Measurements Quotes
Based on his and most other scientists recommendations the United States finally changed officially to the metric system in the 1970s. Congress passed laws, Executive Orders were issued, the Department of Education provided materials, and schools put it in their curricula. However, America never changed. The difficulty of making the change was not imaginary, but real. The government could not do it, because the majority of the people did not want it done.
Cheating consumers with fraudulent scales was common. Fox started his own consumer movement.