During the New Deal administration of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Frank served as general counsel of the Agricultural Adjustment Administration from 1933 to 1935, when he was purged along with young leftist lawyers in his office.
During the New Deal administration of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Frank sought the assistance of Felix Frankfurter to secure a position with the administration. Peek resigned in December of 1933, and Frank continued to serve until Feburary 1935, when he was purged along with young leftist lawyers in his office.