 From July 1936 to June 1937 he was a member of the governing council of the Viennese National (Vaterländische) Front.On 11 March 1938 he became Education Minister in the so-called Anschluss-Cabinet of Seyß-Inquart.During his term with the Party down to the end of May, there occurred not only the decree of the Anschluss itself, but also the so-called "Cleansing" of the University of Vienna.