POWER OF ATTORNEY
The undersigned officers and trustees of FRANKLIN HIGH INCOME TRUST (the
"Registrant") hereby appoint MARK H. PLAFKER, HARMON E. BURNS, DEBORAH R.
GATZEK, KAREN L. SKIDMORE, LEIANN NUZUM, Murray L. Simpson, Barbara J. Green
and David P. Goss (with full power to each of them to act alone) his/her
attorney-in-fact and agent, in all capacities, to execute, deliver and file
in the names of the undersigned, any and all instruments that said attorneys
and agents may deem necessary or advisable to enable the Registrant to comply
with or register any security issued by the Registrant under the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended, and/or the Investment Company Act of 1940, as
amended, and the rules, regulations and interpretations thereunder, including
but not limited to, any registration statement, including any and all pre-
and post-effective amendments thereto, any other document to be filed with
the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and any and all documents
required to be filed with respect thereto with any other regulatory
authority. Each of the undersigned grants to each of said attorneys, full
authority to do every act necessary to be done in order to effectuate the
same as fully, to all intents and purposes, as he/she could do if personally
present, thereby ratifying all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents may
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
This Power of Attorney may be executed in one or more counterparts, each
of which shall be deemed to be an original, and all of which shall be deemed
to be a single document.
The undersigned officers and trustees hereby execute this Power of
Attorney as of the 13th day of June, 2000.
/s/ Rupert H. Johnson, Jr. /s/ Frank H. Abbott, III
Rupert H. Johnson, Jr., Frank H. Abbott, III,
Principal Executive Officer and Trustee Trustee
/s/ Harmon E. Burns /s/ Robert F. Carlson
Harmon E. Burns, Robert F. Carlson,
Trustee Trustee
/s/ S. Joseph Fortunato /s/ Frank W.T. LaHaye
S. Joseph Fortunato, Frank W.T. LaHaye,
Trustee Trustee
/s/ R. Martin Wiskemann /s/ Martin L. Flanagan
R. Martin Wiskemann, Martin L. Flanagan,
Trustee Principal Financial Officer
/s/ Kimberley H. Monasterio
Kimberley H. Monasterio,
Principal Accounting Officer
