Hi, Randy:
The use of the "object dot" syntax is experimental. I suspect that the only folks who might be able to find out an answer to this are the ones in Tech Support. I do know that with regular data step and ODS (current) syntax, there is a way to CHANGE the object label.
On the FILE PRINT ODS statement, you use the OBJECTLABEL option:
http://support.sas.com/kb/23/425.html
I'm guessing that, in your syntax, there is some default for LABEL: when you declare the object -- even if you don't give one explicitly, then probably the NAME: is used. There's got to be something to indicate the object in the SAS Results Window. However, short of looking in the information on the topic
http://support.sas.com/rnd/base/datastep/dsobject/#new
or contacting Tech Support, I don't know many folks who are using this yet. I don't know whether the usual SAS tricks will work here:
label: '00'x or label: ' ' -- there's a distinct chance that if you blank out the label the name will be used anyway.
cynthia