The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-11-14
By Dre1O Pearson

All of them were locked in Newsmen outside grnned as one of the diplomats banged on the uool'
 "Joe" remarked newsman to Chinese cor. respondent Chang T thought your country peheVeo in the open-door policy
 Finally. ind-hearted reporter rescued the key from Joe Chiang and unlocked the door
 After that when the Far Eastern Commission went inside they careful to put the Key on the other side of the door
 Those who have been urging that the USA adopt the metric system probably don't realize It, put the meter and the kilogram have been the stanoaro of the Bureau of Standards for 50 years
 The Bureau of Standards official guardian or all U s. weights and measures, has kept buried III sealed vault very precious standard meter and standard kilogram Made of platinum and iridium, 1t is upon these weights and measures that all other weights and measurements in the United States are based
 But the Bureau of Standards has no standard foot standard pound It the metric system en- tirely and calculates the foot and the pound equNa- Tents from meters and kilograms.
 All during the the standard meter and kllo- gram were carefully stored in the Bank of Bethesda Md, just outside of Washington. This was for rear of a bombing raid the Bureau of Standards; also, because of the value of the bullion in the meter and kiogram, estimated at $500 for the two
 The standard meter and kiogram have been in the Bureau of Standards for than 50 years fol- lowing International Conference which resulted in the establishment of the International Bureau of Weights and Measures at Sevres, France, just out side Paris master meter and master kiogram remain at Sevres and the U. s. master meter and
 
 times to whether they have changed either in length weight Scientists report that there has been little variance between them.
 During the the Germans respected the inter- national nature of the at Sevres and did not bomb it, though the windows of the International Bureau blown out by, Allied bombers
 American scientists point to this as precedent for United Nations cooperation in the control of the atom bomb. Just as International Commission controls international weights and measures, scien- lists believe International Commission must be organized to control the atom bomb, also to inspect factories foreign soil to make sure that the atom bomb is not being produced secretly.
 Note-U. s. Standard Weights and Measures are deposited in a sealed vault thermostatically trolled. Changes in temperature cause expansion or contraction. When the standard measures are to be used, they placed in melting ice so their temper ature will remain the same.
 State Department spokesman recently gave the press inside report on diplomatic conditions in Japan The report based upon tour of Japan made by Maj. Gen. Frank M. Mccoy chairman of the Far Eastern Advisory Commission.
 Discussing the knotty problem of having Allied advisors cooperate with Gen. MacArthur, the State Department official said: Gen. Mccoy has seen English French, Australians, Russians and Chinese at the Imperial Hotel in Japan. They were military observers going around the country"
 He admitted, under croSS-examinaton that they were not acting advisers to Macarthur.
 Then the official went on to say that there were 50OOO0O unemployed in Japan.
 Does that" quered one newsman, include the Allied advisers?"