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aswithin a fewweeks we could count more than ten members.
»Godt begyndt er halvt fuldendt«, we thought andwaited for the
»rest«tojoin ... Well, sonenoughwe realizedthat it wouldtake
alittlemoredoing, infact - alot more.
How to arouse the interest among the Brock-graduates around
thecountrywas our bigproblem. AnnouncementsinDanishpub
lications issued or distributed in this country hardly brought any
response. Assitancefrom Foreningen in Copenhagen as well as
fromDanish Consulates over here were of little help. Even our
lettersofinvitationsaddressedtoeachBrocker knownto liveinthe
USAremainedunansweredinmanyinstances. It would, however,
on our part havebeenapoorshowingof »Brockaand«if we would
havebeendiscouragedbytheresultofonlygettingfourteenmem
bers out of an estimated fifty US-Brockere after six months. It
surelydismayedus, but withBjornstjerneBjornson’s
»Loft dit hoved
Fra stiftelsen af
Niels Brock Associa
tion, New York på
på Sulgrave Hotel
under direktør Aage
Rasmussens besøg i
maj 1959-
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