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[For the entire collection see Zbl 0755.00014.] It is shown that the \(SU(4)\times SU(2)\) symmetry group characterizes the possible choices of a spacetime metric constructible from the gauge fields of the conformal group. When this symmetry is broken by the choice of a metric, exactly \(SU(3)\times SU(2)\times U(1)\) symmetry of the standard model remains. These results are argued by the author as follows. Because the conformal group contains the inverse translations, there are three distinct metrics of definite Weyl weight constructible from the conformal gauge fields. Then, minimal extending the symmetry to include a vierbein for each of these three possible metrics, a different spacetime metric arises for every choice of inner product of the vierbeins. It is proven that the compact part of the minimal transitive group classifying these inner products is \(SU(4)\). An additional \(SU(2)\) symmetry classifies the antisymmetric parts of the vierbein product.