POWER OF ATTORNEY


KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that, the undersigned hereby constitutes and
appoints Timothy J. Fretthold, Jerry D. King, and Lisa K. Wortham, and each of 
them, his true and lawful attorney or attorneys-in-fact, with full power of
substitution and revocation, for him and in his name, place, and stead, in any 
and all capacities (including as an officer or director of DIAMOND SHAMROCK, 
INC. (the "Corporation"), to sign  Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to a 
Registration Statement on Form S-8 of the Corporation for the purpose of 
amending Registration Statement No. 33-47761, and to sign any or all further 
post-effective amendments to such Registration Statement, 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 or 
attorneys-in-fact, and each of them,  full power and authority to do and perform
each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the
premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in 
person, hereby ratifying and confirming all  that said attorney or 
attorneys-in-fact or any of them or their substitute or  substitutes, may 
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.



                                               
                                         /S/ W. E. Bradford
                                             W. E. Bradford


Dated: May 22, 1995





                              POWER OF ATTORNEY


KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that, the undersigned hereby constitutes and
appoints Timothy J. Fretthold, Jerry D. King, and Lisa K. Wortham, and each of 
them, his true and lawful attorney or attorneys-in-fact, with full power of
substitution and revocation, for him and in his name, place, and stead, in any 
and all capacities (including as an officer or director of DIAMOND SHAMROCK, 
INC. (the "Corporation"), to sign  Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to a 
Registration Statement on Form S-8 of the Corporation for the purpose of 
amending Registration Statement No. 33-47761, and to sign any or all further 
post-effective amendments to such Registration Statement, 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 or attorneys-
in-fact, and each of them,  full power and authority to do and perform each and 
every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the 
premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in 
person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney or attorneys-
in-fact or any of them or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or 
cause to be done by virtue hereof.



                                   
                                         /S/ W. H. Clark
                                             W. H. Clark


Dated: May 22, 1995


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