Sworn Affidavit of Norman Mailer (1953)
Mailer's 1953 sworn deposition - printed in Charles Rembar's The Law of the Land - defending the loyalty of his father, Isaac Barnett Mailer, before the Civil Service Commission.
The sworn affidavit of Norman Mailer, dated 7 January 1953, printed in Charles Rembar‘s The Law of the Land (Simon and Schuster, 1980). Mailer’s deposition concerns the loyalty of his father, Isaac Barnett Mailer, a War Department accountant whose Civil Service position was under review; Mailer’s testimony cleared him without a hearing. Mailer states he is not a “concealed Communist” but “admittedly and openly a dissident from the conventional and generally accepted attitudes about America and its position in the world today.”