Atlanta, Ga,, May 27—(UP)-- War Wanpowor Coamiasion Regional officials said here today that coms 1,000 of the 7,000 Negro workers at tho Alsbeta Dry Dock and Shipbuilding Company, of Mobile, ila., who wore senit-hose frea work a3 a precautionary measure, had applied for release froa their jobs. Mobile 1s in a labor shortege area with Burton R. Morley, Area Director, in full charge of eaployment changes, Regional MC spokesmen oad Morley WiLL give the Negroes pormisaion to transfer to other Jobs, with or without the company's consent, if they are not taken back on the same jobs, “We cannot hamper the war effort by having trained Negro welders put to work ab a eweeping Job," a TC official said. "Tore are not enough white or legro workers in the area to man the yards without Some 32,000 persons work at the Pinto Island yards, "The policy hed been to work the lsgrocs on separate ahips fron the white," tho spokesman ead. Wao officials sald they did not.care to coment, on the ecanany!s action Tuesday of plactng/tiegro workers alongside rnites, which started the trouble ‘Tuesday, in which several workers were injured, Dr. Burton Horley, Area WG Director, revealed he had asked the company several weeks ago to designate separate maya on whith Negro welders and other Nogro workers would be eaployed exclusively, but that apparently there had been no action on his request, Thore was no imediate aatinate of the nunbor of white welders, burners and Other workers who had walked out, although Dunlap sald thet *a big majority of Workers are on the job." The yards exploy about 25,000 porsons, of which an es— timated 7,000 are Negrocs, Charles Hanson, regional director of the CI0 Affiliated International Union ‘of Marine Shipbuilders of America, described the walkout as unauthorized and asked