EXHIBIT 23.2
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                        CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS

   The Board of Directors
   Newell Rubbermaid Inc.:

   We consent to the incorporation by reference in Newell Rubbermaid Inc.'s
   previously filed Form S-8 Registration Statements (File Nos. 33-24447,
   33-25196, 33-40641, 33-62047, 33-67632, and 333-38621), and Form S-3
   Registration Statements (File Nos. 33-46208, 33-64225, 333-47261,
   333-53039, and 333-82829), and Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 on Form
   S-8 to Form S-4 Registration Statement (File No. 33-44957), of our
   report dated February 5, 1999, except as to Note 15, which is as of
   March 24, 1999, with respect to the consolidated balance sheets of
   Rubbermaid Incorporated and subsidiaries as of January 1, 1999, and
   December 31, 1997, and the related consolidated statements of earnings,
   shareholder's equity and comprehensive income, and cash flows for each
   of the years in the two-year period ended January 1, 1999.




   Cleveland, Ohio
   March 1, 2000