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FOREIGN POLICY By EMIL MAZEY. Secretary-Treasurer, International Union, UAW 1 welcome the opportunity to discuss the Foreign Policy of the United States because workers of our country have the most to lose if our Foreign Policy should lead to World War III. As in all Wars, workers are the first and most numerous casual- ties. Therefore, we in organized labor have a special interest and a special concern for the maintenance of peace. Labor leaders, the same as leaders of other elements of public life, have been reluctant to speak out on Foreign Policy issues because of the fear of being misunderstood and because of the fear of being labeled soft on Communism. To emphasize this timidity on the part of the labor movement, I wish to point out that in February of 1955, during the Matsu and Quemoy Island disputes, I raised the subject matter at a closed meet- ing of the CIO Executive Board, and expressed my deep con- cern for policies that I thought were improper on the part of our government and that would lead to World War III. I did not ask the CIO on this occasion to take a position, but urged them to reevaluate our attitude towards the entire China crisis. I was shocked when a motion was made to expunge my re- marks from the record and was even more shocked when a majority of the Board Members supported this action. Tam sure that what I have to say today will be unpopular with some labor leaders and among some of the politicians of the country, but I am going to express my views whether any- body likes what I have to say or not. I am deeply concered with the real possibility of an atomic- missile war that could destroy a good part of the world. The movie and the book, “On the Beach,” only slightly exaggerates the consequences of an atomic attack on the peoples of our world. . The Congressional Joint Committee on Atomic Energy recently issued a report based on findings and testimony of specialists from U. S. Goverment Agencies on the effect of a mass nuclear attack on the United States if the attack took place in mid- October. . 10