Date:    1/5/98  3:13 PM
Subject: s7-25-97

Surely even those caught up in the whirlwind activities of the SEC can see the 
pitfalls which lie ahead if this  S7-25-97  is passed.
     
To prevent motions on such issues as fair employment practices (eg, sex & race 
discrimination and harrassment) from being brought to stockholders' attention 
is absurd!  In addition,  this would apply as far as preventing questions on 
gender balancing boards, the use of child labor, and other ways that employees, 
investors and customers force corporations to clean up their acts when they 
have refused to act on their own.
     
The present and the future do not support this, and those who do will only 
appear short sighted and foolish in the near future.  In my company, for 
example, one of the investment opportunites includes a selection of companies 
who are socially/globally responsible.
     
More and more, consumers in every aspect of American life are holding companies 
more responsible for their actions...and lack of action.  To turn back the 
clock to the "thrilling" days of yesteryear, with the closed, smoke-filled 
board rooms is a mistake which will come back to haunt those who supported it, 
when they realize how impractical and unpopular it is.
     
You have the opportunity to save yourself this embarrassment, and not pass it 
in the first place.  I hope you have the sense to see the political wisdom of 
doing so, if not the obvious benefits of encouraging a more just, civil 
society.
     
Valerie Lambert