Subject: S7-16-07  August 14, 2007  Dear Chairman Cox,  I want
to express my opposition to any attempt to weaken or cripple
shareholders' right to file non-binding advisory resolutions
under Rule 14a-8.  For over three decades, shareholder proposals
have provided large and small shareholders with a voice in the
governance of corporations on which their financial futures
depend.Doing away with these proposals would be a setback for
shareholder democracy and corporate governance.    Sister Claire
D. Filippone, RSM6