POWER OF ATTORNEY


The undersigned, being a person required to file statements
under Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as amended (the "Exchange Act"), and Section 30(f) of the
Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the "1940 Act"),
with respect to DTF Tax-Free Income Inc. (the "Fund"), a
corporation organized under the laws of the State of Maryland,
does hereby appoint Maria G. Master, Marguerite E.H. Morrison,
Richard Wirth, Grace Torres and Jack Benintende, and each of
them, as his attorney-in-fact to execute, timely file with the
Securities and Exchange Commission and deliver to the New York
Stock Exchange, Inc. and the Fund, statements of Form 3, Form 4
and Form 5, as required by the Exchange Act and 1940 Act, and
to take such other actions as such attorney-in-fact may deem
necessary or appropriate in connection with such statements,
and hereby confirms and ratifies all actions that such
attorney-in-fact my take in reliance hereon.  The undersigned
acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in
such capacity at the request of the undersigned are not assuming
any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section
16 of the Exchange Act.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has duly executed this power of
attorney on  21st  of August, 2002.




/s/Francis E. Jeffries
Francis E. Jeffries

/s/E. Virgil Conway
E. Virgil Conway

/s/William W. Crawford
William W. Crawford

/s/William N. Georgeson
William N. Georgeson

/s/Philip R. McLoughlin
Philip R. McLoughlin

/s/Everett L. Morris
Everett L. Morris

/s/Eileen A. Moran
Eileen A. Moran

/s/Richard A. Pavia
Richard A. Pavia

/s/Harry Dalzell-Payne
Harry Dalzell-Payne

/s/Timothy M. Heaney
Timothy M. Heaney

/s/James D. Wehr
James D. Wehr

/s/Alan Meder
Alan Meder