Date:    12/22/97 9:04 PM
     
     
I object strongly to any effort to limit the ability of shareholders to 
offer proposals to be voted on at meetings of all shareholders.  True, 
there may currently occur some proposals that seem frivolous to the 
chief corporate officers.  Nevertheless, the balance of power is so 
heavily with the corporation officers, that it seems wrong to 
overbalance it further by effectively stifling the voice of the 
shareholder.  I don't enjoy giving up my time to read lengthy arguments 
pro and con in the proxy solicitations of any companies I hold shares 
in, but it is only fair to the makers of proposals to give each one an 
intelligent consideration.  Often the issue is politically or socially 
sensitive, and deserves every shareholder's careful thought.   DON'T CUT 
OFF THE DEBATE!
Sincerely,
Mary C. Townsager