In the 1950s, he became a member of the Barcelona City Council, thus stepping into politics, and later joined Franco's "rubber stamp" parliament, the Spanish House of Lords. Since the mid-1950s, he began to look for another job. He became a sports official. In letters to government officials, his signature document always reads: "I will always serve you with my arms raised high." In the last few years of dictatorship, Samaranch was appointed as the political leader of Catalonia, wearing a fascist uniform and giving a Nazi military salute until Franco 1975 died. Until 197 1, he also told a local newspaper: "I am loyal to all the spirits that Franco stands for. I advocate the fascist movement, and there is no doubt that I will remain loyal all my life. "