Postmaster Robert Pafford of Salina, Kans. (pop. 30,000) had almost forgotten about the crate of eight Federal Works Administration mural panels stored away in his post-office basement since 1942. Bob Pafford and other Salina citizens had never even taken the trouble to look at the actual panels, but they had seen the photos of the work and that was enough. To Postmaster Pafford & friends they seemed like ugly daubs. When the crate arrived, Pafford announced that the post office was just too busy with hordes of war workers to be bothered putting up...
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