Date:    1/5/98  12:43 PM
Subject: Rule S7-25-97 (the stockholder gag rule)
    
     
Mr. Arthur Leavitt,
Securities and Exchange Commission, 
450 5th Street, NW, 
Washington, DC  20549
     
Dear Mr. Leavitt:
     
I am writing to express my opposition to rule S7-25-97 (the stockholder gag 
rule).  It is outrageous to me, as an investor and stockholder, that efforts to 
obtain information from the companies in which I hold ownership should be 
limited by the SEC to protect these companies from stockholder scrutiny.  Is the
     
SEC out to protect the likes of Phillip Knight and Nike from bad publicity?  
This is a disgusting manipulation of the regulatory process by corporations that
     
don't want the truth to come out, or that feel harrassed because the questions 
stockholders ask are a source of embarrassment.  Please do not implement this 
rule if you care about child labor, the treatment of women in the workplace, or 
the rights of investors to make informed investments!
     
Sincerely,
Robert Blomberg