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In 1934, Krafsur joined the [[Communist Party of America]].<ref>The Venona Secrets: Exposing America's Cold War Traitors, Herbert Romerstein, Eric Breindel, page 430</ref> He attended Northeastern University for a year.<ref>''Venona: Decoding Espionage in America'', John Earl Haynes and Harvey Klehr, Yale University Press, (1999), pgs. 242–244, 248.</ref> Before going to [[Spain]] to fight with the [[Abraham Lincoln Brigade]] during the [[Spanish Civil War]],<ref>[http://64.233.169.104/search?q=cache:RQEKkR4YxdoJ:www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/History/spanjews.pdf+Krafsur+Boston+%2268+Phillips%22&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=3&gl=us Jews Who Served in the Spanish Civil War, by Martin Sugarman]</ref>he lived at 68 Phillips Street in Boston. Krafsur was wounded in Spain in May of 1937 and returned to the States in July. That same year he married Dixie Elizabeth Scoville in [[Vermont]].<ref>[http://genealinks.com/cgi-bin/marriages.cgi/?Dix GeneaLinks, Online Marriage Records for Your Genealogy]</ref>  

In 1934, Krafsur joined the [[Communist Party of America]].<ref>The Venona Secrets: Exposing America's Cold War Traitors, Herbert Romerstein, Eric Breindel, page 430</ref> He attended Northeastern University for a year.<ref>''Venona: Decoding Espionage in America'', John Earl Haynes and Harvey Klehr, Yale University Press, (1999), pgs. 242–244, 248.</ref> Before going to [[Spain]] to fight with the [[Abraham Lincoln Brigade]] during the [[Spanish Civil War]],<ref>[http://64.233.169.104/search?q=cache:RQEKkR4YxdoJ:www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/History/spanjews.pdf+Krafsur+Boston+%2268+Phillips%22&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=3&gl=us Jews Who Served in the Spanish Civil War, by Martin Sugarman]</ref>he lived at 68 Phillips Street in Boston. Krafsur was wounded in Spain in May of 1937 and returned to the States in July. That same year he married Dixie Elizabeth Scoville in [[Vermont]].<ref>[http://genealinks.com/cgi-bin/marriages.cgi/?Dix GeneaLinks, Online Marriage Records for Your Genealogy]</ref>  

In 1938 Krafsur was a member of the editorial staff of ''The Volunteers for Liberty'' a newspaper which was an, "organ of the Veterans of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade" organization out of 125 West 45 Street in New York City.<ref>The Volunteer For Liberty, Vol. 1, No. 3, April, 1938</ref> In April of 1938 he was in charge of finding veterans to tell their war sotries to be made into radio plays written by [[Irwin Shaw]].<ref>The Volunteer For Liberty, Vol. 1, No. 3, April, 1938</ref> Around this time he worked as an assisitant to his brother-in-law novelist Elliot Paul.<ref>[http://dlib.nyu.edu/findingaids/html/tamwag/alba_267/bioghist.html Tamiment Library ]</ref>

In 1938 Krafsur was a member of the editorial staff of ''The Volunteers for Liberty'' a newspaper which was an, "organ of the Veterans of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade" organization out of 125 West 45 Street in New York City.<ref>The Volunteer For Liberty, Vol. 1, No. 3, April, 1938</ref> In April of 1938 he was in charge of finding veterans to tell their war sotries to be made into radio plays written by [[Irwin Shaw]].<ref>The Volunteer For Liberty, Vol. 1, No. 3, April, 1938</ref> From 1939 to 1941 he worked as a secretary to his brother-in-law journalist and novelist Elliot Paul.<ref>[http://dlib.nyu.edu/findingaids/html/tamwag/alba_267/bioghist.html Tamiment Library ]</ref>

He began working for TASS in New York in 1941<ref> Scope of Soviet Activity in the United States: Hearing Before the Subcommittee to Investigate the Administration of the Internal Security Act and Other Internal Security Laws of the Committee of the Judiciary, United States Senate, 84th Congress Second Session [85th Congress First Session] Transcript, April 17, 1956</ref>  after being recruited by the Soviet agent [[Vladimir Pravdin]].  Krafsur spent he Summer of 1941 working in New York and was sent down to Washington, D.C. in October of that year. After the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, he was located in Washington perminently.<ref>Scope of Soviet Activity in the United States: Hearing Before the Subcommittee to Investigate the Administration of the Internal Security Act and Other Internal Security Laws of the Committee of the Judiciary, United States Senate, 84th Congress Second Session [85th Congress First Session] Transcript, April 17, 1956</ref>

He began working for TASS in New York in 1941<ref> Scope of Soviet Activity in the United States: Hearing Before the Subcommittee to Investigate the Administration of the Internal Security Act and Other Internal Security Laws of the Committee of the Judiciary, United States Senate, 84th Congress Second Session [85th Congress First Session] Transcript, April 17, 1956</ref>  after being recruited by the Soviet agent [[Vladimir Pravdin]].  Krafsur spent he Summer of 1941 working in New York and was sent down to Washington, D.C. in October of that year. After the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, he was located in Washington perminently.<ref>Scope of Soviet Activity in the United States: Hearing Before the Subcommittee to Investigate the Administration of the Internal Security Act and Other Internal Security Laws of the Committee of the Judiciary, United States Senate, 84th Congress Second Session [85th Congress First Session] Transcript, April 17, 1956</ref>