Rep. John B. Conlan, R-Ariz., lifts a bar of gold from one of the vaults at the Federal Bullion Depository at Ft. Knox, Kentucky on Sept. 23, 1974, to a scale for weighing. Conlan was one of several members of Congress to inspect the gold under the direction of Mrs. Mary Brooks, director of the Mint. (AP Photo/Barry Thumma)
