after his first term as a senator reed smoot served for four more terms. so five total for a combined 30 years in the senate. and during that time he was actually involved in several very important pieces of legislation that i'll focus on just a couple here. ride reed smoot was a proponent of the national forest service which had been around for a while but friendly towards the idea of government being able to manage the land, the public land of the nation. so he was trying to pass several bills over a series of years, basically establishing a national park service but, unfortunately, they failed for one reason or another. so when it came into 1916 ther was the senator william kent of california that was trying to draft legislation basically establishing the national park service that reed smoot jumped on board to try to help him and do what he could to push that legislation forward and -- and eventually they were able to be successful and so it was -- to him it was a great -- it was a great day because he finally was able to see this come to be. and so in

wife.y had his one after the first term as a reed smoot served for four more terms. time he was involved in several important pieces of legislation that i will focus on . he had been a big proponent of the national forest service which was around for several years at that time. he was probably towards the idea of government being able to manage the lands, public lands of the nation. try to pass several bills over a aries of years establishing natural park service. unfortunately been filled for one reason or another. failed for one reason or another. 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

reed smoot jumped on board to try to help him and do what he could to push that legislation forward. eventually, they were successful. to him, it was a great day. he saw it come to be. in his personal diaries, july 12, 1916, he writes, "i attended a meeting of the public lands committee and reported to the senate a measure i've been interested in for many years past -- passed. a few years after the national park service, senator smmoooot o worked to establish zion national park in southern utah. here is a photograph taken from --isit that he went on with in the 1920's with president warren g. harding. the second most prominent piece of legislation that senator smoot was involved in eventually became known as the smoot-hawley tariff act of 1930. they felt the need to pass the legislation and the time you did, 1930's because it was the first stages of the great depression, the main goal was to protect american jobs as well as farmers from foreign competition. this act was really a way to combat that. however, as people got into the meat of it, raising tariffs to these record levels was