From: jonah@mindspring.com
Sent: Tuesday, December 03, 2002 10:29 PM
To: rule-comments@sec.gov
Subject: Proposed proxy rule 

Dear Mr Katz:

I would like to voice my support of the proposed rule, File No. S7-36-02,
that would require mutual funds to disclose information about proxy
policies. This would benefit the investor public and help correct the
accountability gap. My perception is that corporations have become
tremendously powerful and tremendously irresponsible, both financially and
socially. Mutual fund managers may now be able to play along with this lack
of accountability, but requiring disclosure of proxy procedures and voting
records reduces the tendency to disregard the interests of the public.

Jonah Blaustein