 During the 1941 one-party legislative election, he became a Telenești deputy in the Supreme Soviet.In August–November 1940, Salogor was personally involved in the drive to recruit Bessarabian workforce for the Soviet industry.His report on the "organized mobilization of labor for the Soviet industry" acknowledged that 59,500 people from "the former Bessarabia" were enlisted—but expressed his dissatisfaction, as this fell below the planned 77,000.