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                                                     Exhibit 1



                             JOINT FILING AGREEMENT

     In  accordance  with Rule 13d-1 (f) under the  Securities  Exchange  Act of
1934,  as amended,  the  undersigned  hereby  agree to the joint filing with all
other Reporting Entities (as such term is defined in the Schedule 13G) on behalf
of each of them of a statement on Schedule 13G  (including  amendments  thereto)
with respect to the Common Stock,  $1.00 par value per share,  of Capital
Southwest, and that this  Agreement be included as an Exhibit to such joint
filing. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts  all of
which taken together shall constitute one and the same instrument.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned hereby execute this Agreement this 3rd
day of February, 2003.

                                          THIRD AVENUE MANAGEMENT LLC

                                          By:/s/ MARTIN J. WHITMAN
                                          --------------------------
                                          Martin J. Whitman
                                          Chairman and Chief Executive Officer


                                          /s/   MARTIN J. WHITMAN
                                          --------------------------
                                          Martin J. Whitman



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