This paper gives a brief history of measurement systems and of the controversy surrounding the adoption of the metric system as the standard system in the United States. The metric study called for by legislation in 1968 is described, and recommendations for a coordinated national program to change to the metric system are outlined. Some…

Some positive aspects of a metric changeover are discussed in the areas of industry, education, and consumer economics. (MP)

This discussion of metric sizes of consumer goods covers topics such as: federal, state, and local laws; converting package size; and consumer education. (MP)

The author directs general remarks to the educational adjustments required by the change to the metric system, but he emphasizes the importance of vocational education coordinating its change to metric to the rate of change in the particular business or industry in which the students are being trained. (AG)