Show BUREAU DIRECTOR NOW 05 IN LIMELIGHT aught i WITNESS IN investigation SAYS saya LOAN OF WAS MADE TO DIRECTOR wild orgies alleged to have been indulged in at new york money spent on dinner parties 1 wa washington sh 1 n ton principals pals ot of thomp son black company loaned to clia charles ties it forbes while lie he was was director ol of the veterans bureau at a time when the company was seeking a contract lor for the construction ot of a government ho hospital pital ellas elias 11 II mortimer ot of philadelphia a former agent ol of the company testified wednesday at the senate investigation ol of the vete veterans runs bureau mr mortimer said it was near the end of long negotiations for or the contract and I 1 mr forbes told him at a hotel in washington that sirs mrs forbes fixed therum at and he arjang ed with james W black and 3 W thompson who then were at the hotel to advance the money mone Y mortimer also told the committee that the negotiations tor for the contract with forbes were marked by a number of drinking parties in washington atlantic city philadelphia and new kew york ile declared the lormer former director was a frequent re quent dinner guest at his hotel apartment here and that he paid the expenses ot of a four days party at atlantic city and also tho the expenses ot of two parties at the ritz carlton la in philadelphia |