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Number 233 Activities for August f. September 1933 
(Not for publication) 

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DOCTOR MARLATT RETIRES 
Dr. C. L. Marlatt celebrated his 70th birthday on September 26. 
That evening some 160 of his friends and associates participated in a 
dinner in his honor at the Cosmos Club. With J. E. Graf presiding, 
toasts were given by Dr. A. F. Woods, Dr. Wm. A. Taylor, W. G. Camp-— 
bell, Lee A. Strong, and Ss. A. Rohwer, In his reSponse Dr. Marlatt re- 
viewed his 45-years' service in the Department of Agriculture and de- 
scribed the development of the Bureau of Entomology. Dr. Marlatt re- 
tired from Government Service on September 30. Employees of the bureau 
and associates in the department bade him good-bye in his office and 
as a token of esteem his friends in the bureau presented him with a 
watch, 
LEE A. STRONG NEW CHIEF OF BUREAU 
Lee A, Strong, former chief of the Bureau of Plant Quarantine, 
and before that assistant director of the California Department of Ag- 
riculture, was appointed chief of the Bureau of Entomology, succeed— 
ing Dr. C. L. Marlatt, on October 1. In announcing the appointment, 
Secretary Wallace pointed out that the work of the Bureaus of Entomol-—- ~ 
Ogy and Plant Quarantine is closely related and that the transfer of 
Mr. Strong to the Bureau of Entomology will reestablish the close work-— 
ing arrangement between the two bureaus that existed until control and 
research work were definitely separated in 1928. In referring to the 
work of the two bureaus, the Secretary stated: 
"The Bureau of Entomology is a research insti- 
tution’, charged with investigations and demonstrations 
for the promotion of economic entomology; it seeks the 
best means of destroying injurious insects and the de- 
velopment of beneficial ones. The Bureau of Plant Quar- 
antine is responsible for the enforcement of quarantines 
promulgated to prevent the entry or dissemination of 
dangerous plant pests new to or not widely distributed 
within the United States; it is also responsible for 
carrying on, in cooperation with the States, necessary 
work to prevent the spread or to eradicate pests that 
may have gained local foothold." 
