[2] At the end of the war, Hueber argued in favour of the creation of an independent, neutral Alsatian state.

[2] During the December 1920 Congress of Tours, Hueber and several other Alsatian delegates supported the call to form a French Communist Party.

[2] In 1923 Hueber took part in an international communist meeting in Essen, organized to protest the French occupation of the Ruhr.

He was arrested by French authorities for his participation in the event, a fact that elevated his standing within the Communist Party.

[3] The fame he achieved from being arrested helped him to get elected to the French National Assembly the following year.

Hueber lost his seat as Mayor to Charles Frey as the coalition that had backed him disappeared.

[2][5] Hueber escaped arrest in the 1939 crackdown on Alsatian autonomist leaders, due to his deteriorating health.