President Hoover welcomes Coste and Bellonte , the daring French flyers who flew from Paris to New York , at the White House . Left to right ; Jules Henry , Charge d ' Affaires of the French Embassy , Colonel Charles A Lindbergh , James T Davis , Secretary of Labour , Captain Dieudonne Coste , Vice - President Charles Curtis , President Hoover , Colonel Clarence Young , Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Aeronautics , Maurice Bellonte , navigator of the Question Mark , General John J Pershing , F Trubee Davison , Assistant Secretary of War for Aviation , Rear Admiral Richard E Byrd and Captain Eddie Rickenbacker , America 's foremost war ace