86.9

“PEN Talks on Freedom of the Word.” Article by Edwin McDowell. New York Times, 16 January, Sec. C, p. 17. At a PEN Congress panel on censorship, Mailer is quoted on the possibility of the Reagan administration working to repeal the McCarran-Walter Act. See 85.1, 85.2, 85.6, 85.8, 85.9 and 1986 entries.