Exhibit (24)(a)

THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY
REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM S-3
POWER OF ATTORNEY

Each undersigned officer and/or director of The Procter & Gamble Company, an Ohio corporation (the “Registrant”), does hereby make, constitute and appoint Clayton C. Daley, Jr., Jon R. Moeller, and James J. Johnson, and each of them, as attorney-in-fact and agents of the undersigned, each with full power of substitution and resubstitution, with the full power to execute and file:

	(i)		the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (the “Form S-3 Registration Statement”) with respect to the registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, of debt securities of the Registrant, as may be revised in accordance with the Company resolution entitled “Authorize S-3 Registration Statement for Debt Securities and Guarantees”;
	(ii)		any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to the Form S-3 Registration Statement, any registration statement relating to the offering covered by this Form S-3 Registration Statement and filed pursuant to Rule 462 under the Securities Act of 1933, and any exhibits thereto; and
	(iii)		any and all applications or other documents to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission or any state securities commission or other regulatory authority with respect to the securities covered by the Form S-3 Registration Statement or any and all amendments thereto, with full power and authority to do and perform any and all acts and things whatsoever necessary, appropriate or desirable to be done in the premises, or in the name, place and stead of the said director and/or officer, hereby ratifying and approving the acts of each of said attorney-in-fact and agents or their substitute or substitutes.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has subscribed to the above as of August 14, 2007.

Signature		Title
/s/ A.G. Lafley   A.G. Lafley		Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ Clayton C. Daley, Jr.   Clayton C. Daley, Jr.		Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer)
/s/ Valarie L. Sheppard   Valarie L. Sheppard		Comptroller (Principal Accounting Officer)
/s/ Norman R. Augustine   Norman R. Augustine		Director

Signature		Title
/s/ Bruce L. Byrnes   Bruce L. Byrnes		Director
/s/ Scott D. Cook   Scott D. Cook		Director
/s/ Joseph T. Gorman   Joseph T. Gorman		Director
/s/ Rajat K. Gupta   Rajat K. Gupta		Director
/s/ Charles R. Lee   Charles R. Lee		Director
/s/ Lynn M. Martin   Lynn M. Martin		Director
/s/ W. James McNerney, Jr.   W. James McNerney, Jr.		Director
/s/ Johnathan A. Rodgers   Johnathan A. Rodgers		Director
/s/ John F. Smith, Jr.   John F. Smith, Jr.		Director
/s/ Ralph Snyderman   Ralph Snyderman		Director
/s/ Margaret C. Whitman   Margaret C. Whitman		Director
/s/ Ernesto Zedillo   Ernesto Zedillo		Director