Hearings continue on metric system

Several hearings have recently been held before the Senate Committee on Commerce on the bills proposing to make the use of the metric system compulsory in this country, and to establish a commission to gradually bring this system into effect. It was proposed to complete these hearings during the month of June, but because of pressure of other work before the committee, it now appears doubtful whether the hearings will be completed at all during the present session of Congress. It will be recalled that hearings were held before the House Committee on Weights and Measures, during the last session of the present Congress, but that the Committee failed to report the measures on which they had taken testimony.