Exhibit 24

FORD MOTOR COMPANY

Certificate of Assistant Secretary

The undersigned, T. J. DeZure, an Assistant Secretary of FORD MOTOR
COMPANY, a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), DOES HEREBY CERTIFY that the
following are true and correct excerpts from the minutes of a meeting of the
Board of Directors of the Company duly called and held on March 9, 1995 and
that the same are in full force and effect:

RESOLVED, That preparation of an Annual Report of the Company
on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1994 (the "10-K Report"),
including exhibits and other documents, to be filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") under the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended, be and hereby is in all respects authorized and
approved; that the draft 10-K Report presented to this meeting be and
hereby is approved in all respects; that the directors and appropriate
officers of the Company, and each of them, be and hereby are authorized
to sign and execute in their own behalf, or in the name and on behalf of
the Company, or both, as the case may be, the 10-K Report, and any and
all amendments thereto, with such changes therein as such directors and
officers may deem necessary, appropriate or desirable, as conclusively
evidenced by their execution thereof; and that the appropriate officers
of the Company, and each of them, be and hereby are authorized to cause
the 10-K Report and any such amendments, so executed, to be filed with
the Commission.

RESOLVED, That each officer and director who may be required to
sign and execute the 10-K Report or any amendment thereto or document in
connection therewith (whether in the name and on behalf of the Company,
or as an officer or director of the Company, or otherwise), be and
hereby is authorized to execute a power of attorney appointing John M.
Devine, M. L. Reichenstein, J. W. Martin, Jr., J. M. Rintamaki and L. J.
Ghilardi, and each of them, severally, his or her true and lawful
attorney or attorneys to sign in his or her name, place and stead in any
such capacity the 10-K Report and any and all amendments thereto and
documents in connection therewith, and to file the same with the
Commission, each of said attorneys to have power to act with or without
the other, and to have full power and authority to do and perform in the
name and on behalf of each of said officers and directors who shall have
executed such power of attorney, every act whatsoever which such
attorneys, or any of them, may deem necessary, appropriate or desirable
to be done in connection therewith as fully and to all intents and
purposes as such officers or directors might or could do in person.

WITNESS my hand as of this 15th day of March, 1995.

/s/T. J. DeZure
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T. J. DeZure
Assistant Secretary
(SEAL)
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POWER OF ATTORNEY WITH RESPECT TO
ANNUAL REPORT OF FORD MOTOR COMPANY ON
FORM 10-K FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1994

Each of the undersigned, a director or officer of FORD MOTOR COMPANY,
appoints each of J. M. Devine, M. L. Reichenstein, J. W. Martin, Jr., J. M.
Rintamaki and L. J. Ghilardi his or her true and lawful attorney and agent to
do any and all acts and things and execute any and all instruments which the
attorney and agent may deem necessary or advisable in order to enable FORD
MOTOR COMPANY to comply with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and any
requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission, in connection with the
Annual Report of FORD MOTOR COMPANY on Form 10-K for the year ended December
31, 1994 and any and all amendments thereto, as authorized at a meeting of the
Board of Directors of FORD MOTOR COMPANY held on March 9, 1995, including, but
not limited to, power and authority to sign his or her name (whether on behalf
of FORD MOTOR COMPANY, or as a director or officer of FORD MOTOR COMPANY, or by
attesting the seal of FORD MOTOR COMPANY, or otherwise) to such instruments and
to such Annual Report and any amendments thereto, and to file them with the
Securities and Exchange Commission. The undersigned ratifies and confirms all
that any of the attorneys and agents shall do or cause to be done by virtue
hereof. Any one of the attorneys and agents shall have, and may exercise, all
the powers conferred by this instrument.

Each of the undersigned has signed his or her name as of the 9th day
of March, 1995.

/s/Alex Trotman /s/Colby H. Chandler
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(Alex Trotman) (Colby H. Chandler)

/s/Michael D. Dingman /s/Edsel B. Ford II
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(Michael D. Dingman) (Edsel B. Ford II)

/s/William C. Ford /s/William C. Ford, Jr.
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(William C. Ford) (William C. Ford, Jr.)

/s/Roberto C. Goizueta /s/Irvine O. Hockaday, Jr.
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(Roberto C. Goizueta) (Irvine O. Hockaday, Jr.)

/s/Marie-Josee Kravis /s/Drew Lewis
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(Marie-Josee Kravis) (Drew Lewis)

/s/Ellen R. Marram /s/Kenneth H. Olsen
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(Ellen R. Marram) (Kenneth H. Olsen)

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/s/Carl E. Reichardt /s/Louis R. Ross
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(Carl E. Reichardt) (Louis R. Ross)

/s/Clifton R. Wharton, Jr. /s/John M. Devine
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(Clifton R. Wharton, Jr.) (John M. Devine)

/s/Murray L. Reichenstein
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(Murray L. Reichenstein)