Huac | The Capture Cascade Timeline

McCarran Internal Security Act Passes Over Truman Veto, Requires Communist Registration

1950-09-23 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 8/10

President Harry Truman vetoes the Internal Security Act of 1950 (McCarran Act) on September 22, 1950, sending Congress a lengthy veto message criticizing specific provisions as “the greatest danger to freedom of speech, press, and assembly since the Alien and Sedition Laws of 1798,” a …

Pat McCarran Karl Mundt Harry Truman Hubert Humphrey U.S. Congress +4 more mccarthyism red-scare congressional-action civil-liberties huac +1 more

HUAC Hollywood Hearings Begin, Studio Executives Cooperate as "Friendly Witnesses"

1947-10-20 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 9/10

The House Un-American Activities Committee opens its first postwar hearings on October 20, 1947, investigating alleged Communist influence in Hollywood with Chairman J. Parnell Thomas presiding and Robert E. Stripling serving as chief counsel. Drawing upon lists provided in The Hollywood Reporter, …

House Un-American Activities Committee J. Parnell Thomas Robert E. Stripling Walt Disney Jack L. Warner +8 more huac hollywood-blacklist mccarthyism red-scare corporate-complicity +1 more