1950
16 verified events recorded in 1950.
| Date | Event | Lanes | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950-12-29 | Celler-Kefauver Act Closes Merger Loopholes, Strengthens Government Power to Block Anticompetitive Consolidation
4 src U.S. Congress · Representative Emanuel Celler · Senator Estes Kefauver · Harry Truman · +1 | confirmed | |
| 1950-12-16 | Truman Proclaims National Emergency for Korean War: Declaration Remains Legally Operative for 26 Years
2 src Harry S. Truman · Dean Acheson · George Marshall | confirmed | |
| 1950-09-23 | McCarran Internal Security Act Passes Over Truman Veto, Codifies Red-Scare Surveillance Apparatus
3 src Patrick McCarran · Harry S. Truman · Subversive Activities Control Board · Federal Bureau of Investigation · +1 | confirmed | |
| 1950-09-23 | McCarran Internal Security Act Passes Over Truman Veto, Requires Communist Registration
3 src Pat McCarran · Karl Mundt · Harry Truman · Hubert Humphrey · +5 | confirmed | |
| 1950-09-08 | Defense Production Act Institutionalizes Korean War Industrial Mobilization, Defense Budget Quadruples to $50 Billion
3 src Harry Truman · Office of Defense Mobilization · Boeing · Lockheed · +2 | confirmed | |
| 1950-09-01 | State Loyalty Oaths Spread as California Passes Levering Act, Requires Public Employee Pledges
3 src California Legislature · Earl Warren · University of California Board of Regents · American Civil Liberties Union | confirmed | |
| 1950-08-23 | CIA Secretly Purchases Civil Air Transport, Creating Template for Intelligence Front Companies
2 src Central Intelligence Agency · Claire Chennault · Whiting Willauer · Civil Air Transport · +1 | confirmed | |
| 1950-08-01 | State Department Revokes Paul Robeson Passport for Political Views and Soviet Support
3 src Paul Robeson · State Department · J. Edgar Hoover · Federal Bureau of Investigation | confirmed | |
| 1950-06-27 | Truman Commits U.S. Forces to Korean War by Executive Action Alone, Establishing 'Police Action' Precedent
3 src Harry S. Truman · Dean Acheson · Robert Taft · U.S. Congress · +1 | confirmed | |
| 1950-06-26 | Congress for Cultural Freedom Founded with CIA Money: Intellectual Capture Across 35 Countries
3 src CIA · Frank Wisner · Michael Josselson · Melvin Lasky · +2 | confirmed | |
| 1950-06-22 | Red Channels Published, Launching Broadcasting Blacklist and Corporate "Smear and Clear" Racket
3 src American Business Consultants · John G. Keenan · Kenneth M. Bierly · Theodore C. Kirkpatrick · +6 | confirmed | |
| 1950-06-01 | Margaret Chase Smith Delivers Declaration of Conscience Against McCarthy Witch Hunt
3 src Margaret Chase Smith · Joseph McCarthy · Wayne Morse · George Aiken · +4 | confirmed | |
| 1950-05-23 | Treaty of Detroit - GM-UAW Contract Establishes Labor Containment Model
3 src General Motors · United Auto Workers · Walter Reuther · Charles Wilson | confirmed | |
| 1950-04-07 | NSC-68 Directive Creates Permanent Military-Industrial Establishment - Defense Spending to Triple
4 src Harry S. Truman · Paul Nitze · Dean Acheson · George Kennan · +1 | confirmed | |
| 1950-02-09 | McCarthy Wheeling Speech Claims 205 Communists in State Department Launching Witch Hunt
3 src Joseph McCarthy · Harry S. Truman | confirmed | |
| 1950-01-01 | Corporate Anti-Communist Network Coordinates Labor Suppression Through NAM, Chamber of Commerce Infrastructure
12 src National Association of Manufacturers · U.S. Chamber of Commerce · American Legion · J.B. Matthews · +2 | confirmed |