POWERS OF ATTORNEY

        KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each of the
undersigned directors and/or officers of FEDERATED
DEPARTMENT STORES, INC., a Delaware corporation (the
"Company"), does hereby constitute and appoint DENNIS J.
BRODERICK, JOHN R. SIMS and PADMA TATTA CARIAPPA, or any of
them, their true and lawful attorneys and agents to do any
and all acts and things and execute any and all instruments
which said attorneys and agents, or any of them, may deem
necessary or advisable or which said attorneys and agents,
or any of them, may deem necessary or advisable or which may
be required to enable the Company to comply with the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and any rules,
regulations or requirements of the Securities and Exchange
Commission in respect thereof, in connection with the filing
with the Securities and Exchange Commission of one or more
Registration Statements on Form S-8 relating to the
Federated Department Stores, Inc. Director Deferred
Compensation Plan, including specifically but without
limiting the generality of the foregoing, the power and
authority to sign in the name and on behalf of the
undersigned, in his or her capacity as a director and/or
officer of the Company, any such Form S-8 and any and all
amendments and supplements thereto and any other instruments
or documents filed as a part of or in connection therewith,
and each of the undersigned does hereby ratify and confirm
all that said attorneys and agents or any of them, may do or
cause to be done by virtue hereof.

        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has
subscribed these presents this 28th day of February, 1997.



/s/ Joel A. Belsky          /s/ Lyle Everingham        /s/ Meyer Feldberg
    Joel A. Belsky               Lyle Everingham           Meyer Feldberg


/s/ Earl G. Graves, Sr.     /s/ George V. Grune        /s/ Joseph Neubauer
    Earl G. Graves, Sr.         George V. Grune            Joseph Neubauer


/s/ Allen I. Questrom       /s/ Ronald W. Tysoe        /s/ Paul W. Van Orden
    Allen I. Questrom           Ronald W. Tysoe            Paul W. Van Orden


/s/ Karl M. von der Heyden                             /s/ Marna C. Whittington
    Karl M. von der Heyden      Craig E. Weatherup         Marna C. Whittington


/s/ James M. Zimmerman
    James M. Zimmerman