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After his last election to the House, Branton joined two Democratic colleagues from Shreveport, [[Algie D. Brown]] and [[Frank Fulco]], in opposition to approved legislative pay raises. The trio filed suit in East Baton Rouge Parish in a failed bid to prevent the state Treasurer]] [[Mary Evelyn Parker]] from allowing the expenditure of funds to underwrite the raises. Branton noted that his own legislative check had more than doubled, from $204.73 net monthly to $429.72, an amount he considered too large for a citizen legislator.<ref>"Branton refuses payment under recent pay raise," ''Minden Press-Herald,'' July 29, 1969, p. 1.</ref>
After his last election to the House, Branton joined two Democratic colleagues from Shreveport, [[Algie D. Brown]] and [[Frank Fulco]], in opposition to approved legislative pay raises. The trio filed suit in East Baton Rouge Parish in a failed bid to prevent the state Treasurer]] [[Mary Evelyn Parker]] from allowing the expenditure of funds to underwrite the raises. Branton noted that his own legislative check had more than doubled, from $204.73 net monthly to $429.72, an amount he considered too large for a citizen legislator.<ref>"Branton refuses payment under recent pay raise," ''Minden Press-Herald,'' July 29, 1969, p. 1.</ref>
In 1970 in the wake of [[Segregation|school desegregation]], Branton and colleague [[Ford E. Stinson]] of Bossier Parish urged the repeal of the Louisiana compulsory attendance law. Branton claimed the law should end so that parents are not legally required to send their children into "deplorable school conditions."<ref>"Branton Urges Compulsory School Repeal," ''Minden Press-Herald,'' May 27, 1970, p. 1.</ref>
In 1970 in the wake of [[Segregation|school desegregation]], Branton and colleague Ford Edwards Stinson, Sr. (1914-1989), of Bossier Parish urged the repeal of the Louisiana compulsory attendance law. Branton claimed the law should end so that parents are not legally required to send their children into "deplorable school conditions."<ref>"Branton Urges Compulsory School Repeal," ''Minden Press-Herald,'' May 27, 1970, p. 1.</ref>
==Bid for lieutenant governor==
==Bid for lieutenant governor==