[ Autograph ] Louis Mountbatten 1900-1979 British naval commander andstatesman, supreme allied commander in Southeast Asia responsible forthe recapture of Burma. T.L.S. "Dickie Mountbatten' 1p. 8vo. on his monogrammed letterhead, London, June 12, 1950 to millionaire publisher Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr. In part: ''..I feel very tatteredto be offered so large a sum for the use of my name in an advertisement... not that we wouldn't like to have [Pounds] 1,500in dollars, nor that I wouldn't like to help you personally... I have made an absolute rule never to be associated with any form of advertisement, and have managed to stick by the rule...' Fine.