RYDER SYSTEM INC
S-8, 1995-08-02
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 2, 1995

                                                       Registration No. ________
================================================================================


                      SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                           Washington, D.C.  20549

                               ------------------

                                   FORM S-8
                            REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                    Under
                          THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

                               ------------------

                              RYDER SYSTEM, INC.
            (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

           Florida                                        59-0739250
   (State of incorporation)                (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

                  3600 N.W. 82nd Ave., Miami, Florida 33166
                   (Address of principal executive offices)

                               ------------------

         RYDER SYSTEM, INC. STOCK FOR MERIT INCREASE REPLACEMENT PLAN
                           (Full title of the plan)

                            JAMES M. HERRON, Esq.
                              Ryder System, Inc.
                 3600 N.W. 82nd Avenue, Miami, Florida 33166
                                (305) 593-3283
          (Name, address and telephone number of agent for service)


           Approximate date of commencement of sale under the Plan:
  From time to time after the effective date of this Registration Statement.

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<CAPTION>
                                             CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

====================================================================================================================================
                                                                                                 
                                                                 Proposed               Proposed 
                                                                 maximum                maximum                         
                                     Amount                      offering               aggregate              Amount of
Title of securities                  to be                       price                  offering               registration
to be registered                     registered                  per share              price                  fee
                                                                                                                        
====================================================================================================================================
<S>                                  <C>                         <C>                    <C>                    <C>
Ryder System, Inc.
Common Stock
($.50 par value)                     500,000 shares              $24.06(1)              $12,030,000 (1)        $4,148.31

Preferred Share
Purchase Rights                      500,000 rights (2)          --                     --                     -- (3)
                                                                                                                        
====================================================================================================================================
</TABLE>

(1)  Computed pursuant to Rule 457(c) solely for the purpose of calculating the
registration fee and not as a representation as to any actual proposed price.
This amount is based on the average of the high and low prices of such Common
Stock on July 28, 1995 on the consolidated reporting system.
(2)  The preferred share purchase rights (the "Rights") of Ryder System, Inc.
(the "Company") are attached to and trade with the Common Stock of the Company.
Any value attributable to the Rights is reflected in the market price of the
Common Stock.  Such additional securities are also being registered hereby as
may become issuable under the Plan as a result of applicable anti-dilution
provisions.
(3) Since no separate consideration is paid for the Rights, the registration
fee for such securities is included in the registration fee for the Company's
Common Stock.





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                                    PART II

              INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT



Item 3.  Incorporation of Documents by Reference

         The following documents filed by the Company with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the "Commission") are incorporated in this Registration
Statement by reference:

         (a)     The Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 1994.

         (b)     All other reports filed by the Company or the Ryder System,
Inc. Stock for Merit Increase Replacement Plan (the "Plan") pursuant to Section
13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, since the
end of the fiscal year covered by the annual report referred to in (a) above.

         (c)     The description of the Company's common stock, par value $.50,
and the Company's preferred share purchase rights contained in its Registration
Statement on Form S-3, No. 33-33600 filed on February 27, 1990, as amended,
with the Commission.

         All documents subsequently filed by the Company or the Plan pursuant
to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that
all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then
remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this
Registration Statement and to be a part of this Registration Statement from the
date of the filing of such documents.  Any statement contained in a document
incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed
to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the
extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed
document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein
modifies or supersedes such statement.  Any statement so modified or superseded
shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part
of this Registration Statement.

Item 4.  Description of Securities

         Not applicable.

Item 5.  Interests of Named Experts and Counsel

         The legality of the shares of common stock and the preferred share
purchase rights in connection therewith which may be purchased under the Plan
has been passed upon for the Company by James M. Herron, Senior Executive Vice
President and General Counsel of the Company.  Mr. Herron owns beneficially
11,246 shares of common stock of the Company and directly owns options to
purchase 190,667 shares of common stock.





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Item 6.  Indemnification of Directors and Officers.

         Official Florida Statutes, as amended, Chapter 607, Section 607.0850
authorizes the indemnification of officers, directors, employees and agents
under certain circumstances.

         Article IV of the Company's Restated Articles of Incorporation
provides that the Company has the power to indemnify its directors, officers,
and other employees to the fullest extent permitted by law.  Article XII of the
Company's By-Laws further provides that the Company shall indemnify to the
fullest extent permitted by current or future legislation or current or future
judicial or administrative decisions (to the extent such future legislation or
decisions permit the Company to provide broader indemnification rights than
permitted prior to such legislation or decisions), each person who is a party
or witness to any proceeding (whether civil, criminal, administrative or
investigative) against any liability (including any judgment, settlement,
penalty or fine) or cost, charge or expense (including reasonable expenses
incurred in defending such actions) by reason of the fact that such indemnified
person is or was a director, officer or employee of the Company, or is or was
an agent as to whom the Company has agreed to grant such indemnification, or is
or was serving at the request of the Company as a director, officer or employee
of another corporation, trust or enterprise.

         Since November 6, 1964, there has been in effect a directors and
officers liability insurance policy which, commencing November 6, 1986, has
been with the Federal Insurance Company.  The coverage extends to wrongful acts
such as breach of duty and negligence, but does not extend to acts proven to be
dishonest.  Currently, the coverage is subject to a deductible amount of
$750,000 with a policy limit of $25,000,000.  The Company pays the premiums for
this policy.

Item 7.  Exemption from Registration Claimed

         Not applicable.

Item 8.  Exhibits.

         See Exhibit Index.

Item 9.  Undertakings.

         (a)     The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:

                 (1)      To file, during any period in which offers or sales
are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:

                          (i)     To include any prospectus required by section
10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;

                          (ii)    To reflect in the prospectus any facts or
events arising after the effective date of the registration statement (or the
most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the
aggregate, represents a fundamental change in the information set forth in the
registration statement;





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                          (iii)   To include any material information with
respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the
registration statement or any material change to such information in the
registration statement;

         PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not
apply if the registration statement is on Form S-3 or Form S-8 and the
information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those
paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed by the registrant pursuant to
Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are
incorporated by reference in the registration statement.

                 (2)      That, for the purpose of determining any liability
under the Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be
deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered
therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial bona fide offering thereof.

                 (3)      To remove from registration by means of a
post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain
unsold at the termination of the offering.

         (b)     The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for
purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each
filing of the registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section
15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each
filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in the
registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities
at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

         (c)     Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the
Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling
persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise,
the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and
Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed
in the Securities Act of 1933 and is, therefore, unenforceable.  In the event
that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the
payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer
or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any
action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or
controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the
registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been
settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction
the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as
expressed in the Securities Act of 1933 and will be governed by the final
adjudication of such issue.





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                                  SIGNATURES



         The Registrant.  Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of
1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that
it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused
this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Miami, State of Florida, on the 31st
day of July, 1995.

                                           RYDER SYSTEM, INC.
                                           (Registrant)


                                           By:  M. ANTHONY BURNS    
                                                --------------------
                                                M. Anthony Burns
                                                Chairman of the Board,
                                                President and
                                                Chief Executive Officer


                              --------------------

         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the
capacities and on the date indicated.


<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
             Name                                     Title                                Date
             ----                                     -----                                ----
<S>                                      <C>                                       <C>
M. ANTHONY BURNS                         Chairman of the Board,
- ----------------------                   President and                                            
M. Anthony Burns                         Chief Executive Officer                                  
                                         (Principal Executive Officer)             July 31, 1995  
                                                                                                  

EDWIN A. HUSTON                          Senior Executive Vice
- ----------------------                   President - Finance and                                 
Edwin A. Huston                          Chief Financial Officer                                 
                                         (Principal Financial Officer)             July 31, 1995 
                                                                                                 

ANTHONY G. TEGNELIA                      Senior Vice President and
- ----------------------                   Controller (Principal                                   
Anthony G. Tegnelia                      Accounting Officer)                       July 31, 1995 
                                                                                                 
</TABLE>                                 





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<TABLE>
<S>                                                <C>                             <C>
ARTHUR H. BERNSTEIN                                Director                        July 31, 1995
- ----------------------                                                                          
Arthur H. Bernstein*


JOSEPH L. DIONNE                                   Director                        July 31, 1995
- ----------------------                                                                          
Joseph L. Dionne*


EDWARD T. FOOTE II                                 Director                        July 31, 1995
- ----------------------                                                                          
Edward T. Foote II*


                                                   Director                        July 31, 1995
- ----------------------                                                                          
John A. Georges


VERNON E. JORDAN, JR.                              Director                        July 31, 1995
- ----------------------                                                                          
Vernon E. Jordan, Jr.*


DAVID T. KEARNS                                    Director                        July 31, 1995
- ----------------------                                                                          
David T. Kearns*


LYNN M. MARTIN                                     Director                        July 31, 1995
- ----------------------                                                                           
Lynn M. Martin*


JAMES W. MCLAMORE                                  Director                        July 31, 1995
- ----------------------                                                                          
James W. McLamore*


PAUL J. RIZZO                                      Director                        July 31, 1995
- ----------------------                                                                          
Paul J. Rizzo*


HICKS B. WALDRON                                   Director                        July 31, 1995
- ----------------------                                                                          
Hicks B. Waldron*
</TABLE>




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<TABLE>
<S>                                                <C>                             <C>
ALVA O. WAY                                        Director                        July 31, 1995
- ----------------------                                                                          
Alva O. Way*


MARK H. WILLES                                     Director                        July 31, 1995
- ----------------------                                                                          
Mark H. Willes*


YASMINE B. ZYNE       
- ----------------------
*By:  Yasmine B. Zyne
      Attorney-in-Fact
</TABLE>





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                                 EXHIBIT INDEX


<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Exhibit                                                                                        Registration
Table                                                                                            Statement
Number           Exhibit                                                                           Page     
- ------           -------                                                                       ------------
<S>              <C>                                                                                <C>    
(4)              Instruments defining the rights of security
                 holders, including indentures:

                 (a)      By-Laws of the Company, as amended through
                          November 23, 1993, previously filed with the
                          Commission as an exhibit to the Company's
                          Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year
                          ended December 31, 1993, are incorporated
                          by reference herein.                                                      *

                 (b)      Restated Articles of Incorporation of the
                          Company, dated November 8, 1985, as amended
                          through May 18, 1990, previously filed with the
                          Commission as an exhibit to the Company's Annual
                          Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
                          December 31, 1990, are incorporated by reference
                          herein.                                                                   *

                 (c)      Rights Agreement between the Company and First
                          Chicago Trust Company of New York (then named
                          Morgan Guaranty Trust Company of New York) dated
                          as of February 28, 1986, previously filed with the
                          Commission as an exhibit to the Company's Registration
                          Statement on Form 8-A dated March 7, 1986, is
                          incorporated by reference herein.                                         *
</TABLE>




____________________
         *  Incorporated by reference as indicated herein.





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                                 EXHIBIT INDEX
                                  (continued)

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Exhibit                                                                                        Registration
Table                                                                                            Statement
Number           Exhibit                                                                           Page     
- ------           -------                                                                       ------------
<S>              <C>                                                                                <C>    
                 (d)      The Amendment to Rights Agreement between the
                          Company and First Chicago Trust Company of New York
                          dated as of July 28, 1989, previously filed with the
                          Commission as an exhibit to the Company's Amendment
                          to Application or Report on Form 8-K dated August 2, 1989
                          is incorporated herein by reference.                                      *

(5)              Opinions re legality:

                 (a)      Opinion of James M. Herron, Esq., Senior                                 11
                          Executive Vice President and General Counsel
                          of the Company.                                                          

(15)             Letter re unaudited interim financial information:

                 (a)      Letter from KPMG Peat Marwick LLP concerning                             13
                          unaudited interim financial information.                                 

(23)             Consents of experts and counsel:

                 (a)      Consent of KPMG Peat Marwick LLP,                                        14
                          Independent Certified Public Accountants.

                 (b)      Consent of Counsel for the Company is
                          included in Exhibit (5)(a).
</TABLE>


____________________
         *  Incorporated by reference as indicated herein.





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                                 EXHIBIT INDEX
                                  (continued)

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Exhibit                                                                                        Registration
Table                                                                                            Statement
Number           Exhibit                                                                           Page     
- ------           -------                                                                       ------------
<S>              <C>                                                                                <C>    
(24)             Powers of Attorney:

                 (a) Arthur H. Bernstein                                                            15
                 (b) Joseph L. Dionne                                                               16
                 (c) Edward T. Foote II                                                             17
                 (d) Vernon E. Jordan, Jr.                                                          18
                 (e) David T. Kearns                                                                19
                 (f) Lynn M. Martin                                                                 20
                 (g) James W. McLamore                                                              21
                 (h) Paul J. Rizzo                                                                  22
                 (i) Hicks B. Waldron                                                               23
                 (j) Alva O. Way                                                                    24
                 (k) Mark H. Willes                                                                 25

(28)             Information from reports furnished to state
                 insurance regulatory authorities:
                 None


(99)             Additional exhibits:
                 None
</TABLE>





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                                                                    EXHIBIT 5(a)





July 31, 1995


Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C.  20549

Re:      OPINION OF COUNSEL FOR REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM S-8 OF
         RYDER SYSTEM, INC.

Gentlemen:

I have acted as counsel for Ryder System, Inc. (the "Company") in connection
with its registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, through the
filing of a Registration Statement on Form S-8, of 500,000 shares of the
Company's common stock, $.50 par value ("Common Stock"), to be offered for
purchase by employees under the Company's Stock for Merit Increase Replacement
Plan (the "Plan") and in connection with the issuance by the Company of the
preferred share purchase rights attached to such shares (the "Rights").  In the
course thereof, I have examined such records of the Company, certificates of
officers of the Company, and other documents as I have deemed relevant and
necessary as a basis for the opinions set forth below.

In giving the opinions expressed below, I do not purport to be an expert in the
laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of Florida and the United States.

Based upon the foregoing, and relying upon statements of fact contained in the
documents referred to, I am of the opinion that:

1.       All necessary corporate action with respect to the authorization of
the shares of Common Stock and the Rights under the Plan has been taken by the
Company; and

2.       Such shares of Common Stock, when issued or transferred from treasury
shares upon exercise of options or awards under the Plan, and the Rights issued
in connection with such shares, will be legally issued, fully paid, and non-
assessable.
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Securities and Exchange Commission
July 31, 1995
Page 2



I hereby consent to the filing of a copy of this opinion as an exhibit to the
Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed in connection with the registration of
the aforementioned 500,000 shares and to the use of my name therein.


                                                   Yours sincerely,



                                                   James M. Herron

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                                                                   EXHIBIT 15(a)

The Board of Directors
Ryder System, Inc.:


Ladies and Gentlemen:

Re:  Form S-8 Registration Statement for the Ryder System, Inc. Stock for Merit
     Increase Replacement Plan


With respect to the subject registration statement, we acknowledge our
awareness of the use therein of our report dated April 20, 1995, related to our
review of interim financial information.

Pursuant to Rule 436(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, such report is not
considered a part of a registration statement prepared or certified by an
accountant or a report prepared or certified by an accountant within the
meaning of Sections 7 and 11 of the Act.

                                             Very truly yours,      
                                                                    
                                                                    
                                             KPMG Peat Marwick LLP  
                                                                    
                                             
Miami, Florida                                                      
July 31, 1995          


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                                                                   EXHIBIT 23(a)

                        INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT
                        -----------------------------


The Board of Directors
Ryder System, Inc.:


We consent to the use of our audit report dated February 7, 1995, which report
is incorporated by reference in the Annual Report on Form 10-K of Ryder System,
Inc. for the year ended December 31, 1994, which Form 10-K is incorporated into
this Registration Statement on Form S-8, for the Ryder System, Inc. Stock for
Merit Increase Replacement Plan, by reference.  Our audit report refers to a
change in the method of accounting for income taxes and for postretirement
benefits other than pensions in 1993.


                                                KPMG Peat Marwick LLP

Miami, Florida
July 31, 1995

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                                                                   EXHIBIT 24(a)


                               POWER OF ATTORNEY



KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the person whose signature appears below
constitutes and appoints James M. Herron, Edward R. Henderson and Yasmine B.
Zyne, and each of them, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with
full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place
and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign the Ryder System, Inc. Form S-8
Registration Statement and/or the Post-Effective Amendments to the Form S-8
Registration Statements for the Ryder System, Inc. Stock for Merit Increase
Replacement Plan and any and all amendments thereto and to file the same, with
all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, and with the New York Stock Exchange,
Chicago Stock Exchange, and Pacific Stock Exchange, granting unto each said
attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform each and
every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the
premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as they might or could do in
person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that each said attorney-in-fact and
agent, or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by
virtue thereof.


                                              /s/ Arthur H. Bernstein
                                              --------------------------
                                                  Arthur H. Bernstein


STATE OF FLORIDA          )
                          ) ss:
COUNTY OF DADE            )

Before me appeared Arthur H. Bernstein, personally known to me and known to me
to be the person described in and who executed the foregoing instrument, and
acknowledged to and before me this 17th day of February, 1995 that he or she
executed said instrument for the purposes therein expressed.

                                              Witness my hand and official seal:


                                                    Lourdes Palomares
                                               ----------------------------
                                                      Notary Public

My commission expires:



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                                                                   EXHIBIT 24(b)



                               POWER OF ATTORNEY



KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the person whose signature appears below
constitutes and appoints James M. Herron, Edward R. Henderson and Yasmine B.
Zyne, and each of them, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with
full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place
and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign the Ryder System, Inc. Form S-8
Registration Statements and/or the Post-Effective Amendments to the Form S-8
Registration Statements for the Ryder System, Inc. Stock for Merit Increase
Replacement Plan and the Ryder System, Inc.  1995 Stock Incentive Plan and any
and all amendments thereto and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and
other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, and with the New York Stock Exchange, Chicago Stock Exchange, and
Pacific Stock Exchange, granting unto each said attorney-in-fact and agent full
power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite
and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and
purposes as they might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming
all that each said attorney-in-fact and agent, or his substitute or
substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue thereof.


                                                /s/ Joseph L. Dionne
                                             ---------------------------
                                                    Joseph L. Dionne


STATE OF FLORIDA          )
                          ) ss:
COUNTY OF DADE            )

Before me personally appeared Joseph L. Dionne, to me known and known to me to
be the person described in and who executed the foregoing instrument, and
acknowledged to and before me that he executed said instrument for the purposes
therein expressed.

WITNESS my hand and official seal this 15th day of June, 1995.


                                                      Lourdes Palomares
                                                -----------------------------
                                                    Notary Public
                                                    My Commission Expires:

(Seal)



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                                                                   EXHIBIT 24(c)




                               POWER OF ATTORNEY



KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the person whose signature appears below
constitutes and appoints James M. Herron, Edward R. Henderson and Yasmine B.
Zyne, and each of them, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with
full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place
and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign the Ryder System, Inc. Form S-8
Registration Statements and/or the Post-Effective Amendments to the Form S-8
Registration Statements for the Ryder System, Inc. Stock for Merit Increase
Replacement Plan and the Ryder System, Inc.  1995 Stock Incentive Plan and any
and all amendments thereto and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and
other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, and with the New York Stock Exchange, Chicago Stock Exchange, and
Pacific Stock Exchange, granting unto each said attorney-in-fact and agent full
power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite
and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and
purposes as they might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming
all that each said attorney-in-fact and agent, or his substitute or
substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue thereof.


                                               /s/ Edward T. Foote II
                                             ----------------------------
                                                   Edward T. Foote II


STATE OF FLORIDA          )
                          ) ss:
COUNTY OF DADE            )

Before me personally appeared Edward T. Foote II, to me known and known to me
to be the person described in and who executed the foregoing instrument, and
acknowledged to and before me that he executed said instrument for the purposes
therein expressed.

WITNESS my hand and official seal this 15th day of June, 1995.

                                                      Lourdes Palomares
                                                 ---------------------------
                                                    Notary Public
                                                    My Commission Expires:
(Seal)



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                                                                   EXHIBIT 24(d)



                               POWER OF ATTORNEY



KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the person whose signature appears below
constitutes and appoints James M. Herron, Edward R. Henderson and Yasmine B.
Zyne, and each of them, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with
full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place
and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign the Ryder System, Inc. Form S-8
Registration Statement and/or the Post-Effective Amendments to the Form S-8
Registration Statements for the Ryder System, Inc. Stock for Merit Increase
Replacement Plan and any and all amendments thereto and to file the same, with
all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, and with the New York Stock Exchange,
Chicago Stock Exchange, and Pacific Stock Exchange, granting unto each said
attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform each and
every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the
premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as they might or could do in
person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that each said attorney-in-fact and
agent, or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by
virtue thereof.


                                              /s/ Vernon E. Jordan, Jr.
                                            ------------------------------
                                                  Vernon E. Jordan, Jr.


STATE OF FLORIDA          )
                          ) ss:
COUNTY OF DADE            )

Before me appeared Vernon E. Jordan, Jr., personally known to me and known to
me to be the person described in and who executed the foregoing instrument, and
acknowledged to and before me this 17th day of February, 1995 that he or she
executed said instrument for the purposes therein expressed.


                                              Witness my hand and official seal:

                                                    Lourdes Palomares
                                              ------------------------------
                                                      Notary Public

My commission expires:



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                                                                   EXHIBIT 24(e)



                               POWER OF ATTORNEY



KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the person whose signature appears below
constitutes and appoints James M. Herron, Edward R. Henderson and Yasmine B.
Zyne, and each of them, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with
full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place
and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign the Ryder System, Inc. Form S-8
Registration Statement and/or the Post-Effective Amendments to the Form S-8
Registration Statements for the Ryder System, Inc. Stock for Merit Increase
Replacement Plan and any and all amendments thereto and to file the same, with
all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, and with the New York Stock Exchange,
Chicago Stock Exchange, and Pacific Stock Exchange, granting unto each said
attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform each and
every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the
premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as they might or could do in
person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that each said attorney-in-fact and
agent, or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by
virtue thereof.


                                                /s/ David T. Kearns
                                            -----------------------------
                                                    David T. Kearns


STATE OF FLORIDA          )
                          ) ss:
COUNTY OF DADE            )


Before me appeared David T. Kearns, personally known to me and known to me to
be the person described in and who executed the foregoing instrument, and
acknowledged to and before me this 17th day of February, 1995 that he or she
executed said instrument for the purposes therein expressed.

                                              Witness my hand and official seal:

                                                     Lourdes Palomares
                                                ---------------------------
                                                       Notary Public


My commission expires:



<PAGE>   1
                                                                   EXHIBIT 24(f)



                               POWER OF ATTORNEY



KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the person whose signature appears below
constitutes and appoints James M. Herron, Edward R. Henderson and Yasmine B.
Zyne, and each of them, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with
full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place
and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign the Ryder System, Inc. Form S-8
Registration Statement and/or the Post-Effective Amendments to the Form S-8
Registration Statements for the Ryder System, Inc. Stock for Merit Increase
Replacement Plan and any and all amendments thereto and to file the same, with
all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, and with the New York Stock Exchange,
Chicago Stock Exchange, and Pacific Stock Exchange, granting unto each said
attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform each and
every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the
premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as they might or could do in
person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that each said attorney-in-fact and
agent, or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by
virtue thereof.


                                              /s/ Lynn M. Martin
                                       -----------------------------------
                                                  Lynn M. Martin


STATE OF FLORIDA          )
                          ) ss:
COUNTY OF DADE            )


Before me appeared Lynn M. Martin, personally known to me and known to me to be
the person described in and who executed the foregoing instrument, and
acknowledged to and before me this 17th day of February, 1995 that he or she
executed said instrument for the purposes therein expressed.


                                              Witness my hand and official seal:


                                                Lourdes Palomares
                                       -----------------------------------
                                                   Notary Public

My commission expires:



<PAGE>   1


                                                                   EXHIBIT 24(g)



                               POWER OF ATTORNEY



KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the person whose signature appears below
constitutes and appoints James M. Herron, Edward R. Henderson and Yasmine B.
Zyne, and each of them, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with
full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place
and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign the Ryder System, Inc. Form S-8
Registration Statement and/or the Post-Effective Amendments to the Form S-8
Registration Statements for the Ryder System, Inc. Stock for Merit Increase
Replacement Plan and any and all amendments thereto and to file the same, with
all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, and with the New York Stock Exchange,
Chicago Stock Exchange, and Pacific Stock Exchange, granting unto each said
attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform each and
every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the
premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as they might or could do in
person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that each said attorney-in-fact and
agent, or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by
virtue thereof.



                                              /s/ James W. McLamore
                                         ---------------------------------
                                                  James W. McLamore


STATE OF FLORIDA          )
                          ) ss:
COUNTY OF DADE            )

Before me appeared James W. McLamore, personally known to me and known to me to
be the person described in and who executed the foregoing instrument, and
acknowledged to and before me this 17th day of February, 1995 that he or she
executed said instrument for the purposes therein expressed.


                                              Witness my hand and official seal:


                                                 Lourdes Palomares
                                         ---------------------------------
                                                    Notary Public

My commission expires:



<PAGE>   1
                                                                   EXHIBIT 24(h)




                               POWER OF ATTORNEY



KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the person whose signature appears below
constitutes and appoints James M. Herron, Edward R. Henderson and Yasmine B.
Zyne, and each of them, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with
full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place
and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign the Ryder System, Inc. Form S-8
Registration Statement and/or the Post-Effective Amendments to the Form S-8
Registration Statements for the Ryder System, Inc. Stock for Merit Increase
Replacement Plan and any and all amendments thereto and to file the same, with
all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, and with the New York Stock Exchange,
Chicago Stock Exchange, and Pacific Stock Exchange, granting unto each said
attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform each and
every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the
premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as they might or could do in
person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that each said attorney-in-fact and
agent, or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by
virtue thereof.


                                                 /s/ Paul J. Rizzo    
                                           -----------------------------
                                                     Paul J. Rizzo


STATE OF FLORIDA          )
                          ) ss:
COUNTY OF DADE            )

Before me appeared Paul J. Rizzo, personally known to me and known to me to be
the person described in and who executed the foregoing instrument, and
acknowledged to and before me this 17th day of February, 1995 that he or she
executed said instrument for the purposes therein expressed.


                                              Witness my hand and official seal:

                                                 Lourdes Palomares
                                           -----------------------------
                                                   Notary Public


My commission expires:



<PAGE>   1
                                                                   EXHIBIT 24(i)




                               POWER OF ATTORNEY



KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the person whose signature appears below
constitutes and appoints James M. Herron, Edward R. Henderson and Yasmine B.
Zyne, and each of them, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with
full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place
and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign the Ryder System, Inc. Form S-8
Registration Statement and/or the Post-Effective Amendments to the Form S-8
Registration Statements for the Ryder System, Inc. Stock for Merit Increase
Replacement Plan and any and all amendments thereto and to file the same, with
all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, and with the New York Stock Exchange,
Chicago Stock Exchange, and Pacific Stock Exchange, granting unto each said
attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform each and
every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the
premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as they might or could do in
person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that each said attorney-in-fact and
agent, or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by
virtue thereof.


                                              /s/ Hicks B. Waldron
                                        ---------------------------------
                                                  Hicks B. Waldron


STATE OF FLORIDA          )
                          ) ss:
COUNTY OF DADE            )

Before me appeared Hicks B. Waldron, personally known to me and known to me to
be the person described in and who executed the foregoing instrument, and
acknowledged to and before me this 17th day of February, 1995 that he or she
executed said instrument for the purposes therein expressed.


                                              Witness my hand and official seal:

                                                Lourdes Palomares
                                        ---------------------------------
                                                   Notary Public

My commission expires:


<PAGE>   1
                                                                   EXHIBIT 24(j)



                               POWER OF ATTORNEY



KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the person whose signature appears below
constitutes and appoints James M. Herron, Edward R. Henderson and Yasmine B.
Zyne, and each of them, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with
full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place
and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign the Ryder System, Inc. Form S-8
Registration Statement and/or the Post-Effective Amendments to the Form S-8
Registration Statements for the Ryder System, Inc. Stock for Merit Increase
Replacement Plan and any and all amendments thereto and to file the same, with
all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, and with the New York Stock Exchange,
Chicago Stock Exchange, and Pacific Stock Exchange, granting unto each said
attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform each and
every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the
premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as they might or could do in
person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that each said attorney-in-fact and
agent, or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by
virtue thereof.


                                                  /s/ Alva O. Way
                                            ----------------------------
                                                      Alva O. Way


STATE OF FLORIDA          )
                          ) ss:
COUNTY OF DADE            )

Before me appeared Alva O. Way, personally known to me and known to me to be
the person described in and who executed the foregoing instrument, and
acknowledged to and before me this 17th day of February, 1995 that he or she
executed said instrument for the purposes therein expressed.


                                              Witness my hand and official seal:

                                                   Loudes Palomares
                                            ----------------------------
                                                     Notary Public

My commission expires:



<PAGE>   1
                                                                   EXHIBIT 24(k)




                               POWER OF ATTORNEY



KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the person whose signature appears below
constitutes and appoints James M. Herron, Edward R. Henderson and Yasmine B.
Zyne, and each of them, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with
full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place
and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign the Ryder System, Inc. Form S-8
Registration Statement and/or the Post-Effective Amendments to the Form S-8
Registration Statements for the Ryder System, Inc. Stock for Merit Increase
Replacement Plan and any and all amendments thereto and to file the same, with
all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, and with the New York Stock Exchange,
Chicago Stock Exchange, and Pacific Stock Exchange, granting unto each said
attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform each and
every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the
premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as they might or could do in
person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that each said attorney-in-fact and
agent, or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by
virtue thereof.


                                                  /s/ Mark H. Willes
                                            ---------------------------------
                                                      Mark H. Willes


STATE OF FLORIDA          )
                          ) ss:
COUNTY OF DADE            )


Before me appeared Mark H. Willes, personally known to me and known to me to be
the person described in and who executed the foregoing instrument, and
acknowledged to and before me this 17th day of February, 1995 that he or she
executed said instrument for the purposes therein expressed.


                                              Witness my hand and official seal:


                                                    Loudes Palomares
                                            ---------------------------------
                                                      Notary Public

My commission expires:




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