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Will We Change
To Metric System?
Blacksburg—Millions of American women will demand some very good reasons for doing so before they support any move for the United States to adopt the metric system of measures.
The United States is the world’s only large nation still using ounce-pound, inch-foot, pint-quart and other such measures. Just recently Great Britain, Australia and Canada began converting to the metric system, which is now used by 90 per cent of all nations. Paul Graham, Virginia Tech assistant professor in food science, reported a University of Vermont, Burlington, Vt., survey and presentation of Mr. and Mrs. America’s reaction to a suggestion the metric system be adopted.
It was found that women wanted more than an explanation of the metric system with script and photos. Before they would lend their support to any proposed move from the nation’s traditional measures, they wanted to do things using metric language.
They wanted cups and spoons to measure recipe ingredients. The needed metric tapes for dress-making. They wanted the proper metric aids for the rest ol their thousand-fold activities.
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