EXHIBIT 24(a)
POWER OF ATTORNEY
FORM 10-K ANNUAL REPORT FOR FISCAL 1997
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, THAT EACH PERSON WHOSE SIGNATURE APPEARS
BELOW CONSTITUTES AND APPOINTS JOHN M. COLEMAN AND JOHN J. FUREY, EACH OF
THEM, UNTIL DECEMBER 31, 1997, THEIR TRUE AND LAWFUL ATTORNEYS-IN-FACT AND
AGENTS, WITH FULL POWER OF SUBSTITUTION AND REVOCATION, FOR THEM AND IN
THEIR NAME, PLACE AND STEAD, IN ANY AND ALL CAPACITIES, TO SIGN CAMPBELL SOUP
COMPANY'S FORM 10-K ANNUAL REPORT TO THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
COMMISSION FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED AUGUST 3, 1997, AND ANY AMENDMENTS
THERETO, AND TO FILE THE SAME WITH ALL EXHIBITS THERETO, AND OTHER DOCUMENTS
IN CONNECTION THEREWITH, WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION,
GRANTING UNTO SAID ATTORNEYS-IN-FACT AND AGENTS, FULL POWER AND AUTHORITY
TO DO AND PERFORM EACH AND EVERY ACT AND THING REQUISITE AND NECESSARY TO
BE DONE, AS FULLY TO ALL INTENTS AND PURPOSES AS HE OR SHE MIGHT OR COULD DO
IN PERSON, HEREBY RATIFYING AND CONFIRMING ALL THAT SAID ATTORNEYS-IN-FACT
AND AGENTS MAY LAWFULLY DO OR CAUSE TO BE DONE BY VIRTUE HEREOF.
CAMPBELL SOUP COMPANY
SIGNATURE DATED AS OF SEPTEMBER 25, 1997
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/S/ ALVA A. APP /S/ PHILIP E. LIPPINCOTT
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ALVA A. APP PHILIP E. LIPPINCOTT
/S/ EDMUND M. CARPENTER /S/ MARY ALICE MALONE
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EDMUND M. CARPENTER MARY ALICE MALONE
/S/ BENNETT DORRANCE /S/ DALE F. MORRISON
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BENNETT DORRANCE DALE F. MORRISON
/S/ THOMAS W. FIELD, JR. /S/ CHARLES H. MOTT
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