Pg… 4 THE WEEK’S EVENTS: Barbed Wire on the Road to Bethlehem Pg… 11 THE WEEK’S EVENTS: Journey of Faith for a Son Who Denies It Pg… 12 THE WEEK’S EVENTS: 14 Nations Seeking Peace Pg… 17 THE WEEK’S EVENTS: LIFE on the Newsfronts of the World Pg… 18 THE WEEK’S EVENTS: The Carpet That Was Not Too Magic Pg… 10 EDITORIAL: The Uses of Piety Pg… 28 PHOTOGRAPHIC ESSAY: Four Great Protestant and Catholic Churches, Photographed for LIFE by Dmitri Kessel Pg… 45 ARTICLES: A Golden Rule for Foreign Aid, by Chester Bowles Pg… 61 ARTICLES: Gaiety in the Grand Manner, by Daphne Fielding, Former Marchioness of Bath Pg… 52 BOOKS: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Original Drawings by W.W. Denslow Pg… 72 THEATER: A Funny and Festive Almanac Pg… 1 OTHER DEPARTMENTS: Letters to the Editors Pg… 76 OTHER DEPARTMENTS: LIFE’S Parties: Big Social Doings in Washington