senator warren kent of california was try to draft legislation -- trying to draft legislation to establish the national park service and reed smoot jumped on board to help him. were able to be successful and to him, it was a great day. finally able to see this come to be. 12,is personal diary, july ed a, he writes i tend meeting of the public plans committee and reported from the committee to the senate the bill to establish a national parks service. they measure i have been interested in for many years past. a few years after the establishment of the national smootervice, senator uses it was to establishment of the first national parks in utah. here's a photograph that was taken from a visit that he went president warren g. harding. the most prominent piece of legislation, the second-most that he was involved in was what became known as the smoot-holly tariff act. i felt the need to pass this deflation in 19 -- legislation in 1930. the first ages of the depression, the main goal the u.s. was going for was to protect american jobs as well as farmers from competition. this act, in the minds