Inquiry files

Mr. Walter Lippmann to the Secretary of War ( Baker )

Dear N. D. B.: Your suggestion is ideal. I had not dared to hope that General Bliss would be able to give any time to the matter, and had had it in mind that General Crowder would be the best of all the men that I had known in the Department for this particular subject.

I rather expect to go to Washington next week, with the chief inducement the hope of seeing you.

Ever yours,

Walter Lippmann