He also served as an architect on the General Staff of the army from 1913 to 1919 and was appointed assistant chief of the bureau of military construction, where he contributed to the completion of various projects.

He was also president of the Commission on Low-cost Housing, which was in charge of the building of homes for petty officials, salaried employees and laborers.

Baldomir set a high priority in involving Uruguay in international affairs, and appointed the famous diplomat Alberto Guani as foreign minister.

In terms of labor, regulations respecting safety in the construction of scaffolding were amended by a Decree of 7 September 1939,[3] while a Decree of 19 October 1938, as noted by one study, "laid down, for the purposes of the application of labour legislation, a legal definition which finds its main criterion in the preponderance of intellectual or physical effort expended by the wage earner.

"[8] A resolution of January 1939 made provision "for instruction in industrial and social hygiene and the training of health visitors,"[9] while a decree of issued in November 1939 dealt with safety in the use of grape pressing machines.

10,051 (on land division) of 1941, as noted by one study, established “a regime for expropriation, exploitation, etc., with the intervention of the BHU.”[11] In 1940, social security protection was extended to self-employed and employers.

Baldomir's actions to identity[clarification needed] Uruguay with the Allied cause in World War II have lessened his reputation as a controversial historical figure.

While the Herrerista Blancos wished to maintain both authoritarianism and the 1934 constitution, Baldomir used America's entrance in to the war following the attack on Pearl Harbor to break with this group and align Uruguay with the Allies.

in 1942 he ended diplomatic ties with the Axis powers while separating himself politically from Luis Alberto de Herrera and instituting a self-coup to restore democracy and get rid of the 1934 constitution.