Pg… 3 Letters to the Editors Pg… 6 Speaking of Pictures Pg… 13 Steel Strike Pg… 20 LIFE on the American Newsfront Pg… 24 Portfolio on Paper Pg… 30 French Holiday Pg… 32 Social Democracy Pg… 35 The Bastille Pg… 37 Male Beauty Pg… 43 Nebraska Passion Play Pg… 44 Renoir Pg… 49 A Pheasant is Born Pg… 54 Palestine Pg… 60 The Camera Overseas Pg… 64 Movie of the Week: Knight Without Armor Pg… 66 Private Lives Pg… 68 LIFE Goes to a Party Pg… 74 Pictures to the Editors