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  • was on President Harry S. Truman's order. "It stuck out like a sore thumb. campaign train elsewhere in Texas. DurAlso, the last 2D2names were made with ing a campaign stop in Temple, Truman the same colored ink, and In the same brought Johnson to his side
  • ; campaign styles of LBJ, Coke Stevenson; meeting with George Parr in San Diego, TX; addition of names to the tally list; previous Coke Stevenson election wins; cessation of investigation; Harry Truman, LBJ, George Parr meeting on train; Truman pardon of Parr
  • out more and more of tale Sala ■' charges, bed." for the sake of history. he began to let of His kealth Mangan then began a ca111>ai9nto convince individ•al ■ The few other Be was worrie• from frien•s Mangan the story eventually in what
  • of 1948 election; possible indictment of clerks; Ed Lloyd; possible consequences of investigation; Truman train boarding was not in Corsicana; Presidential logs at Truman Library; Givens Parr; changes in Salas’s story; George Parr’s money; vote count
  • and Salas's belief of involvement by President Truman; impact of Box 13 and persistent rumors around the election; Salas's book; responses from investigator Kellis Dibbrell and John Broderick, former editor of Alice, TX, newspaper; LBJ Library release of 5000
  • : Local fallout from 1948 election and investigation; Corsicana may have been Truman train disembarkation point; Salas leaves politics in 1950 and moves, returns to Alice in 1958; Parr makes accusation against Salas in 1952; recap of timeline of count
  • . Topics: Salas’s role in election; timeline of vote count; San Diego meeting with George Parr, LBJ; usual practice of election manipulation; Truman train visit in Corsicana and Supreme Court halt of investigation; Texas Rangers at Salas’s house; Salas
  • 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
  • votes; investigation; Parr, LBJ, others join President Truman campaign train in Corsicana, Justice Hugo Black ends investigation same day; during investigation Salas visited by LBJ then Texas Rangers; Salas lied during investigation; Salas no longer