ABSTRACT
Walter Lippmann's move into Woodrow Wilson's camp was greatly eased by the President's decision to embrace such Progressive legislation as farm credits, a child labor law, and an eight-hour day for railroad workers. The confirmation fight, combined with the approaching presidential elections, gave Lippmann his long-sought opportunity for a private interview with Wilson — one set up by the New Republic (NR) contact man, George Rublee. Lippmann, who had had considerable experience with politicians, had gone to the White House a skeptic. Lippmann may have made his decision, but the other editors at the New Republic were in disarray over the events at Chicago, and Herbert Croly was inclined to stick with the Republicans. By the end of 1916 Lippmann had become House's partner in the effort to persuade Wilson, and the nation, that the United States must come into the war on the side of the Allies.
