In August 1933, he was awarded the rank of SA-Obergruppenführer and later was appointed Reichskommissar for the Freiwilliger Arbeitsdienst employment program, but was soon superseded by his state secretary Konstantin Hierl as leader of the Reichsarbeitsdienst organization.
Ağustos 1933 yılında kendisine SA-Obergruppenführer rütbesi verildi ve daha sonra Freiwilliger Arbeitsdienst istihdam programına Reichskommissar olarak atandı ama kısa süre sonra devlet sekreteri Konstantin Hierl Reichsarbeitsdienst lideri olarak onun yerini almıştır.