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

1954-03-03 Omaha Field Office Report on Edna Griffin's endeavor to promote Social Justice Page 1

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION 

Form No. 1 
THIS CASE ORIGINATED AT OMAHA

REPORT MADE AT OMAHA, NEBRASKA 

DATE WHEN MADE 3/3/54

PERIOD FOR WHICH MADE 2/23/54

REPORT MADE BY 
EOB
b7C

TITLE EDNA MAY GRIFFIN, aka 

CHARACTER OF CASE INTERNAL SECURITY -C

SYNOPSIS OF FACTS: 

[handwritten]
[ yb Wb?] 

Subject endeavoring to create social issue at local dance studio but unsuccessful to date. Subject engaging in very little activity at present. 

DECLASSIFIED BY AUC 60309 TAM/DCG/JW ON 02-21-2006 

[handwritten]
4-1, 2

DETAILS:

[handwritten]
 [D7R Poded?] 

 -P- 

[ink stamped]
AGENCY DR 
REQ REC'D
DATE FORW. 3-12-54
HOW FORW. 0-6
BY JTH 

RESIDENCE 
Subject still resides at 1008 Third Street, Des Moines, Iowa, and is a housewife. 

CONNECTIONS WITH COMMUNIST PARTY OR OTHER REVOLUTIONARY GROUPS
b2 b7D

[ ]  of unknown reliability, advised subject was known to him as a Communist Party member in 1948 and 1949 and 1951. [ ]  advised that in 1951 subject was chairman of the Communist Party in Des Moines, Iowa and handled all Communist Party correspondence. 
b2 b7D

[ ]  of known reliability, advised that subject and [ ]  have been working on some kind of a peace movement, but the program has been moving very slowly to date. He stated he has never heard subject make any statements which would indicate that subject is a Communist but that he has heard her state that MC CARTHY is their enemy . 
b2 b7C b7D

APPROVED AND FORWARDED: [?] 

SPECIAL AGENT IN CHARGE

DO NOT WRITE IN THESE SPACES 

[handwritten]
100-355489-53

[ink stamped]
86 1 NOV 7 1962 

COPIES OF THIS REPORT  5-Bureau (100-355489) (RM) 
3- Omaha (100-4095) 

[ink stamped]
COPY IN FILE 

[ink stamped]
MAR . 8  1954 

[ink stamped]
RECORDED- 14 
INDEXED- 14 
EX-129 

PROPERTY OF 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. 

U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 16-59255-2

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FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Form No. 1 THIS CASE ORIGINATED AT OMAHA REPORT MADE AT OMAHA, NEBRASKA DATE WHEN MADE 3/3/54 PERIOD FOR WHICH MADE 2/23/54 REPORT MADE BY EOB b7C TITLE EDNA MAY GRIFFIN, aka CHARACTER OF CASE INTERNAL SECURITY -C SYNOPSIS OF FACTS: [handwritten] [ yb Wb?] Subject endeavoring to create social issue at local dance studio but unsuccessful to date. Subject engaging in very little activity at present. DECLASSIFIED BY AUC 60309 TAM/DCG/JW ON 02-21-2006 [handwritten] 4-1, 2 DETAILS: [handwritten] [D7R Poded?] -P- [ink stamped] AGENCY DR REQ REC'D DATE FORW. 3-12-54 HOW FORW. 0-6 BY JTH RESIDENCE Subject still resides at 1008 Third Street, Des Moines, Iowa, and is a housewife. CONNECTIONS WITH COMMUNIST PARTY OR OTHER REVOLUTIONARY GROUPS b2 b7D [ ] of unknown reliability, advised subject was known to him as a Communist Party member in 1948 and 1949 and 1951. [ ] advised that in 1951 subject was chairman of the Communist Party in Des Moines, Iowa and handled all Communist Party correspondence. b2 b7D [ ] of known reliability, advised that subject and [ ] have been working on some kind of a peace movement, but the program has been moving very slowly to date. He stated he has never heard subject make any statements which would indicate that subject is a Communist but that he has heard her state that MC CARTHY is their enemy . b2 b7C b7D APPROVED AND FORWARDED: [?] SPECIAL AGENT IN CHARGE DO NOT WRITE IN THESE SPACES [handwritten] 100-355489-53 [ink stamped] 86 1 NOV 7 1962 COPIES OF THIS REPORT 5-Bureau (100-355489) (RM) 3- Omaha (100-4095) [ink stamped] COPY IN FILE [ink stamped] MAR . 8 1954 [ink stamped] RECORDED- 14 INDEXED- 14 EX-129 PROPERTY OF 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. U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 16-59255-2