April 05, 1929
THE PRESIDENT said:
"A very great honor and courtesy have been shown by France to the United States in the arrangements they have made for the return of the body of a most distinguished American citizen--Ambassador Herrick.
"I have asked the Navy to make arrangements for a reception fitting to Ambassador Herrick's great public service and the feeling that I know our people have entertained toward him."
Herbert Hoover, Statement on French Honors to Ambassador Myron T. Herrick. Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/208858