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Sound recording of interview with Luís Salas, Papers of James W. Mangan, tape 1, side A, 7/29/1977 (Item)

; relationship between George Parr and Coke Stevenson.

Sound recording of interview with Luís Salas, continued, Papers of James W. Mangan, tape 1, side B, 7/29/1977 (Item)

Continuation of interview of Luís Salas by AP reporter James Mangan regarding Salas’s early life, entrance into politics, and disputed votes in Jim Wells County, Texas, during the 1948 Senate election. Topics: 1948 run off between LBJ and Coke

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

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

Sound recording of interview with Luís Salas, continued, Papers of James W. Mangan, tape 8, side B, 5/27/1977 (Item)

; Clarence Martens; Salas’s clerks; how many lists were created, where Salas’s list ended up, which list was seen by Coke Stevenson

Oral history transcript, Luís Salas, interview 1, 8/31/1984, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

was going to support Lyndon Johnson? S: Before the 1948 election, George came to Alice and told me, "Luís, this time we're going against Coke Stevenson. We're going to support Johnson." I didn't ask him why, because whoever George told me "we want