Exhibit 10(c)

                   FIRST AMENDMENT
                         OF
HARNISCHFEGER INDUSTRIES DEFERRED COMPENSATION TRUST


          WHEREAS, Harnischfeger Industries, Inc. (the
"company") maintains Harnischfeger Industries Deferred
Compensation Trust (the "trust"); and

          WHEREAS, amendment of the trust now is
considered desirable;

          NOW, THEREFORE, by virtue and in exercise of
the power reserved to the company by paragraph 10.1 of the
trust, the trust be and hereby is amended, effective
December 19, 1990, in the following particulars:

          1.   By substituting for subparagraphs 1.1(f),
(g) and (h) of the trust the following:

               "(f)  'Company Shares' means shares of
          common stock of the Company.


               (g)  'Government Securities' means
          obligations of, or guaranteed as to principal
          and interest by, the United State Government.

               (h)  'Participant' means any participant
          in a Plan.

               (i)  'Permitted Investments' means: 
          Company Shares; Government Securities; taxable
          corporate commercial paper, having at the date
          of investment a rating of at least A1/P1 from
          either Standard & Poor's Corporation or Moody's
          Investors Service, Inc. (or, in either case,
          its successor); certificates of deposit of
          banks or trust companies having a long-term
          debt rating of at least AA/Aa from either
          Standard & Poor's or Moody's; money market
          mutual funds or common trust funds or other
          collective investment funds maintained by the
          Trustee for trust investment purposes which are
          invested entirely or substantially entirely in
          investments of the foregoing kinds with average
          daily maturities of less than forty-five days;
          and such other investments, if any, as may
          hereafter be approved from time to time by the
          Committee as 'Permitted Investments'."


          2.   By substituting for subparagraph 2.2(b)
of the trust the following:

               "(b)  The Company shall transfer to the
          Trustee from time to time cash or Company
          shares in such amounts as it considers
          desirable."

          3.   By adding the following two sentences at
the end of paragraph 4.1 of the Trust as a part thereof:

          "Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Trustee
     shall continue to invest in and hold Company Shares
     which have been contributed to the Trust by the
     Company until such time as the Trustee is directed by
     the Committee to distribute or otherwise dispose of
     such Company Shares.  All dividends or other
     distributions received by the Trustee with respect to
     Company Shares shall be reinvested by the Trustee in
     Company Shares unless otherwise directed by the
     Committee."

          4.   By substituting for subparagraph 4.3(b)
of the trust the following:

               "(b)  To vote Company Shares personally
          or by proxy in accordance with the directions
          of Participants in the Plans who have benefits
          under the Plans denominated in Company Shares,
          and for this purpose each such Participant may
          instruct the Trustee as to the voting of that
          number of Company Shares reflected by the whole
          number of Company Shares held by the Trustee
          hereunder multiplied by a fraction, the
          numerator of which is the total number of
          Company Shares representing the Participant's
          benefits under the Plans denominated in Company
          Shares and the denominator of which is the
          total number of Company Shares representing all
          participant's benefits denominated in the
          Company Shares under the Plans.  All Company
          Shares as to which the Trustee does not receive
          voting instructions as specified above shall be
          voted by the Trustee proportionately in the
          same manner as it votes Company Shares as to
          which the Trustee has received voting
          instructions as specified above."

          5.   By substituting for subparagraph 5.2(b)
of the trust the following:

               "(b)  if at any time there shall be on
          deposit with the Trustee Government Securities
          and cash (which for this purpose includes money
          market funds or certificates of deposit) which
          the Committee certifies to the Trustee to be
          sufficient, taking into account the respective
          maturities of any such Government Securities
          and assuming no reinvestment of any of the
          proceeds thereof or of any such cash, to
          provide for the payment of all amounts payable
          under the Plans in cash at the times such
          amounts are payable under the Plans plus
          Company Shares which the Committee certifies to
          the Trustee to be sufficient to provide for the
          payment of all amounts payable under the Plans
          in Company Shares, and the Committee so advises
          the Trustee, the Trustee shall, if so directed
          by the Committee, return all other assets of
          the Trust Fund to the Company; and"


          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the company has caused this
amendment to be executed on its behalf by the undersigned
duly authorized members of its Management Policy Committee,
this 19th day of December, 1990.

                    HARNISCHFEGER INDUSTRIES, INC.

                    /s/ Jeffery T. Grade
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                    /s/ Francis M. Corby, Jr.
                    --------------------------------
                    /s/ John R. Teitgen
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                    As members of the Management  
                    Policy Committee of
                    Harnischfeger Industries, Inc.



          The undersigned, as Trustee under Harnischfeger
Industries Deferred Compensation Trust, hereby acknowledges
receipt of an executed copy of the foregoing amendment, and
consents thereto to the extent it applies to the
undersigned as Trustee, this 28th day of December, 1990.

                    MARSHALL AND ILSLEY TRUST COMPANY,
                    as Trustee

                    By  /s/ James L. Neubauer
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                         Its  Vice President

ATTEST:


/s/ Steven P. Palmer
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Its Vice President
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