He said that for “bureaucratic reasons,” such as recruitment problems, Mosbacher has not reached his internal ceiling for boycott office staffing.
Congress has given Mosbacher discretion to decide how big a staff he needs, but Hordes said the appropriate committees with jurisdiction over it may take a more active role as the 1992 fiscal year budget takes shape.
Maslow called on Mosbacher to double the office’s current budget from $1 million to $2 million.
There were calls for other reforms in the government’s anti-boycott efforts this week.
Dr. Richard Fuisz, a former employee of Baxter International, said Congress should require U.S. companies doing business with the Arab world to file trade receipts with the federal Securities and Exchange Commission.
Such records would be available for public inspection. They would give corporate executives “second thoughts” before getting involved in possible violations, Fuisz said.
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