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<DESCRIPTION>POWER OF ATTORNEY
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EXECUTION COPY
POWER OF ATTORNEY

TCW Convertible Securities Fund, Inc.

The undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints Michael E.
Cahill, Linda D. Barker, Toni A. Forge, Harold H. Henderson,
Philip K. Holl, Jerry S. Plater and Lazarus N. Sun, and each of
them, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents,
each of them with full power of substitution and resubstitution,
for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any
and all capacities, to sign any or all reports and forms required
under Section 16 of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, including but not limited to all Form 3, Form 4 and Form
5 filings, and to file the same with the Securities and Exchange
Commission ("Commission") and the New York Stock Exchange,
granting unto each of said attorneys-in-fact and agents full
power and authority to do and perform each and every act and
thing necessary or appropriate to be done with respect to such
reports and forms or any amendments or supplements thereto in and
about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or
she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming
all that any of said attorneys-in-fact and agents or his or her
substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by
virtue hereof.This Power of Attorney may be terminated at any
time by the undersigned by written notice to each of the
attorneys-in-fact and the Commission; provided, however, that
such termination shall not affect the validity of any lawful
action done or performed by the attorneys-in-fact or any of them,
pursuant thereto, prior to the actual receipt of notice by the
attorneys-in-fact.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of
Attorney this _22nd_ day of August, 2002.

   /s/   Richard W. Call____________
Richard W. Call

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