EXHIBIT 24 CUMMINS ENGINE COMPANY, INC. POWER OF ATTORNEY ____________________________ KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints Mark R. Gerstle with full power to act without the other as his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full and several powers of substitution and resubstitution for him in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign the Annual Report on Form 10-K of Cummins Engine Company, Inc. ("the Company") for the Company's fiscal year ended December 31, 1997 and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or their or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. Dated: March 1, 1998 /s/James A. Henderson __________________________ James A. Henderson Director & Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer CUMMINS ENGINE COMPANY, INC. POWER OF ATTORNEY ____________________________ KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints Mark R. Gerstle with full power to act without the other as his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full and several powers of substitution and resubstitution for him in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign the Annual Report on Form 10-K of Cummins Engine Company, Inc. ("the Company") for the Company's fiscal year ended December 31, 1997 and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or their or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. Dated: March 1, 1998 /s/Theodore M. Solso ________________________ Theodore M. Solso Director & President and Chief Operating Officer CUMMINS ENGINE COMPANY, INC. POWER OF ATTORNEY ____________________________ KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints Mark R. Gerstle with full power to act without the other as his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full and several powers of substitution and resubstitution for him in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign the Annual Report on Form 10-K of Cummins Engine Company, Inc. ("the Company") for the Company's fiscal year ended December 31, 1997 and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or their or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. Dated: March 1, 1998 /s/Harold Brown _______________ Harold Brown Director CUMMINS ENGINE COMPANY, INC. POWER OF ATTORNEY ____________________________ KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints Mark R. Gerstle with full power to act without the other as his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full and several powers of substitution and resubstitution for him in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign the Annual Report on Form 10-K of Cummins Engine Company, Inc. ("the Company") for the Company's fiscal year ended December 31, 1997 and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or their or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. Dated: March 1, 1998 /s/Robert J. Darnall ____________________ Robert J. Darnall Director CUMMINS ENGINE COMPANY, INC. POWER OF ATTORNEY ____________________________ KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints Mark R. Gerstle with full power to act without the other as his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full and several powers of substitution and resubstitution for him in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign the Annual Report on Form 10-K of Cummins Engine Company, Inc. ("the Company") for the Company's fiscal year ended December 31, 1997 and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or their or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. Dated: March 1, 1998 /s/W. Y. Elisha _______________ W. Y. Elisha Director CUMMINS ENGINE COMPANY, INC. POWER OF ATTORNEY ____________________________ KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints Mark R. Gerstle with full power to act without the other as his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full and several powers of substitution and resubstitution for him in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign the Annual Report on Form 10-K of Cummins Engine Company, Inc. ("the Company") for the Company's fiscal year ended December 31, 1997 and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or their or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. Dated: March 1, 1998 /s/Hanna H. Gray ________________ Hanna H. Gray Director CUMMINS ENGINE COMPANY, INC. POWER OF ATTORNEY ____________________________ KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints Mark R. Gerstle with full power to act without the other as his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full and several powers of substitution and resubstitution for him in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign the Annual Report on Form 10-K of Cummins Engine Company, Inc. ("the Company") for the Company's fiscal year ended December 31, 1997 and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or their or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. Dated: March 1, 1998 /s/John M. Deutch _________________ John M. Deutch Director CUMMINS ENGINE COMPANY, INC. POWER OF ATTORNEY ____________________________ KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints Mark R. Gerstle with full power to act without the other as his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full and several powers of substitution and resubstitution for him in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign the Annual Report on Form 10-K of Cummins Engine Company, Inc. ("the Company") for the Company's fiscal year ended December 31, 1997 and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or their or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. Dated: March 1, 1998 /s/William I. Miller ____________________ William I. Miller Director CUMMINS ENGINE COMPANY, INC. POWER OF ATTORNEY ____________________________ KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints Mark R. Gerstle with full power to act without the other as his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full and several powers of substitution and resubstitution for him in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign the Annual Report on Form 10-K of Cummins Engine Company, Inc. ("the Company") for the Company's fiscal year ended December 31, 1997 and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or their or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. Dated: March 1, 1998 /s/Donald S. Perkins ____________________ Donald S. Perkins Director CUMMINS ENGINE COMPANY, INC. POWER OF ATTORNEY ____________________________ KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints Mark R. Gerstle with full power to act without the other as his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full and several powers of substitution and resubstitution for him in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign the Annual Report on Form 10-K of Cummins Engine Company, Inc. ("the Company") for the Company's fiscal year ended December 31, 1997 and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or their or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. Dated: March 1, 1998 /s/William D. Ruckelshaus _________________________ William D. Ruckelshaus Director CUMMINS ENGINE COMPANY, INC. POWER OF ATTORNEY ____________________________ KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints Mark R. Gerstle with full power to act without the other as his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full and several powers of substitution and resubstitution for him in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign the Annual Report on Form 10-K of Cummins Engine Company, Inc. ("the Company") for the Company's fiscal year ended December 31, 1997 and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or their or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. Dated: March 1, 1998 /s/H. B. Schacht ________________ H. B. Schacht Director CUMMINS ENGINE COMPANY, INC. POWER OF ATTORNEY ____________________________ KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints Mark R. Gerstle with full power to act without the other as his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full and several powers of substitution and resubstitution for him in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign the Annual Report on Form 10-K of Cummins Engine Company, Inc. ("the Company") for the Company's fiscal year ended December 31, 1997 and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or their or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. Dated: March 1, 1998 /s/F. A. Thomas _______________ F. A. Thomas Director CUMMINS ENGINE COMPANY, INC. POWER OF ATTORNEY ____________________________ KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints Mark R. Gerstle with full power to act without the other as his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full and several powers of substitution and resubstitution for him in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign the Annual Report on Form 10-K of Cummins Engine Company, Inc. ("the Company") for the Company's fiscal year ended December 31, 1997 and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or their or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. Dated: March 1, 1998 /s/J. Lawrence Wilson _____________________ J. Lawrence Wilson Director