SCLC/Rosa #687 — Johnson–O’Malley 1934 Oklahoma exclusion vs 1936 expansion

GPT-6 Sol archive · Justice 1961 · finding 687

The Commission attributes to the 1934 Johnson–O’Malley Act authority to contract with “States, colleges and schools.” The April 16, 1934 statute (48 Stat. 596) only authorized discretionary contracts with a State or Territory through qualified agencies and §5 expressly excluded Oklahoma. The June 4, 1936 full replacement (49 Stat. 1458) added political subdivisions, colleges/schools, and private non-sectarian institutions and did not reenact the Oklahoma exclusion. Statutory permission ≠ proof of any particular contract or school operation.

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