When Mahnich, his supervisor, rejected his intial complaint, Swartz appealed to higher authority. At first, higher authority appeared unimpressed, but one day an order came down from Washington to cover the painting.
Current Oglesby Policy is to keep the blinds down unless a postal patron requests a peep, which is happening with increasing frequency, Mahnich said.
Piecha, a retired state maintenance worker, has gathered 1,300 signatures on a petition calling for it to be bared for all time...
Along with gathering names on the petition, Piecha has solicited and received letters of support from groups such as the Illinois State Council of the Knights of Columbus and the Oglesby American Legion, Thomas Larkin Post 237.
Source: Chicago Tribune, 29 July 1993