EXHIBIT 23.6

            [LETTERHEAD OF FRIEDMAN ALPREN & GREEN LLP APPEARS HERE]


                   CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS


     As independent public accountants, we hereby consent to the incorporation
by reference in this registration statement on Form S-8 of our report dated
January 28, 1995, on our audit of the statement of income and the related
statements of changes in partners' capital and cash flows, of Edwards Capital
Company for the year ended December 31, 1994, and to all references to our Firm
included in this registration statement.


                                           /s/ Friedman Alpren & Green LLP

                                           FRIEDMAN ALPREN & GREEN LLP


New York, New York
May 27, 1997