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other less well-known species were worthy of study in the centers' programs. 
(3) Grants had been recommended by the Heart Council for establishment of two 
more centers, one at Seattle, Washington, and one at Madison, Wisconsin. (4) 
A question was raised and answered regarding the geographical proximity of the 
centers at Portland and Seattle. (5) Collaborative visiting scientists would 
represent one aspect of center program activity. (6) Six to eight regional 
centers were being planned, four east of the Mississippi and three west, "with 
the possibility of a supply center being one of these three." That is the 
general thinking at this time. The original idea, as you will recall, of 
having a central stationl^' from which a series of these small centers would 
develop is still one that the group feels very strongly about. "-LI' (7) There 
was a need to have non- matching construction grant authority extended to 
include non-regional, local, institutional primate research facilities. (8) 
"Regional" was defined: " . . . . 'regional' implies that such facilities 
should, unless there is a compelling reason to the contrary, be located in 
different regions of the country. It should not imply that primate centers 
must serve primarily institutions in a specific region." (9) Ten million 
dollars should be made available for the primate centers. (10) The Heart 
Council had asked the Council's Primate Committee, i.e.. Organization Commit- 
tee, for recommendations about: (a) geographical spread of the regional centers 
(b) possibility of one of the centers "assuming certain central functions such 
as keeping census records and other data which would permit the use, for ex- 
ample, of an animal 20 years old, which had grown up in a particular center, 
in a study of aging;" (c) the question of supply of primates and a breeding 
colony ;-IZ' (d) the need to develop laboratory resources for groups who were 
particularly interested in specific categorical disease areas but whose ac- 
tivities were local (institutional) rather than regional. 
At the Fiscal Year 1963 House Hearings, the testimony indicated that: (1) Three 
centers were being established (Portland, Seattle, and Madison) and three others 
projected (Atlanta, Boston, and New Orleans.) (2) Future needs included (a) "a 
center for the study of the subhuman primates themselves, not as a laboratory 
animal for studies directed to other purposes, but as the primary subject of 
investigation," and (b) "a production facility ... to develop known genetic 
strains ..." 
10 / " o . .one large primate station, somewhat comparable to the world-renowned 
marine biological laboratory at Woods Hole in Cape Cod" was proposed in another 
part of these Senate Hearings. 
11 / From Dr. Watt's testimony before Senator Hill's subcommittee; "the group" 
refers to Heart Council and committees. 
12 / "One center in one location which would carry on a supply function inclu- 
ding research on standards of care. It would be a conditioning center to see 
to it that the animals themselves were in good condition, free from diseases, 
before they were introduced into any of these colonies." 
