January 23, 2013 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S199 those things usually begins and ends that as he sat in the dugout, he felt a paid as much and so were more part of with the State we love, , and hand on his shoulder. He looked up, the community, Stan Musial stood certainly some of our most famous and and there was Stan Musial from the op- apart by standing with the people in beloved people who come from Mis- posing dugout saying to Joe Black: the community. souri. Obviously, there is no one who You are going to be a great . It wasn’t just Cardinal Nation that deserves more love and respect than Now, that encapsulates the character worshipped Stan Musial. His oppo- Stan Musial. of Stan Musial. nents, the opposing teams—can you There are so many memories about Chuck Connors, ‘‘The Rifleman,’’ imagine this happening today? Believe Stan Musial that I want to try to en- used to tell this story. He was a strug- it or not, the New York Mets had a capsulate today, but the interesting gling hitter for the Cubs. Stan Musial Day at their park. And in thing about the memories I have about I may need to explain to you, Madam Chicago, the home of the Cubs, he once Stan Musial is that I don’t have these President, but I certainly don’t need to finished first in a favorite player sur- memories because I am a Senator. explain to anybody in Cardinal Nation vey, edging out the legendary Ernie They do not belong uniquely to me be- that the are an opponent. Banks, who was also a very nice guy cause I am an elected official. I have Now, we don’t like the Chicago Cubs in who was beloved by the fans of these memories that I share with hun- Cardinal Nation. in the Midwest. dreds of thousands of people who were Chuck Connors asked a teammate I could go on and on with stories that lucky enough to encounter Stan Musial what he should do about his swing. He reflect this man’s character. Yes, he during his time on Earth. was struggling with being able to in has amazing statistics. Yes, him hit- You know, when you meet somebody, the majors, and they all told him the ting a baseball was a thing of beauty to and you can tell they are kind of look- same thing: The only guy who can help all baseball fans in America. But, real- ing over you to try to find the person you is Stan Musial. So even though he ly, what this man was about was that who is more important behind you or was reluctant to approach a hitter on phrase we love to throw around in poli- maybe they are impatient because they the opposing team, he went to Musial tics way too often; that is, American do not think you are a big enough deal and asked for help, and, of course, Stan values. This was a man who didn’t have to be taking their time? If you look at responded as all of us would expect he to talk about his values because he our sports icons today who travel with would; he spent 30 minutes in the cage lived them—his love for his family and posses and have entourages and certain with an opposing player trying to help how close they are. rules about who can come near them him with his swing. Connors recounted I am very fortunate to be friends and who can’t and when, that was not that he really wasn’t ever that good of with the Musial family and have vis- Stan Musial. Not one day of his career a hitter, but he said he never forgot ited with them in the days since his or one day after his career did he con- Stan Musial’s kindness. death. They received messages from sider himself untouchable. He saw it as And when he finished watching me cut every star in the constellation of American baseball, but one stood out. his duty and obligation to be there for away at the ball, Stan slapped me on the , upon hearing of Stan’s all fans. Whether it was somebody who back and told me to keep swinging. death just a few days ago, sent a mes- worked at the ballpark sweeping after After the 1946 season, the promoters sage to the Musial family, and it sim- the game was over or whether it was a from the Mexican League decided it ply said this: very talented ballplayer from another was time for them to up the ante on team, everyone was equal in Stan baseball. At the time, Stan Musial was Stan Musial was a Hall of Famer in the game of life. We will miss you, Stan Musial. Musial’s eyes. What a wonderful Amer- making the enormous sum of $13,500 I yield the floor, and I suggest the ab- ican value. playing for the St. Louis Cardinals. I could stand here today, Madam The Mexican League came to Stan sence of a quorum. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The President, and talk about his amazing Musial and said: We are going to offer you—a king’s ransom at the time— clerk will call the roll. record as a baseball player, his unique The bill clerk proceeded to call the $125,000 for 5 years. That was a lot of swing, and the beauty of his accom- roll. plishments in America’s favorite pas- money for Stan Musial and his family, The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. but he turned down the Mexican time, but what we need to focus on as HEINRICH). The Senator from Virginia. we mourn the loss of this living legend League. When asked about it later, he Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, I ask is his character because it was his said: unanimous consent that the order for character that brought universal love, Back in my day, we didn’t think about the quorum call be rescinded. respect, and devotion to the man, our money as much. We just enjoyed playing the The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without man, Stan ‘‘The Man.’’ game. We loved baseball. I didn’t think about objection, it is so ordered. anybody else but the Cardinals. I know Senator BLUNT talked about f this story, but I want to elaborate a knew Stan Musial for little bit. over 50 years. He would often tell the TRIBUTE TO FEDERAL It is 1952. Joe Black has just been story of Stan Musial wandering out of EMPLOYEES called up to the majors after spending the ballpark after a steaming - Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, as we 1 year in the minors with the Brooklyn header—and trust me, we can have get started on this next Congress—and organization. He is facing Stan Musial. steaming doubleheaders in Missouri— I wish to congratulate the Presiding Now, keep in mind that this is an ac- looking as if he had been through 15 Officer for joining this Chamber. As complished baseball player who had rounds in a prize fight and every someone who has had the opportunity won two championships in the Negro thing in his body language signifying to preside during my first 2 years in Baseball Leagues, and it had only been that he was exhausted and just wanted the Senate, I commend the Presiding a few years since had, to go home and lie down. Instead, when Officer for those actions and look for- in fact, broken the color barrier for he got to his car, he found fans waiting ward to working with you on a variety . He is facing for him. ‘‘Watch this,’’ Harry Caray of projects. Stan Musial, who already was the most told a friend. And sure enough, What I want to do today is continue feared hitter in baseball. He is standing Musial’s whole body straightened—like a tradition that I actually inherited there as a Black man on the mound in Popeye had just eaten a can of spin- from one of our former colleagues, Sen- this baseball game, and out of the Car- ach—and he started shouting, ator Ted Kaufman of Delaware. Sen- dinal dugout come jeers and taunts. In ‘‘Whaddya Say! Whaddya Say!’’ And he ator Kaufman, who had been a long- fact, one of the things said was, hey, signed every single autograph of all the time employee of the Senate, came to Stan, you are not going to have any fans surrounding his car. Harry Caray this floor on a fairly regular basis dur- trouble hitting that ball against that loved telling that story not because it ing his time here to basically celebrate dark background. was unusual—that is who Stan Musial and acknowledge—in most cases—the When the game was over, Stan was—but for the opposite reason: be- tireless, unsung work of so many of our Musial decided not to stay in the Car- cause it was ordinary. Even in his Federal employees. As we debate budg- dinal dugout. Joe Black told the story time, when baseball players weren’t ets, debt, and deficit, we oftentimes

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As I conclude my remarks, I see my But if she was a great figure at the agency, friend the distinguished majority whip. markable work in keeping us safe, pro- Ms. Vertefeuille was also a tenacious and ef- viding services, and helping our coun- fective one, and in October of 1986 was asked We have spent a lot of time over the try grow. to lead a task force to investigate the dis- last 21⁄2 years grappling with the chal- Ted Kaufman used to come down here appearance of Russians whom the CIA had lenges around the debt and deficit and on a regular basis and celebrate some hired to spy against their own country. trying to make some of the very hard of those unsung heroes. I was proud to Together, with colleagues at the CIA choices we are going to need to make continue his tradition during the last she invested years in the methodical as a Nation. Congress and look forward to carrying and painstaking hunt for a mole. It was While it appears that we may be it on through another session. through her efforts, and the good work avoiding some of the immediate con- I start this next Congress actually of many others, that we ultimately un- sequences of the so-called debt ceiling celebrating two great Federal employ- masked the notorious traitor Aldrich debate, which I am glad to see, never ees, I might add, who both happen to be Ames in 1984. Remember, this is a should the full faith and credit of the Virginians who serve as excellent role woman who joined the CIA in 1954 as a United States be used as a political models. They represent the thousands typist. hostage. Again, I want to compliment of professionals who work quietly Aldrich Ames turned out to be one of my friend the Senator from every day across our intelligence com- the most dangerous traitors in the Na- who has been as stalwart as anyone in munity to keep our Nation safe. tion’s history. Thanks in large measure this Chamber at stepping up and who Very often these professionals work to Ms. Vertefeuille, he was convicted of has been willing to speak truth to even in anonymity and many risk their lives espionage and is now serving a life those who are the most supportive in troubled spots far away from the term without parole. about some of the challenges and choices we have to make. limelight, and that is how it should be. SANDY GRIMES We are going to have to proceed at a Recently we have seen certain inci- Jeanne Vertefeuille’s story does not dents abroad, and sometimes they pay level of spending that is less than what end there. The Washington Post re- we have had in the past. As we think with the highest sign of sacrifice in cently described how one of her col- terms of their lives. about cutting back budgets, I think it leagues, Sandy Grimes—another Vir- is important to remember that behind For their service, their late nights ginian who worked with her on the and early mornings away from their many of these budgets, there are not Ames task force—stepped up over the just numbers but there are incredible families, the risks they take, and the past year to care for Jeanne as she was sacrifices they make every day—and professionals who give their life’s serv- battling cancer. ice to making this a stronger Nation. because they do not hear this nearly Sandy Grimes, a career CIA employee enough—allow me to say thank you to So with this tribute to Jeanne and whose parents worked on the Manhat- Sandy, I commend these two great Fed- those members of the intelligence com- tan Project, ultimately served as munity. eral employees. Jeanne’s primary caregiver. She sat I will be back on a regular basis to JEANNE VERTEFEUILLE with her each day during the final 3 celebrate Federal employees through- Today I wish to briefly tell the re- months of her remarkable life. She out this Congress because too often in markable stories of two extraordinary monitored Jeanne’s care and tried to today’s day and life, government serv- women who built their careers at the make sure she remained comfortable. ice is disparaged. But for Jeanne Central Intelligence Agency. Jeanne She often brought personal messages of Vertefeuille and Sandy Grimes we Vertefeuille, who is pictured here, support and appreciation from their might not have as safe a Nation as we passed away on December 29 at the age former colleagues. Ms. Grimes said: do today. of 80 after a brief illness. I felt an obligation to be there with her. I With that, I yield the floor. In announcing her death to the CIA can’t imagine not doing it. I was the one The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- family, Acting Director Michael Morell Jeanne would accept. I owed it to her as a ator from Illinois. friend. appropriately described Ms. Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, I will Vertefeuille as an icon within the agen- By all accounts Jeanne Vertefeuille accept my colleague from Virginia’s cy. If her story were not true, it would was an intensely private woman, and kind words with at least an indirect read like a spy novel. she doubtless would recoil at the atten- apology for the defamation which he Jeanne joined the CIA when she grad- tion she is now receiving. One cannot included in his speech suggesting that I uated from college in 1954. It was the help but be inspired by this true-life was somehow an Ancient Mariner here year I was born and a year DICK DURBIN story of service, patriotism, and friend- in the Senate. I wear my trousers was also young. This was a time when ship demonstrated by these two great rolled but not quite as rolled as my the American intelligence community employees, Sandy Grimes and the late friend suggested. could be best described as an old boys’ Jeanne Vertefeuille. Their service re- I thank the Senator for his leader- club. She was hired at the CIA as a GS– flects well on the thousands of other ship on this deficit and debt issue. We 4 typist. This is a woman coming out of intelligence professionals whose names have a lot to do and we have to do it college in 1954 hired as a typist. can never be revealed. Both of them de- thoughtfully. I am glad my colleague Over her career, which stretched over serve our recognition and thanks. highlighted the two employees. nearly a half century, Jeanne During the last Congress I joined 14 I read the obituary of the one the Vertefeuille blazed a trail for women in Senators in a Joint Resolution to mark Senator from Virginia highlighted. It the national clandestine service. She the U.S. Intelligence Professionals was an extraordinary story of a woman methodically worked her way up to Day. At some point during this Con- who persevered in an agency which leadership positions. There were over- gress, I hope we can gather more sup- didn’t have much use for women be- seas postings in Ethiopia, Finland, and porters so we can have a day des- yond the secretarial staff. I am glad The Hague. She became an expert in ignated on a more formalized basis to the Senator continues this tradition of Soviet intelligence and spycraft. She recognize the enormous contributions acknowledging these important Fed- retired as a member of the Senior In- made by intelligence professionals. eral employees. telligence Service in 1992. Again, this is an effort to bring re- I thank my friend from Virginia. Even after her retirement, she con- spectful attention to these quiet pro- f tinued her work for the agency as a fessionals who literally—as a member contractor, making still more valuable of the intelligence committee, I can TRIBUTE TO STAN MUSIAL contributions and working without a testify to this—keep our Nation safe Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, it has day’s break in service until she became every day without any thought of rec- been said in St. Louis, MO, baseball is ill last summer. As her obituary reads: ognition. not a sport, it is a religion. If that is

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