UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549

FORM 4

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

o Check this box if no longer
subject to Section 16.
Form 4 or Form 5
obligations may continue.
See Instruction 1(b).
1. Name and Address of Reporting
Person* (Last, First, Middle)		 2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check All Applicable)
  Lochner, Philip
  CLARCOR Inc. (CLC)
  x  Director
o  10% Owner		 o  Officer (give title below)
o  Other (specify below)
  2323 Sixth Street PO 7007
(Street)
 3. Date of Earliest Transaction
(MM/DD/YYYY)		   <%=formData.OfficerRelationshipDescription%><%=formData.OtherRelationshipDescription%>
    03/23/2004
6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing
(Check Applicable Line)
  Rockford, IL 61125
(City)         (State)        (Zip)
 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed
(MM/DD/YYYY)		  
x Form filed by One Reporting Person
o Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
   
     
                   
Reminder:   Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly.
 
*   If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see instruction 4(b)(v).
 

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security
(Instr. 3)		 2. Transaction
Date
(MM/DD/YYYY)		 2a. Deemed
Execution
Date, if any.
(MM/DD/YYYY)		 3. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)		 4. Securities
Acquired (A) or
Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		 5. Amount
of Securities
Beneficially
Owned
Following
Reported
Transactions(s)
(Instr. 3 and 4)		 6. Ownership
Form:
Direct (D)
or
Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)		 7. Nature of
Indirect
Beneficial
Ownership
(Instr. 4)
              Code V  Equity Swap   Amount (A)
or
(D)		 Price            
  Common Stock Par Value $1.00    03/23/2004      J (1)   No   790.0000    A    $41.1400    6877.0000    D     

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
  (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative
Security
(Instr. 3)		 2. Conversion or Exercise
Price of Derivative
Security		    3. Transaction
Date
(MM/DD/YYYY)		 3a. Deemed Execution
Date, if any
(MM/DD/YYYY)		 4. Transaction
Code
(Instr. 8)		 5. Number of
Derivative Securities
Acquired (A)
or
Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4 and 5)
                      Code V Equity
Swap		   Amount (A)/(D)
  Common Stock Par Value $1.00    $41.1400    03/23/2004        A (2)   No    3750.0000  A 

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned - Continued
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
6. Date Exercisable and
Expiration Date
(MM/DD/YYYY)		 7. Title and Amount
of Underlying Securities
(Instr. 3 and 4)		 8. Price of Derivative
Security
(Instr. 5)		 9. Number of Derivative
Securities Beneficially Owned
Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 4)		 10. Ownership Form of
Derivative Security:
Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)		 11. Nature of
Indirect
Beneficial
Ownership
(Instr. 4)
  Date
Exercisable		 Expiration
Date		   Title Amount or
Number of
Shares		                        
  03/23/2004  03/22/2014    Common Stock  3750.0000    $41.1400    21600.0000    D     

Explanation of Responses:

(1) Granted pursuant to Director's Stock Compensation Plan
(2) Director's Stock Option - Right to Buy

Remarks:

Marcia S. Blaylock, By Power of Attorney   3/24/2004
**Signature of Reporting Person		  
Date

**   Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
 
 

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LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR
SECTION 16 REPORTING OBLIGATIONS


    Know all by these presents, that the undersigned's hereby makes, constitutes and appoints each of Marcia S. Blaylock and David J. Boyd, acting singly, as the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact, with full power and authority as hereinafter described on behalf of and in the name, place and stead of the undersigned to:

(1)    prepare, execute, acknowledge, deliver and file Forms 3, 4, and 5 (including any amendments thereto) with respect to the securities of CLARCOR INC., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, any national securities exchanges and the Company, as considered necessary or advisable under Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, as amended from time to time (the "Exchange Act");

(2)    seek or obtain, as the undersigned's representative and on the undersigned's behalf, information on transactions in the Company's securities from any third party, including brokers, employee benefit plan administrators and trustees, and the undersigned hereby authorizes any such person to release any such information to the undersigned and approves and ratifies any such release of information; and

(3)    perform any and all other acts which in the discretion of such attorney-in-fact are necessary or desirable for and on behalf of the undersigned in connection with the foregoing.

The undersigned acknowledges that:

(1)    this Power of Attorney authorizes, but does not require, such attorney-in-fact to act in their discretion on information provided to such attorney-in-fact without independent verification of such information;

(2)    any documents prepared and/or executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney will be in such form and will contain such information and disclosure as such attorney-in-fact, in his or her discretion, deems necessary or desirable;

(3)    neither the Company nor such attorney-in-fact assumes (i) any liability for the undersigned's responsibility to comply with the requirement of the Exchange Act, (ii) any liability of the undersigned for any failure to comply with such requirements, or (iii) any obligation or liability of the undersigned for profit disgorgement under Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act; and

(4)    this Power of Attorney does not relieve the undersigned from responsibility for compliance with the undersigned's obligations under the Exchange Act, including without limitation the reporting requirements under Section 16 of the Exchange Act.

    The undersigned hereby gives and grants each of the foregoing attorneys-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform all and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary or appropriate to be done in and about the foregoing matters as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if present, hereby ratifying all that such attorney-in-fact of, for and on behalf of the undersigned, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this Limited Power of Attorney.

    This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to such attorney-in-fact.

    IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 30th day of June, 2003.




                                                
                                                
/s/ Philip R. Lochner, Jr.            Signature


                                                
                                                
Philip R. Lochner, Jr.                Print Name



STATE OF ILLINOIS            
                
COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO                



    On this 30th day of June, 2003, Philip R. Lochner, Jr. personally appeared before me, and acknowledged that s/he executed the foregoing instrument for the purposes therein contained.

    IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and official seal.


                                                
                                                
/s/ SuzAnne Buchanan                Notary Public


                                                
                                                
SuzAnne Buchanan                My Commission Expires:04/3/2004