EXHIBIT 24(B)

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY



         KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each of the undersigned, being a
Trustee of the GE Savings and Security Trust, hereby constitutes and appoints
Philip D. Ameen, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power
of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead in
any and all capacities, to sign one or more Registration Statements under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, on Form S-8 or such other form as such
attorney-in-fact may deem necessary or desirable, any amendments thereto, and
all post-effective amendments and supplements to such registration statement,
for the registration of securities in connection with the GE Savings and
Security Program, in such forms as he may approve, and to file the same with all
exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and
agent, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
requisite and necessary to be done to the end that such Registration Statement
or Registration Statements shall comply with the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, and the applicable Rules and Regulations adopted or issued pursuant
thereto, as fully and to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in
person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and
agent, or his substitute or resubstitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by
virtue hereof.


         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has hereunto set his hand
this 14th day of March, 1997.





John H. Myers, Chairman                              Eugene K. Bolton
Trustee                                              Trustee




Michael J. Cosgrove                                  Ralph R. Layman
Trustee                                              Trustee




Alan M. Lewis                                        Robert A. MacDougall
Trustee                                              Trustee



Donald W. Torey
Trustee