EXHIBIT 23(Q)(1)

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

                               CLIPPER FUND, INC.
                                       AND
                               CLIPPER FUNDS TRUST


KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned constitutes and appoints
Kenneth Eich and Thomas Tays, and each of them, as the undersigned's
attorneys-in-fact, each with the power of substitution, for him or her in any
and all capacities, to sign any registration statement or post-effective
amendments to the registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933 and/or
the Investment Company Act of 1940, whether on Form N-1A, N-14, or any successor
forms thereof, and to file the same, with exhibits thereto and other documents
in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission and all
other applicable state or federal regulatory authorities. Each of the
undersigned hereby ratifies and confirms all that each of the aforenamed
attorneys-in-fact, or his substitute or substitutes, may do or cause to be done
by virtue hereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed this Power of Attorney as of
the date listed below.

DIRECTOR:


                                                   DATE:    December 19, 2005
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James H. Gipson

(In the case of James H. Gipson only, this Power
of  Attorney will expire on December31, 2005)

                                                   DATE:    December 19, 2005
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F. Otis Booth

                                                   DATE:    December 19, 2005
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Lawrence P. McNamee

                                                   DATE:    December 19, 2005
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Norman B. Williamson

                                                   DATE:    December 19, 2005
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Steven N. Kearsley

                                                   DATE:    December 19, 2005
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Lawrence E. Harris