To the Editor, WSJ: Although we at the U.S.Metric Association are gratified by the exposure and the positive response Justin Scheck's Nov. 24 article garnered for U.S. changeover to the metric system, we take particular exception to one statement: that 4 mm must be described as 0.16 inch "to the uninitiated."
Rather than being perceived among Anericans (as it has been for too long) as some esoteric ritual from a land that time forgot, the decimal metric system ought to be adopted into mainstream American life as our measurement system. And, on changing to metric units, we shall use only metric units. We need not, and do not, convert back. It is a reality among billions of people in the world, and it should be a reality here in the U.S., too. Paul Trusten, Reg. Pharmacist Vice President U.S. Metric Association, Inc. Midland, Texas USA www.metric.org +1(432)528-7724 [email protected]
