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EXHIBIT 32

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the Quarterly Report of The Dial Corporation (the Company)
on Form 10-Q for the period ending September 27, 2003 as filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the Report), I,
Herbert M. Baum, Chief Executive Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to
18 U.S.C. § 1350, as adopted pursuant to § 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of
2002, that:



| | (1) |  | The Report fully complies with the requirements of section
13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and                               
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| | (2) |  | The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all
material respects, the financial condition and results of operations
of the Company.

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|/s/ Herbert M. Baum    
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|Herbert M. Baum        
|Chief Executive Officer
|November 5, 2003       

A signed original of this written statement required by Section 906 or other
document authenticating, acknowledging or otherwise adopting the signature that
appears in typed form within the electronic version of this written statement
required by Section 906, has been provided to The Dial Corporation and will be
retained by The Dial Corporation and furnished to the Securities and Exchange
Commission or its staff upon request.





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CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the Quarterly Report of The Dial Corporation (the Company)
on Form 10-Q for the period ending September 27, 2003 as filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the Report), I, Conrad
A. Conrad, Chief Financial Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18
U.S.C. § 1350, as adopted pursuant to § 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002,
that:



| | (1) |  | The Report fully complies with the requirements of section
13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and                               
| | --- |  | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|
| | (2) |  | The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in
all material respects, the financial condition and results of
operations of the Company.

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|/s/ Conrad A. Conrad   
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|Conrad A. Conrad       
|Chief Financial Officer
|November 5, 2003       

A signed original of this written statement required by Section 906 or other
document authenticating, acknowledging or otherwise adopting the signature that
appears in typed form within the electronic version of this written statement
required by Section 906, has been provided to The Dial Corporation and will be
retained by The Dial Corporation and furnished to the Securities and Exchange
Commission or its staff upon request.