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

1952-05-02 Omaha Field Office report on activities of Edna Griffin Page 6

OM 100-4095 ADMINISTRATIVE DATA

The following information is being set forth on the Administrative Page due to the limited number of persons present when Informant [redacted] secured the information and inasmuch as it is believed that if the information were known to outside sources it would possibly permit the identification of Informant [redacted].
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[redacted] advised as regards the meeting of OTTO ANSTROM, [redacted] EDA GRIFFIN, at [redacted]    OTTO ANSTROM concealed himself in the bedroom of the subject's home until he ascertained who the visitors were when [redacted] and his wife arrived late. At this meeting they discussed the negro question and OTTO stated that he did not have very much information on negroes as he had been ordered by the Party of destroy all of his clippings and other information. OTTO also made the statement that the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People was a good organization through which to work.

OTTO also state that he felt the negro people were ready for action and it was up to the rest of them to provide the answers. He did not state what he meant with regards bing "Ready for action". OTTO wanted to know about the negro students on the college campuses.
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At the meeting on [redacted] at which OTTO ANSTROM and EDNA GRIFFIN were also present, EDNA told [redacted] about her meeting that day with RUSSELL BULL and FRED STOVER during which she had tried to obtain funds to help [redacted] and also the possibility of getting the Executive  Board of the Farmers Union to pass a resolution supporting the [redacted] case in Sioux City, Iowa.

ANSTROM also asked EDNA and [redacted] who in their opinion would make the best Progressive Party candidate for President.  The discussion centered around VITO MARCANTONIO, PAUL ROBESON 
and FRED STOVER.  EDNA GRIFFIN thought that ROBESON would be a good candidate but she said there were a lot of Liberals who were sitting on the fence who could not quite bring themselves to vote for a negro President.  EDNA GRIFFIN was referring mainly to the farmers and others of the middle west who have had limited contact with persons of negro heritage.  ANSTROM said that he could understand this but he thought that [redacted] and EDNA could do a lot to change the view point of the white persons in this regard.
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OM 100-4095 ADMINISTRATIVE DATA The following information is being set forth on the Administrative Page due to the limited number of persons present when Informant [redacted] secured the information and inasmuch as it is believed that if the information were known to outside sources it would possibly permit the identification of Informant [redacted]. b2 b7D [redacted] advised as regards the meeting of OTTO ANSTROM, [redacted] EDA GRIFFIN, at [redacted] OTTO ANSTROM concealed himself in the bedroom of the subject's home until he ascertained who the visitors were when [redacted] and his wife arrived late. At this meeting they discussed the negro question and OTTO stated that he did not have very much information on negroes as he had been ordered by the Party of destroy all of his clippings and other information. OTTO also made the statement that the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People was a good organization through which to work. OTTO also state that he felt the negro people were ready for action and it was up to the rest of them to provide the answers. He did not state what he meant with regards bing "Ready for action". OTTO wanted to know about the negro students on the college campuses. b2 b7C b7D At the meeting on [redacted] at which OTTO ANSTROM and EDNA GRIFFIN were also present, EDNA told [redacted] about her meeting that day with RUSSELL BULL and FRED STOVER during which she had tried to obtain funds to help [redacted] and also the possibility of getting the Executive Board of the Farmers Union to pass a resolution supporting the [redacted] case in Sioux City, Iowa. ANSTROM also asked EDNA and [redacted] who in their opinion would make the best Progressive Party candidate for President. The discussion centered around VITO MARCANTONIO, PAUL ROBESON and FRED STOVER. EDNA GRIFFIN thought that ROBESON would be a good candidate but she said there were a lot of Liberals who were sitting on the fence who could not quite bring themselves to vote for a negro President. EDNA GRIFFIN was referring mainly to the farmers and others of the middle west who have had limited contact with persons of negro heritage. ANSTROM said that he could understand this but he thought that [redacted] and EDNA could do a lot to change the view point of the white persons in this regard. b2 b7D -6-