Mr. DICKENSON. My understanding is that the major assembling of the final film, the cutting operation, occurred in Los Angeles, and it was then necessary Mr. DINGELL. He spent most of his time on per diem up at the park. Mr. DICKENSON. That was necessary because the filming occurred there, sir, and then the cutting occurred in Los Angeles. Mr. DINGELL. Then he provided technical assistance on the cutting, too. Mr. DICKENSON. Yes, sir. Mr. DINGELL. Thank you. Mr. FINNEGAN. Mr. Dickenson, he had overall supervision; but is it not also true that during the course of the filming in Yosemite other park rangers had most of the responsibilities of controlling crowds and did other types of work that really were park ranger work? Mr. DICKENSON. There were a number of other Service employees involved; yes, sir. Mr. FINNEGAN. Now, were any Park Service rangers employed by Universal Studios at any time? Mr. DICKENSON. It is my understanding that the arrangements were that off-duty national park rangers performed duties of traffic management and duties related to crowd control. Mr. DINGELL. That is a practice which is now discontinued. Mr. DICKENSON. I beg your pardon? Mr. DINGELL. That is a practice which I am informed is now discontinued. Mr. DICKENSON. The filming has long since terminated, sir. [The following data relate to NPS employees working for Universal Studios:] Hon. HENRY S. REUSS, UNIVERSAL CITY STUDIOS, INC., 100 UNIVERSAL CITY PLAZA, Universal City, Calif., December 20, 1974. Chairman, Conservation and Natural Resources Subcommittee, House of Rep resentatives, Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, D.C. Hon. JOHN D. DINGELL, Chairman, Subcommittee on Activities of Regulatory Agencies, Select Committee on Small Business, House of Representatives, Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, D.C. Gentlemen: In response to your letter of December 5, 1974, to Richard H. Birnie, we are pleased to furnish you with the information requested. Very truly yours, ANTHONY F. SAUBER, NATIONAL PARK SERVICE PERSONNEL EMPLOYED BY UNIVERSAL CITY STUDIOS DURING PERIOD JULY 31-OCT. 29, 1974 NATIONAL PARK SERVICE PERSONNEL EMPLOYED BY UNIVERSAL CITY STUDIOS DURING PERIOD JULY 31-OCT. 29, 1974-Continued Henry, Elizabeth, ranger. Byers, Warren, ranger.. Hein, Lora, ranger.. Henry, Paul, ranger.. Se icka, Timothy, ranger.. Sh ly, Dan, ranger... Troutman, Douglas, ranger. Tucker, James, ranger.. CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES SUBCOMMITTEE Mr. ROGER SPERRY, Legislative Advisor, General Accounting Office, Washington, D.C. DEAR MR. SPERRY: Enclosed are three sheets supplied to us by Universal Studios, listing National Park Service personnel employed by Universal during the period July 31-October 29, 1974. We would appreciate it if your staff would ascertain (and pencil onto a copy of these sheets to send to us) the titles, grades and step-levels, and the hourly salary of these persons as Park Service employees. Sincerely, PHINEAS INDRITZ, Conservation and Natural Resources Subcommittee. [In response to the above request, the following data were provided to the subcommittees by the General Accounting Office:] SCHEDULE OF NPS EMPLOYEES WHO WORKED FOR UNIVERSAL STUDIOS [Provided to the General Accounting Office by the National Park Service at Yosemite National Park] Andress, Crystal. Bagozzi, David L 1. Holcombe, Wm. Jr.. July 15, 1974 67.72 July 23, 1974 107.89 Aug. 13, 1974 73.05 July 27, 1974 51.98 Sept. 7, 1974 49.71 July 26, 1974 30.42 Aug. 3, 1974 74.27 July 27, 1974 30.42 Aug. 3, 1974 July 25, 1974 30.42 Aug. 1, 1974 June 23, 1974 45.90 Johnson, Robert E. June 23, 1974 WG3/5 July 23, 1974 45.16 Sept. 14, 1974 62.92 Aug. 15, 1974 65.54 Aug. 2, 1974 67.92 62.09 64.32 Aug. 22, 1974 77.55 75.48 July 27, 1974 29.77 Aug. 3, 1974 57.74 Aug. 25, 1974 48.80 July 26, 1974 Aug. 21, 1974 34.02 Aug. 1, 1974 123.67 89.50 Aug. 9, 1974 134.55 Aug. 23, 1974 69.80 U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, NATIONAL PARK SERVICE, Washington, D.C., April 30, 1974. Memorandum to: All employees. Subject: NBC Ranger Series. Many of you may have read in recent days that NBC has scheduled a Forest Ranger television series for next Fall. Like most Americans, the networks understandably sometimes get a little confused. The series, titled “The Ranger,” is being produced by Jack Webb and Universal studios at Yosemite National Park (and other NPS sites later on) and concerns a National Park Service ranger as its protagonist. I met the other day with the two FBI agents who acted as the liaison for the popular FBI series for nine years. They informed me that "The FBI" did wonders for their agency in terms of recruiting and favorable public reaction and response to their work and mission. I would hope we would have the same kind of "side benefit" from "The Ranger." At least these were my thoughts during preliminary talks I had with Universal some months ago about the possibility of such a series. In the very near future, a NPS "liaison" will be appointed by me to serve as technical advisor on this series. He will have my complete confidence and support and will report directly to the Associate Director, Park System Management, the Deputy Director and myself. In the meantime, a pilot film for the series will be shown by NBC sometime this summer. So when you see "The Ranger" in your TV Guide, it's you they're talking about. U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Memorandum to: All employees. From: Superintendent. Subject: Working for Universal Studios. P.O. Box 577, YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, California, July 10, 1974. As you know, Universal Studios is presently filming a television series about Park Rangers. The series will be called "Sierra." Some of you already have been asked, or will be asked, to work on this project, both on and off duty. I would like to establish some guidelines in this regard. 1. Dual compensation.-It is illegal for any Federal employee to receive dual compensation. In other words, if you are on duty, you may not under any circumstances receive pay from the movie company. It is illegal, for example, to appear as a stand-in while on duty, even for a 10 or 15-minute period, and to receive pay from Universal for doing so. We have already experienced instances in which the movie company has been adamant that an on-duty employee receive additional compensation for this type of appearance. Avoid this at all costs. 2. Off-duty employment.-It is approved for you to work for the movie company for pay when you are not on duty. However, this off-duty work must not, in any way, impair your effectiveness when on duty. Don't work such long hours that you are a safety hazard to yourself or other employees while on duty. 3. Scheduled work.-By copy of this memorandum, I am instructing all supervisors not to allow employees to trade duty shifts in order to work for the movie company. As a general guideline, I would also prefer that annual leave not be granted to work on the movie. Exceptions to this guideline will have to be approved by your Division Chief. 4. Uniforms.-Also by this memorandum, I am approving the wearing of uniforms by off-duty employees when so requested by the movie company. They will request uniformed employees' assistance for such items as traffic control, crowd control, and as background or even bit parts for the movie. When any employee is requested to appear in uniform, he must appear in the proper and complete uniform. He should not appear in Levis, for example, for crowd control or traffic control. All ornaments should be on and proper headgear should be worn. In most cases, this will be the Stetson hat. Frankly, I feel quite strongly that our personnel working on the project should look as good as the actors, especially since we have insisted on proper uniforms in the film. I am asking Jack Morehead |