Evening star., 1942-04-26
New Trade Board President
Hopes to Meet City's Problems
McLochIen Plons to Name Speciol Committee
To Determine Needs, Formulate Objectives

wardens, auxiliary policemen and
others may be crippled while guard
ing the city are properly cared for.
Mr.. McLachlen listed other press
ing questions:
Schools-taking care of 100000 or
more school children migrating to
the Metropolitan Area.
Hospitals-"a right serious prob
lem" with dangerous threats to
public health unless steps are taken
to relieve the shortage of hospital
beds.
Transportation - complicated by
the shortage of rubber and gasoline.
81 Years in Washington.
1t would be hard to pick a man
more familiar with the ms and outs
of washington than Mr.. McLach-
len. In his So years--which by Co
incidence almost exactly parallel
the life of the Board of Trade
he has held responsible posts in
large number of civic bodies.
He has been a member of the
board for over 80 years, is past pres
ident of the District Bankers As
ISOLATION, past president of the
Columbia Country Club, trustee of
Southeastern University and former
trustee of American University. He
heads the Finance Committee of
HOMEOPATHIC Hospital and is treas
urer of the Y. M. C. A.
Mr.. McLachlen was born Decem-
Der 5, 1889. just three days after the
incorporation of the Board of Trade,
and by strange coincidence his cleo
ton as president of the board fell
on the day after his 9th wedding
anniversary.
Sons In Service.
He and Mrs. McLachlen are
proud of their two sons who have
enlisted in the armed forces. Thomas
P. McLachlen, %, is a private in
the Army, serving at Boiling Field,
and Lanier P. McLachlen, jr., 20, is
a yeoman in the Coast Guard, also in
training in Washington.
Mrs. McLachlen is active in Red
Cross work in the Chevy Chase
community and a member of the
Women'S Club, and both are asso-
ciated with the Metropolitan Me-
mortal Methodist Church.
Mr. McLachlen himself is a war
veteran, leaving the service in 1918
with the rank of captain in the Air
Corps. During his IA months in
France he served for time as aide
to Gen. Foulois, chief of the A. E.
F. air service. and later had the
responsible job of allocating planes
to the fighting front.
Won't Outline Code.
Educated at Mercersburg (Pa)
Academy and George Washington
University, he took over the reins
Of the McLachlen Banking Corp.
20 years ago on the death of his
father. But he wouldn't outline a
code of ethics for business practice
or enumerate any rules to go by.
They don't give medals to peo-
pie for being honest" he said.
That's something we simply have
to be, and in my business we've got
to be-
Elected yesterday to serve with
Mr.. McLachlen as officers of the
Board of Trade were Granville
GUIDE, first vice president; E. Bar
rett Prettyman, second vice presi-
dent; H. L. Rust, jr, secretary;
William II. Press. executive secre-
tary. George Pitt. sr.. treasurer:
Frederick P. H. Siddons, assistant
treasurer; E. F. Colladay, general
counsel and Frank R. Strunk.
sergeant at arms.
Members Of the Board of Direc-
tors are Francis G. Addison, jr.;
Herman F. Carl. Leon Chatelain.
1r.; James B. Edmunds, w. w.
Everett, Robert w. Fleming, z. c.
Graham, Thomas j. Groom, Mr..
GUIDE, John J. Hasley, p Y. K.
Howat, Karl E. farrell. George E.
Keneipp, NJ l. Langford, C. j. Mack,
c. Maynard Marshall, Joseph c.
McGarraghy, B. M McKeiway, Ed
gar Morris, Alfred G. Neal, Thorn
ton w. Owen, Henry S. Owens.
John A. Reilly, John Saul, Odell S.
Smith. Marcy L. Sperry. Charles H.
Tompkins. Lawrence Z. Williams,
Lloyd B. Wilson and w. Crosdale
Wits.
Ex officio board members are
James E. Colliflower, Fred A. Smith,
Mr.. Colladay, Mr.. McLachlen, Mr.
Pitt, Mr.. Prettyman, Mr.. Rust and
Mr.. Siddons.