Sound recording of interview with Luís Salas, Papers of James W. Mangan, tape 8, side A, 5/27/1977

Title:

Sound recording of interview with Luís Salas, Papers of James W. Mangan, tape 8, side A, 5/27/1977

Duration: (min: sec):

47:17

Description:

Discussion between Luís Salas, James Mangan, and Max Skelton regarding Salas’s book and election manipulation in 1948 Senate race in Jim Wells County, Texas. Topics: Journalist Eloy Aguilar as a possible translator for Salas’s book; other steps to take: context of Watergate; commercial possibilities; translation payment, meeting Aguilar; journalists’ pursuit of Salas; statute of limitations; President Truman; Hubert Humphrey; television morning shows; vote count; George Parr’s previous support for Coke Stevenson; Salas’s conflict with Charlie Price; local power of Parr and Salas as his representative; death of Bill Mason; Salas’s entrance into politics; comparison to The Godfather; control of draft board, police departments; Salas's relationship with Parr; how the election manipulation worked; discussion about the nature of power

Contributor:

Salas, Luís; Mangan, James W.; Skelton, Max Beck

Collection:

Papers of James W. Mangan

Collection Description:

Go to List of Holdings

Series:

Sound Recordings

Location Details:

Outdoors, Houston, near Salas home

Subject:

Congressional elections; Texas; Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973; Press

Archivist's General Note:

Outdoors; a lot of it is difficult to hear; Written on cassette: “Box 13 5/27/77 side 1”

Rights:

Possibly copyright restricted