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EXHIBIT 23.1
The Board of Directors
CMI Corporation:
We consent to incorporation by reference herein of our report dated March 8,
2000, except as to the last paragraph of note 3 and the first paragraph of note
14, which are as of March 30, 2000, relating to the consolidated balance sheets
of CMI Corporation and subsidiaries as of December 31, 1999 and 1998, and the
related consolidated statements of earnings, changes in common stock and other
capital, and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended
December 31, 1999, which report appears in the December 31, 1999 annual report
on Form 10-K of CMI Corporation.
KPMG LLP
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
August 28, 2000
