 The following year he was appointed to the Grand Council of Fascism and in 1927 he took over the editorship of the fascist journal "Il Pensiero di Benito Mussolini".Away from his party duties he was a leading figure in the Società Dante Alighieri, President of the "Ente Autonomo della Stampa" and a businessman with a reputation for shady dealings.Gray served in the army during the Second World War before returning to civilian life as a radio broadcaster.