Books: Thompson's Question

LISTEN, HANS!—Dorothy Thompson—Houghton Mifflin Co. ($2.50).

Thousands of U.S. citizens will go to bookstores this winter and buy a copy of Dorothy Thompson's new book: Listen, Hans! In her book they will find a brilliant political essay making an argument of first importance to the makers of United Nations policies—and to the citizens who control the makers. She clears great jungled areas of confused thought to state the basic issue of the war.

The fundamental question Miss Thompson poses is "whether the world shall be governed by one or two nations, exploiting it in their...