97 is another step in that direction.  Please do not
effectuate it.
     
Sheila Goldner