SPECIAL POWER OF ATTORNEY
I, John J. (Jack) Anton, of 201 Locust Street, City of San
Francisco, County of San Francisco, State of California,
hereby appoint Jennifer W. Pileggi, David L. Slate and
Gary S. Cullen, individually, as my attorney-in-fact to act
in my name, place and stead to do any and all of the
following regarding my holding of or transactions in securities
of CNF Inc., a Delaware corporation (the Company):
a) To prepare, based upon information provided by me, any
or all of the below listed forms:
Form 3, Initial Statement of Beneficial Ownership of Securities;
Form 4, Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership;
Form 5, Annual Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership
; or
Form 144, Notice of Proposed Sale of Securities.
b) To execute any or all Forms 3, 4, 5 or 144 on my behalf.
c) To file Forms 3, 4, 5 or 144 with the Securities and Exchange
 Commission, the New York Stock Exchange and the Company,
in a timely manner and following proper filing procedures.
d) To take such other actions as necessary or desirable
to effectuate the foregoing.
The rights, powers and authority of my attorney-in-fact to
exercise any and all of the rights and powers herein granted
shall commence and be in full force and effect beginning on
the date of execution of this Special Power of Attorney and
shall remain in full force and effect until the earlier to occur of
the following: (1) such time as I revoke this Special Power
of Attorney; (2) such time as I am no longer a reporting person
with respect to Company securities under Section 16 of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934;  or (3) as to each of the
above-named attorney-in-fact, such time as such attorney-in-fact
ceases to serve as an officer of the Company.
Date:3/11/05  /s/John J (Jack) Anton
State of California)
                   ) ss.
County of San Francisco)
On 3/11/2005 before me, Jimmy Phan Notary Public,
personally appeared John H. Anton, personally known to me
or proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence) to be
the person whose name is subscribed on the within instrument and
acknowledged to me that he executed the same in his authorized
capacity.
WITNESS my hand and official seal.

/s/ Jimmy Phan, Notary Public