Coal mines were the primary employer in the city of Issaquah (which also took its name from the Indigenous placename) at the beginning of the 20th century, with laborers ranging in age from 14 to over 70.
Whereas a common understanding of these rights and freedoms is of the greatest importance for the full realization of this pledge,
Whereas the peoples of the United Nations have in the Charter reaffirmed their faith in fundamental human rights, in the dignity and worth of the human person and in the equal rights of men and women and have determined to promote social progress and better standards of life in larger freedom,