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...Coolidge as the guest of Mrs. Jardine attended the advance showing of the Department of Agriculture's annual Chrysanthemum Show; she received at the White House Donna Antoinette de Martino, wife of the Italian Ambassador to the U. S., Countess Volpi, and Henry P. Fletcher, U. S. Ambassador to Italy; Joe Nevin, "typical boy," called on Mrs. Coolidge and told her of plans for model boys' clubs; she received some 500 Vassar alumnae meeting at Washington...
...Italian Debt Mission, headed by Count Volpi, last week got down to business with the American Debt Commission, headed by Secretary Mellon. Observers remarked that the Italians appear to be a new kind of debtor-different at least from the other major debtors who have come to Washington to arrange their debts...
Intentions. At the opening of the negotiations Mr. Mellon said to Count Volpi: "In negotiating with you a settlement of the debt, this Commission will apply the principle of Italy's capacity to pay and will give due weight to the special conditions existing in your situation. We shall, I am sure, come to terms which will be within Italy's power to fulfill without undue pressure upon her or her people, and which will also recognize the sacrifices made by the American taxpayer in the advances to our Treasury...
...accordance with Fascismo's policy of utter secrecy, the final Italian debt terms were withheld by Count Volpi even from the members of his own commission up to the time of sailing. Correspondents, eager for an official announcement, were ingeniously informed that "Count Volpi owes it to the American Debt Commission, as an act of deference, to inform it of Italy's proposals by word of mouth instead of through the medium of the press...
...Count Volpi's name is cognate with the Italian word "volpe", which means fox, cunning person, foxy person...