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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000731939-99-000017
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	DEFA14A
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		19990426

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			TEMPLE INLAND INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000731939
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	PAPERBOARD MILLS [2631]
		IRS NUMBER:				751903917
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1230

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		DEFA14A
		SEC ACT:		
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-08634
		FILM NUMBER:		99600495

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		303 S TEMPLE DR
		STREET 2:		PO DRAWER N
		CITY:			DIBOLL
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			75941
		BUSINESS PHONE:		4098295511

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		303 SOUTH TEMPLE DR
		CITY:			DIBOLL
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			75941
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TEMPLE-INLAND INC.                               Drawer N
                                            Diboll, Texas 75941
                                               (409) 829-5511


April 23, 1999

As  a  participant in the Company sponsored 401(k) plan, you  own
shares  of  Temple-Inland Inc. common  stock.   You  should  have
recently   received  the  proxy  notifying  you  of  the   annual
shareholders  meeting  to be held on May 7,  and  asking  you  to
return a signed proxy voting on proposals to be presented at  the
annual meeting.

As  a  shareholder of the Company, it is important that you  vote
and  be  represented at the meeting.  If you have  not  done  so,
please  vote  your  shares  and  return  the  signed  proxy.   We
encourage  you to vote in the manner recommended by  the  Temple-
Inland  Board of Directors FOR proposals 1, 2 and 3, and  AGAINST
proposal 4, a shareholder proposal from a representative of  LENS
recommending  hiring  an  investment banker  to  explore  various
strategies,  a  number  of which could  lead  to  disposition  of
assets,   restructuring  the  Company,  or   liquidation   of   a
substantial portion of the Company.

If  for some reason you have not received a proxy card or if  you
have  misplaced the original mailed to you, please  contact  Mary
Cavanaugh at (409) 829-1306 for a replacement.

Thank you for your vote and support of Temple-Inland.


Clifford J. Grum,                       William B. Howes
Chairman, CEO                           Chairman, CEO
Temple-Inland Inc.                      Inland Paperboard and
                                        Packaging, Inc.


Kenneth M. Jastrow, II                  Harold C. Maxwell,
President and COO                       Chairman, CEO
Temple-Inland Inc.                      Temple-Inland Forest
                                        Products Corporation


                                        Kenneth R. Dubuque,
                                        President, CEO
                                        Temple-Inland Financial
                                        Services Inc.

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