LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY
                                   Director


     I, Gordon Bethune, the undersigned, effective as of the date written
below, do hereby constitute and appoint each officer of Sprint Corporation
("Sprint"), properly elected and serving in the capacity of General Counsel,
Corporate Secretary,  or Assistant  Corporate Secretary of Sprint,  signing
singly, my true  and  lawful attorneys-in-fact,  solely for the purpose of
preparing and executing Forms 3, 4 and 5 for and on my  behalf  and  filing
such  forms with the  Securities  and Exchange  Commission and the New York
Stock Exchange in compliance  with Section 16 of the Securities  Exchange Act
of 1934 and rules promulgated  thereunder in connection with  transactions in
securities or derivative  securities of Sprint.  The term of this  appointment
shall expire on the date one year  plus 45 days after my status as an executive
officer, director, or 10% shareholder of Sprint ceases unless earlier
expressly revoked by me.

     I  acknowledge  that my  appointment  of these  attorneys-in-fact
does not eliminate my responsibility to comply with Section 16 of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have signed this Limited Power of Attorney
as of the 4th day of March 2004.





                                 /s/ GORDON BETHUNE

STATE OF TEXAS

COUNTY OF HARRIS

Subscribed and sworn to before me, a Notary Public, this 4th day of March
2004.

/s/ KAY ELLEN JENNETT

Notary Public

My Commission Expires:

October 30, 2007