Sound recording of interview with Luís Salas, continued, Papers of James W. Mangan, tape 9, side B, circa 1977

Title:

Sound recording of interview with Luís Salas, continued, Papers of James W. Mangan, tape 9, side B, circa 1977

Duration: (min: sec):

41:21

Description:

Continued discussion between Luís Salas, James Mangan, Eloy Aguilar, and Max Skelton regarding Salas’s book and Mangan’s article, and election manipulation in 1948 Senate race in Jim Wells County, Texas. Topics: Coverage of box 13 story in Texas news; Aguilar on George Parr; political offices held by Salas; Aguilar translation percentage; Salas’s jobs at railroad telegraph service; publishing: three stages: newspaper, book, movie; Watergate books; Salas’s motivation for speaking; Mangan presents Salas with newspaper story, Salas reads and offers comments; other offers for Salas’s story; accuracy of other accounts of 1948 election; relationship between Salas and LBJ, story of LBJ at Salas’s house; poll watchers; location of book in Alice ; further discussion of article; mechanics of vote manipulation in 1940s; LBJ’s lack of support in east Texas

Contributor:

Salas, Luís; Mangan, James W.; Skelton, Max Beck; Aguilar, Eloy O.

Collection:

Papers of James W. Mangan

Collection Description:

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Series:

Sound Recordings

Location Details:

Salas home in Houston, Texas

Subject:

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

Archivist's General Note:

Written on cassette: "Salas – Aguilar”

Rights:

Possibly copyright restricted