Under president Gerald Ford:
August 14, 1974 - Congress authorized U.S. citizens to own gold; December 31, 1974 - private U.S. citizens were allowed to buy and own gold for the first time in more than 40 years.
http://www.usmint.gov/historianscorn...e¢ury=1900
(Click on the site and scroll down to category " 1974")
U.S. Citizens are statutory persons, subject to that trust construction. Those who have pledged themselves to the U.S. Corporate Construct Trust no matter what the circumstances. Blind ambition I guess.
http://www.manta.com/c/mm0pmlq/execu...tes-government
( Executive Office Of The United States Government in Washington, DC is a private company)