 Under the influence of Tharsolt, he found his way to the Friedensbund Deutscher Katholiken (German catholic peace league), and was also a member of the Internationaler Versöhnungsbund (International Fellowship of Reconciliation, IFOR).At first, he was also a member of the Zentrumspartei (German Centre Party, catholic party in the empire and the Weimar republic), but was expelled later.He was the leading candidate for the radically pacifist Christlich-Soziale Reichspartei in the Reichstag election of 1928.