ABSTRACT
The war demanded an army, and the army a draft. Even before the United States entered the war Walter Lippmann had warned Woodrow Wilson that an all-volunteer army was too risky: it would unleash jingoism, hatred for the "Hun," and stir up a "newspaper campaign of manufactured hatred". Lippmann was euphoric. With the war, his new job and his impending marriage, he was beginning a different life. During his frequent trips to Washington for the New Republic (NR) Lippmann had often stopped by the House of Truth for a meal and a rundown of politics. Lippmann won over by Holmes's irony and wit, his graceful manners and irreverent tongue, took a special pleasure in being one of the young men the justice delighted in. Part of Lippmann's job was to serve as one of the three government representatives on the Cantonment Adjustment Board, designed to deal with labor grievances arising from the construction of some thirty military training camps.
