Subject: Proposed rule S7-25-97 Author: "NORTH CREEK NURSERIES; INC." Date: 12/10/97 8:33 PM To the SEC: Dear folks please pull your proposed rules (S7-25-97) and keep ownership rights in America strong. By destroying the shareholder process, which never gave owners much power to begin with you are turning management into de facto owners of the corporation. They are already able to extract more company rescources for their own salaries than they give to stockholders. Why make it easier for them to steal from the owners? sincerely, Dale Hendricks