Date:    12/14/97 6:13 PM
     
     
Our system of government is based on checks and balances.  Corporations 
have been growing greatly in their power to affect the lives of people and 
the wellbing of the planet.  Checks upon their actions, which may sometmes 
be unwise, short-sighted, or dangerous, have not grown comparably.
     
It is important that the SEC not reduce the ability of shareholders to 
raise issues of social responsiblity at corporate annual meetings.  The 
proposed rule change making it more difficult for shareholdre poposals to 
be considered is not in the public interst.
     
Bruce Pringle
Retired sociologist
Seattle, WA