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the factors that had to be considered: the program had to be finite, as only 
a stated number of centers could be established; one of these could not be or 
become a station of the "Woods Hole" type as urged by the Heart Council and 
the several comittees; there would have to be a geographical distribution of 
the centers at named sites in different parts of the country, etc. Only after 
earnest and persistent persuasion by the Heart Institute Director did the 
Heart Council make the recommendations that were needed to obtain continued 
Congressional support. 
At its February 20, 1960, meeting the Planning Committee "discussed the recom- 
mendations of the National Advisory Committee for Primate Research that two 
centers be established this fiscal year, west of the Rocky Mountains and 
geographically adjacent." The opinion of some^ of those present was that 
a factor of geographic distribution of centers should be taken more fully 
into consideration. The Committee recognized, however, that the two sites 
recommended by the Committee on Primates represented the best judgment of 
that Committee on a purely scientific basis. After considerable discussion 
the Planning Committee voted to concur with the recommendation of the National 
Committee on Primates-- that is, two centers established by means of the $2 
million appropriated this first year should be located at Seattle, Washington 
(first choice), and Portland, Oregon (second choice), "in the amounts and 
for the time recommended by the Committee on Primates." 
At this same meeting the Planning Committee reviewed in detail and evaluated 
nine primate center applications, six of which it arranged in a priority 
order, and recommended to the Council that any additional funds in the next 
fiscal year be used to establish some or all of these centers in that priority 
order. Any further negotiations with the applicants were to be carried on by 
the staff. The Planning Committee then recommended that four other applica- 
tions be deferred for further negotiation and review should yet more funds 
become available in the future.-^ Other than the changes mentioned, the 
Planning Committee concurred with the report of the initial review committee, 
including its resolutions to the Council. 
The Council, at its March 1960 meeting, said: "The Planning Committee of the 
Council accepted the recommendations of the National Advisory Committee on 
Primates that this fiscal year two primate research centers be established, 
one at Seattle, Washington, and one at Portland, Oregon. The Council recog- 
nized that these recommendations were made only on the basis of scientific 
merit and, on this basis, concurred with the recommendations of the National 
Advisory Committee on Primates and the Planning Committee of the Council. The 
Council then took into consideration the other factors of geographical distri- 
bution of centers and the species of primate that would serve as the chief 
42/ Chiefly Heart Institute staff. 
43 / These total to twelve instead of eleven recommendations on eleven appli- 
cations, because one applicaion involved two geographical areas which were 
given separate recommendations. 
