EXHIBIT 23.2




                       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.

   KPMG LLP


   Cleveland, Ohio
   March 28, 2000























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