Norman Mailer: Works and Days

Speaking of Peace: An Edited Report of the Cultural and Scientific Conference for World Peace

The NCASP's published transcript of the 25–27 March 1949 Waldorf Conference, carrying Mailer's remarks on pages 82–83 — the authoritative text of the "Trojan horse" speech that runs through the other four 1949 Waldorf entries (49.1, 49.2a–c).

Speaking of Peace: An Edited Report of the Cultural and Scientific Conference for World Peace, New York, New York, March 25, 26 and 27, 1949. New York: National Council of Arts, Sciences and Professions.

Contains a complete transcript of the conference, including Mailer’s remarks on pages 82–83. This is the authoritative source text for the speech variously excerpted in Macdonald’s politics report (49.1), the NYT wrap-up (49.2a), Belfrage in the National Guardian (49.2b), and Lash in the New Republic (49.2c). Mailer’s own retrospective account appears in Advertisements for Myself (59.13), 409–10.

First published: 1949
Form: other
Lennon & Lennon: 49.5
Cite as: /works/1949-speaking-of-peace
Last updated: 2026-04-22