From: Buck McCrone [buckmccrone@earthlink.net] Sent: Friday, December 06, 2002 4:00 AM To: rule-comments@sec.gov Subject: File Numbers S7-36-02 and S7-38-02, Disclosure of Proxy Voting Policies and Proxy Voting Records I have invested in mutual funds for 35 years. For 13 years I was an attorney specializing in corporate finance, particularly securities law and the operation of mutual funds. I strongly support the changes embodied in File Numbers S7-36-02 and S7-38-02 relating to Disclosure of Proxy Voting Policies and Proxy Voting Records. I believe these would definitely strengthen how we do business in our country, and so I appreciate very much that you have developed them. Harold W. McCrone, Jr. Edmonds, Washington