baɪ ðɪ ˈɛnd ʌvðə jˈɪɹ, ɪt hæd ˈeɪthˈʌndɹɪd mˈɛmbɚz, bˌʌt baɪ nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd sˈɪksti fˈaɪv, ðɪs hæd ɡɹˈoʊn tə twˈɛnti fˈaɪv,zˈiəɹoʊzˈiəɹoʊ zˈiəɹoʊ, mˌeɪkɪŋ ðə lˈɑːɹdʒɪst jˈuːniən ʌv sˈɪvəl sˈɜːvənts ɪnðə kˈʌntɹi.
By the end of the year, it had 800 members, but by 1965, this had grown to 25,000, making the largest union of civil servants in the country.