 Following the start of Soviet occupation, he was active in supporting writers proscribed by the new authorities and joined a clandestine society to offer them help—known as the "Eminescu Association", after Romania's famous 19th century poet Mihai Eminescu, it sought assistance from the Western Allies.Other people involved in this project were the authors Pavel Chihaia, Vladimir Streinu, and Constant Tonegaru (aided by the French Roman Catholic cleric Marie-Alype Barral).According to Chihaia