many outstanding leaders homestead, stephen mather, and others advocated there should be one agency responsible for administering these rich natural and cultural resources. did prevailed and congress mark up a bill, signed into law, by president woodrow wilson. establishing within the department of interior the national parks service. before there was a national park service the secretaries of the interior had a lot of difficulty in maintaining these areas in particular. workforce.h civilian he said, i need to turn to an organization that has a lot of personnel. a lot of help. the department of war. so the department of defense secretary said i'm willing to help you of congress says ok to do that. and congress authorized at the request that if the secretary of interior requested the department of war to provide services, so it did. so for you, ladies and gentlemen who are serving in the military forces of the united states, all applause to your predecessors. the parts system continued to grow at the request of the american people. in 1933, president roosevelt authorized the reorganization that