Begetter of the murals was the Library of Congress’ Poet-Director Archibald MacLeish, at whose gentle inquiry President Vargas of Brazil put up $4,000 to send Painter Portinari to Washington.

Osburn and her siblings stopped at Parkway Central Library ... wall of Congress Hall in Old City. "You are in the birth of the nation," said Vicki Rees-Jones from Point Breeze. "I can respect murals.