Subject: File No. S7-25-97
Date:    11/24/97 1:56 PM
     
     
     
Dear Chairman,
     
I am writing to ask you to reject the proposed rules in File No. 
S7-25-97 that would automatically disqualify shareholder resolutions 
that address less than 3% or $10 million of a company's business, and 
that would automatically qualify resolutions sponsored by those who own 
more than 3% of a company's shares of stock.  As a shareholder in 
several companies, I find this to be an egregious limitation of my 
ownership rights.
     
And, as a citizen of the United States, I find it to be an affront to 
the ideals this country was founded on when our corporate "citizens" 
become more insulated from feedback from the public, at the same time 
as they become more influential in the public sphere.  Please reject 
these proposed rules.
     
Sincerely yours,
     
Marlin D. Wilson
     
10715 SW 41st Ave
Portland, OR 97219-6962
503-245-3958
nilram@teleport.com