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Alabama Needs John Patterson for Governor #nn
This campaign comic presents John Patterson's biography and political platform as a candidate for Alabama Governor. The narrative traces Patterson's World War II service through North African, Sicilian, Italian, Southern French, and German campaigns, his subsequent law degree from the University of Alabama in 1949, and his law practice in Phenix City with his father. Patterson's platform emphasizes cooperation between labor and management, opposition to segregation agitation by "Northern henchmen," industrial development to reduce the need for higher taxes, construction of modern segregated schools for both races, and improved teacher salaries.