Exhibit 23.1
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                   CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS



     As independent public accountants, we hereby consent to the incorporation 
by reference in Post Effective Amendment No. 2 to Registration Statement 
No. 333-00019 of our reports dated January 30, 1996, included in Fort Howard 
Corporation's Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1995, and our report 
dated May 11, 1995, included in Fort Howard Corporation's Form 11-K for the 
year ended December 31, 1994, and to all references to our Firm included in 
this registration statement.



                                          ARTHUR ANDERSEN LLP


Milwaukee, Wisconsin,
March 21, 1996.