Show lABOR MEDIATOR ROLE IS AVOIDED President Discourages Move to Draw Him Into Now New Auto Strikes WASHINGTON April 25 UP- UP President Roosevelt is keeping hands oft off the strike in the plants or of the thc Fisher Auto Body company he said today Mr Roosevelt Roosevell Is discouraging efforts ef- ef forts Corts whIch have placed him in the therole therole role of labor lebor tor believing that peace efforts can be handled by the opposing factIons and others DETROIT April 25 UP-Mem- UP bers ber ot of the automobile labor board marked time today and continued to hold themselves in readiness to aid aidin aidin in settlement of c rikes in Cleveland St S1 Louis and Toledo auto and auto parts plants No statement was forthcoming from the board nor from labor and industrial representatives who conferred con con- again ogain yesterday CLEVELAND April 25 UP- UP Strikes and threatened strikes hung over Cleveland today A critical situation developed In the strike of 2000 gasoline station attend attend- ants when it appeared that virtually every service station in the city would be closed before nightfall Fisher Body corporation workers numbering continued to picket the plant here Deadlock remained in the walkout of r 2300 of oC the Cleveland Worsted milLs Negotiations are arc pending pending pend- pend ing before the thc national labor board MADISONVILLE K Ky April 25 JP Every major coal mining company in western Kentucky hod shut shutdown down today find and unofficial estimates were that thal miners in this district were idle The mine operators declarIng the new N R A code wage scale cale would bankrupt them agreed informally to close their mines while their attorneys attorneys prepared to ask k a federal court injunction |