"Structural Changes in Manpower Distribution in 1966-1970," _Viata Economica_, Bucharest, March 12, 1971. (JPRS: 52,942, Series No. 454, 1971.) GLOSSARY centrals--Industrial associations that group enterprises engaged in the same or similar lines of production or enterprises at successive stages of production as, for example, iron mines and steel mills. COMECON--Council for Mutual Economic Assistance. Founded in 1949; headquartered in Moscow. Members are Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Mongolia, Poland, Romania, and the Soviet Union. Purpose is to further economic cooperation among members. _judet_ (pl., _judete_)--Local administrative division corresponding to county or district. There are thirty-nine such counties plus the municipality of Bucharest, which is administered as a judet. There is no intermediate level between the central government and the _judet_ government. leu (pl., lei)--Standard unit of currency. Officially rated at the level of 1 leu to US$0.18, the actual exchange rate varies according to specific transactions, such as tourist exchange, foreign trade exchange, hard currency purchase, or black-market transaction. PCR--Partidul Comunist Roman (Romanian Communist Party). Founded in 1921. Declared illegal in 1924; operated underground until 1944. Known as Romanian Workers' Party from 1948 until 1965. UGSR--Uniunea Generala a Sindicatelr din Romania (General Union of Trade Unions). Official organization incorporating all labor unions of blue- and white-collar workers. Estimated membership in 1972 was 4.6 million. UTC--Uniunea Tineretului Comunist (Union of Communist Youth). Official organization that functions as the youth branch of the PCR (_q.v._). Membership open to young people between ages fifteen and twenty-six. Membership estimated in early 1972 at 2.5 million. Warsaw Treaty Organization--Formal name for Warsaw Pact. Military alliance of communist countries founded in 1955, with headquarters in Moscow. The Soviet minister of defense is traditionally the supreme commander of Warsaw Pact forces. Members are Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland, Romania, and the Soviet Union. INDEX abortion: 39, 57 administrative divisions: viii, 38 adult education: 7, 86-87 Africa: 156, 163, 168, 171, 172, 182, 183 Agerpres. _See_ Romanian Press Agency Agricultural Bank: 261, 267 Agricultural Mechanization Enterprises: 262-264, 267 agriculture (_see also_ collective farms; livestock): v, viii, 8, 30, 31, 36, 41, 227, 229, 231, 232, 233, 236, 237, 241; Commission, 117; education, 76, 85, 87, 145; labor, viii, 61, 233, 253, 262, 264-266; production, 269-273, 274 aid foreign (_see also_ Council for Mutual Economic Assistance): 26, 103, 167, 169, 279; military, 211-212, 216, 223