Master page based on master

Hi everyone,
I have a master page that contains just the footer information for a publication I'm working on. I then have a second master that's based on the first master. On this second master I've created a large colored graphic rectangle that fills the entire page. Since it's covering the entire page, I can no longer see the footer beneath (ie. the one that's on the first master page). The only way to have the footer appear above the rectangle is to override the footer and then bring it to front. This though, defeats the purpose of having the footer on a separate master. Since there will be a lot of other secondary masters based on the first master with the footer, I wanted to keep the footer information intact so that I could revise just one footer and have all the other masters based on it, update automatically.
I wondered if anyone knows of a workaround for this problem?
Really appreciate any help.

This is what layers are for. Open the Layers panel and make at least one more layer. Put the graphic on the lower layer and the footer on the upper layer.

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