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Edna Griffin's FBI file, December 1951-February 1955

1952-01-22 Omaha Field Office report regarding Edna May Griffin Page 1

FD-78[?]
(1-10-49)

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

FORM NO. 1
THIS CASE ORIGINATED AT OMAHA

SECURITY INFORMATION - [CONFIDENTIAL X'd out]
FILE NO. b7C

REPORT MADE AT 
OMAHA, NEBRASKA

DATE WHEN MADE
1-22-52

PERIOD FOR WHICH MADE 11-15, 23; 12-18, 23, 24, 29-51; 1-2, 4-52

REPORT MADE BY [REDACTED] RMF

TITLE
 EDNA MAY GRIFFIN, Aka., Mrs. Stnaley Griffin, Edna May Williams

CHARACTER OF CASE SECURITY MATTER -C

SYNOPSIS OF FACTS:
Subject in contact with [REDACTED] both reliably reported of Communistic affiliations, and OTTO EDVOLD ANSTROM, Communist Party organizer in the State of Iowa and Nebraska.  Subject is active in possible Civil Rights law suit against Sioux City, Iowa Police based on their arrest of on [REDACTED], negro, on charge of prostitution.  [REDACTED] of subject, receiving several copies of "Daily Worker" and "The Worker", an east coast Communist Daily newspaper and and east coast Communist Sunday newspaper respectively.  Subject described by reliable source as an active member of the Communist Party since her arrival in Des Moines, Iowa.  Same source indicates that subject was head of the Des Moines branch of the Communist Party located in Des Moines, Iowa.

-P-
Declassified by AUC 60309 TAM/DCG/JW

DETAILS: AT DES MOINES, IOWA

BACKGROUND

Subject still resides at 1108 3rd Street, Des Moines, Iowa, and is still a housewife.

ACTIVITIES

Confidential Informant [REDACTED] of known reliability, advised that the subject in company with [REDACTED] went to

APPROVED AND FORWARDED:

[actual signature]
 Jf Dalton  SPECIAL AGENT IN CHARGE

DO NOT WRITE IN THESE SPACES

SECURITY INFORMATION - 
[CONFIDENTIAL is X'd out]

COPIES OF THIS REPORT
5 - Bureau (100-355489)
2 - Chicago
2 - New York
2 - Springfield (100-8348)
3 - Omaha (100-4095)

[ink stamped]
SECURITY INFORMATION

[something ink stamped but X'd out]

[handwritten]
100-3355489

[ink stamped]
JAN 25 1952

[ink stamped]
RECORDED - 105[?]
INDEXED - 105[?]

PROPERTY OF THE FBI - This confidential report and its contents are loaned to you by the FBI and are not to be distributed outside of agency to which loaned.

[ink stamped]
COPY IN FILE
62 FEB 15 1952

[ink stamped]
COPIES DESTROYED
86 1 NOV 1962

U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 16-60637-1[?]

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FD-78[?] (1-10-49) FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION FORM NO. 1 THIS CASE ORIGINATED AT OMAHA SECURITY INFORMATION - [CONFIDENTIAL X'd out] FILE NO. b7C REPORT MADE AT OMAHA, NEBRASKA DATE WHEN MADE 1-22-52 PERIOD FOR WHICH MADE 11-15, 23; 12-18, 23, 24, 29-51; 1-2, 4-52 REPORT MADE BY [REDACTED] RMF TITLE EDNA MAY GRIFFIN, Aka., Mrs. Stnaley Griffin, Edna May Williams CHARACTER OF CASE SECURITY MATTER -C SYNOPSIS OF FACTS: Subject in contact with [REDACTED] both reliably reported of Communistic affiliations, and OTTO EDVOLD ANSTROM, Communist Party organizer in the State of Iowa and Nebraska. Subject is active in possible Civil Rights law suit against Sioux City, Iowa Police based on their arrest of on [REDACTED], negro, on charge of prostitution. [REDACTED] of subject, receiving several copies of "Daily Worker" and "The Worker", an east coast Communist Daily newspaper and and east coast Communist Sunday newspaper respectively. Subject described by reliable source as an active member of the Communist Party since her arrival in Des Moines, Iowa. Same source indicates that subject was head of the Des Moines branch of the Communist Party located in Des Moines, Iowa. -P- Declassified by AUC 60309 TAM/DCG/JW DETAILS: AT DES MOINES, IOWA BACKGROUND Subject still resides at 1108 3rd Street, Des Moines, Iowa, and is still a housewife. ACTIVITIES Confidential Informant [REDACTED] of known reliability, advised that the subject in company with [REDACTED] went to APPROVED AND FORWARDED: [actual signature] Jf Dalton SPECIAL AGENT IN CHARGE DO NOT WRITE IN THESE SPACES SECURITY INFORMATION - [CONFIDENTIAL is X'd out] COPIES OF THIS REPORT 5 - Bureau (100-355489) 2 - Chicago 2 - New York 2 - Springfield (100-8348) 3 - Omaha (100-4095) [ink stamped] SECURITY INFORMATION [something ink stamped but X'd out] [handwritten] 100-3355489 [ink stamped] JAN 25 1952 [ink stamped] RECORDED - 105[?] INDEXED - 105[?] PROPERTY OF THE FBI - This confidential report and its contents are loaned to you by the FBI and are not to be distributed outside of agency to which loaned. [ink stamped] COPY IN FILE 62 FEB 15 1952 [ink stamped] COPIES DESTROYED 86 1 NOV 1962 U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 16-60637-1[?]