From Procter and Gamble's "Notice of Annual Mtg and Proxy Statement"

The annual meeting of shareholders is to be held on Oct 10, 2000 at 
the Aronoff Center for the Arts, 650 Walnut St, in Cincinnati.

Page 26: "Shareholder Proposal No. 2
Lenore Goldman, c/o Harrington Investments, Inc, Napa, CA owning xxxx
shares of the company has given notice that she intends to present for
action at the annual meeting the following resolution:

Whereas:
International markets for GE foods are threatened by extensive resistance;
*Several of Europe's largest food retailers, including Tesco, Sainsbury
Group, Carrefour, and Rewe, have committed to removing GE ingredients from
their store brand products, as have US retailers Whole Foods
Market and Wild Oats Markets;
* In the UK, 3 fast food giants - McDonald's, Burger King, and KFC- are
eliminating GE soya and corn ingredients from their menus;
*McCain Foods of Canada, the largest potato and frozen french fry processor
in the world, announced they would no longer accept Bt potatoes for their
brand name products (11/99);
*Gerber Products Co announced in July 99 that they would not allow GE corn
or soy in any of their baby foods;
* Frito Lay, a division of PepsiCo, asked its farmers from whom it
purchases corn for its chips to provide only non GE corn (Jan, 2000);
*Once in effect, the Biosafety Protocol, approved by representatives of
more that 130 countries (Jan, 2000), will require that GEOs intended for
food, feed and processing must be labeled "May contain" GEOs and countries
can decide whether to import those commodities based on a scientific risk
assessment.

There is scientific concern that GE agricultural products may be harmful to
humans, animals, or the environment;
* The USDA has acknowledged (7/13/99) the need to develop a comprehensive
approach to evaluating longterm and secondary effects of GE products;
* Some GE crops have been engineered to have higher levels of toxins, such
as Bt, to make them insect resistant;
* In 1998, research showed that Bt crops are building up Bt toxins in the
soil, thereby harming soil ecology and beneficial organisms and insects;
* In 1999, the EU proposed the suspension of approval of new GEOs until a
new safety law for GEOs is implemented in 2002.  This followed a new study
that showed Bt corn pollen may harm monarch butterflies.

In the US, we have a long tradition of citizens' "Right to Know"; and
expression of this includes the current laws requiring nutritional labeling
of foods;
* A Jan, 99 Time/CNN poll  indicated that 81% of Americans said that GE
food should be labeled as such;
* GE crops may incorporate genes from animal species.  Individuals cannot
avoid them for religious or ethical reasons unless they are labeled;
* The EU requires labeling of GE foods, and labeling has been proposed by
governmental authorities in Japan, New Zealand, and Australia.

Resolved:  Shareholder request the Board of Directors to adopt a policy of removing GE
crops, organisms, or products thereof from all products sold or
manufactured by the company, where feasible, until long-term safety testing
has shown that they are not harmful to humans, animals, and the
environment; with the interim step of labeling and identifying these
products that may contain these ingredients, and reporting to the
shareholder by Aug, 2001."

then, as it it written:

"The Board of Directors recommends a vote AGAINST this resolution."