Congress has already acted, for example, to ban sales of Toshiba products at American military PX's around the world.

The incident led to a ban of Toshiba products by the United States military.

The Toshiba product, the former official said, is sold only in the Middle East and North Africa.

Industry insiders say that the Toshiba product will be just one of many coming to the market in the years ahead.

Anyone who sells Toshiba products has been told to contact his Congressman and say that jobs will be lost in his district.

Late last month, the House voted to ban the sale of Toshiba products at military post exchanges.

With encouragement from Tokyo, workers have begun writing to House members, pleading that an import ban on Toshiba products would threaten their jobs.

The American Senate has voted to ban Toshiba products from the United States for two to five years.

A number of bills have been introduced to bar the import of Toshiba products.

If the bill becomes law, the Federal Government will not buy any Toshiba products for three years.