PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT RECEIVES FIRST BUDDY POPPY. WASHINGTON, D.C. APRIL 17. PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT RECEIVED TODAY AT THE WHITE HOUSE FROM SEVEN-YEAR-OLD BETTY JANE VAN LOON THE FIRST BUDDY POPPY OF THE 1940 BUDDY POPPY SALE CONDUCTED BY THE VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS TO RAISE FUNDS FOR RELIEF WORK. BETTY JANE, DAUGHTER OF THE LATE JOHN VAN LOON WHO SERVED OVER SEA WAS ESCORTED TO THE WHITE HOUSE BY OTIS N. BROWN, NATIONAL COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF OF THE VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS. L TO R: PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT; OTIS N. BROWN; AND BETTY JANE VAN LOON