Exhibit 24 (a)

                          POWER OF ATTORNEY
                              
                              
The undersigned, Textron Inc. ("Textron"), a Delaware corporation, and
the undersigned directors and officers of Textron, do hereby constitute
and appoint Wayne W. Juchatz, Arnold M. Friedman, Michael D. Cahn and
W. Robert Kemp, and each of them, with full powers of substitution,
their true and lawful attorneys and agents to do or cause to be done
any  and all acts and things and to execute and deliver any and all 
instruments and documents which said attorneys and agents, or any of
them, may deem necessary or advisable in order to enable Textron to
comply with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and any
requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission in respect
thereof, in connection with the Registration under the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended, of the  offering of up to  9,500,000 additional
shares of Textron's Common Stock pursuant to the Textron Savings Plan,
including specifically, but without limitation, power and authority to
sign the names of the undersigned directors and officers in the capacities
indicated below and to sign the names of such officers on behalf of
Textron to the Registration Statement filed with the Securities and Exchange 
Commission in respect of such offering of common stock, to any and all
amendments to such Registration Statement (including post-effective
amendments), and to any instruments or documents or other writings of 
which the original or copies thereof are to be filed as a part of or in
connection with such Registration Statement or amendments thereto, and
to file or cause to be filed the same with the Securities and Exchange
Commission; and each of the undersigned hereby ratifies and confirms
all that such attorneys and agents, and each of them, shall do or cause to
be done hereunder, and such attorneys and agents, and each of them, shall
have, and may exercise, all of the powers hereby conferred.

IN  WITNESS  WHEREOF,  Textron has  caused  this  Power of Attorney to be
executed and delivered in its name and on its behalf by the undersigned
duly authorized officer and its corporate seal affixed, and each of
the undersigned has signed his or her name hereto, on this 27th day of
September 1995.

                                       TEXTRON INC.


                                      /s/ James F. Hardymon
                                      James F. Hardymon
                                      Chairman and
                                      Chief Executive Officer

ATTEST:

/s/Michael D. Cahn
Michael D. Cahn
Assistant Secretary
                              

/s/James F. Hardymon                  /s/Sam F. Segnar
James F. Hardymon                     Sam F. Segnar
Chairman and Chief                    Director
Executive Officer
(principal executive officer)
Director
                                 
/s/Lewis B. Campbell                  /s/Jean Head Sisco
Lewis B. Campbell                     Jean Head Sisco
President and Chief Operating         Director
Officer                          
Director                         
                                 
                                      
/s/H. Jesse Arnelle                   /s/John W. Snow
H. Jesse Arnelle                      John W. Snow
Director                              Director
                                 
                                      
/s/R. Stuart Dickson                  /s/Martin D. Walker
R. Stuart Dickson                     Martin D. Walker
Director                              Director
                                 
                                      
/s/B. F. Dolan                        /s/Thomas B. Wheeler
B. F. Dolan                           Thomas B. Wheeler
Director                              Director


/s/John D. Macomber                   /s/Stephen L. Key
John D. Macomber                      Stephen L. Key
Director                              Executive Vice President
                                      and Chief Financial Officer
                                      (principal financial officer)

      
/s/Barbara Scott Preiskel            /s/William P. Janovitz
Barbara Scott Preiskel               William P. Janovitz
Director                             Vice President and Controller
                                     (principal accounting officer)