From: KarenHartley7@aol.com
Sent: Thursday, December 05, 2002 5:31 PM
To: rule-comments@sec.gov
Subject: Comment: File No. S7-36-02
To:  Jonathan G. Katz, Secretary
Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20549-0609

Re: File No. S7-38-02 

The SEC proposal to disclose mutual fund proxy votes is an important 
step in insuring corporations are held accountable. Some big mutual 
fund companies say complying with this rule will be too costly and 
that investors are not interested in this information. But public 
disclosure is the only true way of being held accountable. Leading 
by example, social mutual fund companies have already shown that 
making proxy votes public is not an onerous request. 

Please adopt the proposed rule that would require mutual funds to 
disclose how they vote on key issues during the annual meetings 
held by the companies in which they hold stock 


Karen Hartley