Books: Problem of the Century

REVEILLE FOR RADICALS—Saul D. Alinsky—University of Chicago Press ($2.50).

SOVIET POLITICS—Frederick L. Schuman—Knopf ($4).

The dominant problem of the 20th Century is the reconciliation of economic security with political liberty. All other problems are secondary—even The Bomb. At the present time, the divergent attitudes of Russia and the Anglo-U.S. community toward the age's No. 1 problem confront each other in nearly every area of the world, and in almost every thinking mind.

Reveille for Radicals and Soviet Politics are U.S. contributions to this great discussion. Both are in dead earnest. Both gain importance...