USPS cmte stamping our murals?

A blog dedicated to the nation’s post offices is reporting that a high-level U.S. Postal Service committee has ordered lobby murals at 16 post offices in 12 states to be covered and reviewed for appropriateness. The Postlandia blog, written by postal enthusiast Evan Kalish of Queens, N.Y., says postal officials offered no explanation for the action. Officials did not say whether other murals might be covered. The blog shows photos of the 1940 mural Cotton - From Field to Mill in the Jackson, Ga., post office, which is now covered with a plastic tarp. An Aug. 21 statement from Sheila T. Meyers, a USPS manager of government relations in Washington, D.C., that the blog says: “While it is the policy of the Postal Service to preserve and protect the historic artwork in its collection for future generations, we are mindful that certain murals generate strong feelings for some of our employees and customers.” There are 1,400 paintings and sculptures in the nation’s post offices, many dated from a New Deal (FDR) fine arts program, says Kalish. In addition to that Georgia post office, here are the other Gulf Coast regional post offices allegedly under review: Cotton Field, Luverne, Ala.; Sugar Cane Mill, Jeanerette, La.; Life in the Mississippi Cotton Belt, Hazelhurst, Miss.; Economic Life in Newton in the early 40’s, Newton, Miss.; and Rural Mississippi - From Early Days to Present, Tylertown, Miss. (Source: Lynn’s Stamp News 09/09/20) https://www.linns.com/news/us-stamps-postal-history/usps-orders-murals-in-16-post-offices-to-be-covered