Date:    1/5/98  1:49 PM
Subject: s7-25-97
     
Arthur Levitt
Securities and Exchange Commission
450 5th Street, NW
Washington, DC  20549
     
We write to inform you that we oppose rule S7-25-97. 
     
In effect this rule will prevent critical issues from being deliberated 
on and voted upon at open stockholder meetings. 
     
Motions and information on fair employment practices, such as practices 
which discriminate by sex and/or race; harassment; gender balancing of 
boards; the use of child labor must remain issues that can and will be 
brought to stockholders' attention.  
It is crucial that there continue to be channels through which 
employees,investors and customers force corporations to act responsibly 
when they have refused to act on their own.
     
Thank you for including our opinion in your evaluation of rule S7-25-97.
     
Sincerely,
Kateri Caron
Human Rights Office
Mankato Province, School Sisters of Notre Dame