When Representative Hanson gets Brock to appear on a TV discussion program about the problem of slums and then refuses to follow through, Brock considers quitting.
Brock is offered a job as legislative consultant for an ambitious U.S. Congressman, and must decide if this is a better way for him to help people than to continue his community social services work, treating one case at a time.
When a politician tells a beatnik that the people don't want "his kind" in the area, Brock advises the beatnik to fight back by running against him in the next election.