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“The switchover to the metric system has already begun in certain areas of private industry and in school systems in the United States,” Walker said. “But most important for us is the convenience we can provide for the rapidly increasing number of foreign visitors to this country and our national parks and historic areas. At the same time, by providing metric alongside standard measurements, the National Park Service can provide a useful educational method for school children and the public at large to think in metric terms.” •
Walker pointed out that in 1971 the Secretary of Commerce recommended that the United States change to the metric system through a coordinated national program. Legislation is pending before Congress to establish a national program. Legislation is pending before Congress to establish a national policy relating to conversion to the metric system in this country.
“THE UNITED States is the only major nation in the world which has not decided to ‘go metric,”’ Walker said. “Meanwhile, our own visitors readily understand a sign saying, for example, that the elevation of the South Rim of the Grand
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