international commitments (_see also_ individual pacts): v, ix, 121, 160, 172-174, 218-219 Intervision: 185 Investment Bank: 242, 243-244 investment, capital: 30, 42, 229, 233, 243, 268; in agriculture, viii, 266-267; foreign, 18; in industry, viii, 232, 275, 286-287 Ionescu, Eugene: 102 iron: 277, 288 Iron Gate: 31, 34, 55; hydroelectricity, 167, 279 Iron Guard: 19, 20, 21 irrigation: 201, 227, 254 Islam: 4, 72 Israel: 4, 28, 41, 72, 159, 164, 171 Italy: 20, 21, 101, 168, 171, 190, 250 Jalea, Ion: 98 Japan: 21 Jews and Judaism: 3, 4, 17, 18, 19, 41, 54, 56, 72, 199 Jiu Valley: 276 journalists: 7 _judet_: 109, 110, 114, 124, 148; courts, 122, 123, 124, 207; political, 137, 141, 142; security, 195 judges: 122, 206, 223 judiciary (_see also_ courts; military): 122-124, 194, 202, 206 Junimea: 105 justice (_see also_ courts; judiciary; military; penal system): viii Justinian, patriarch: 70 Khrushchev, Nikita, premier of the Soviet Union: 2, 25, 26, 156, 157, 166 Kingdom of Romania: v, vii, 16, 18, 19 Kiselev, Pavel, Count: 15 Koenig, Cardinal: 70 Kogalniceanu, Mihail: 104, 105 labor force (_see also_ labor unions): vii-viii, 43, 57, 73, 149, 211, 226, 230, 233, 253, 262, 264-266, 269, 280, 282, 283-286; code, 197; conditions of, 111; disputes, 123 labor unions (_see also_ General Union of Trade Unions): 5, 22, 80, 87, 123, 126, 127, 132, 135, 144, 176, 180, 199, 243 lakes: 32, 33-34 land (_see also_ forests and forestry; marshland; reform): viii, 237; agricultural, 33, 36, 254-257; conservation, 256, 257; ownership, 230 languages (_see also_ individual languages): vii, 4, 83, 87, 88, 177, 181, 183 _lautari_: 100 leu: viii, 246, 305 Liberal Party: 18, 19, 23 libraries: 188-189 life expectancy: 39, 42 Lipatti, Dinu: 101 literacy: 6, 68, 73, 76, 79, 219 literature: 7, 14, 93, 103-107, 152, 187 livestock: 260; products, 253, 254, 268, 269-270, 271, 272, 273, 274 living standards: 17, 30, 41-43, 57, 59, 60, 61, 88, 149, 153, 202, 239, 240, 264 local government: viii, 6, 38, 109, 110, 111, 114, 124-126, 198 _Luceafarul_: 105 Luchian, Stefan: 97 Lupescu, Magda: 19 Magyars. _See_ Hungarian ethnic group Mairescu, Titu: 105 Mamaia: 100 Manescu, Corneliu: 162 Manescu, Manea: 140 Mangalia: 48, 100, 216 Maniu, Iuliu: 19 Maramures: 10, 32 marriage: 57, 195 Marshall Plan. _See_ European Recovery Program marshland: 31, 32, 34, 35, 41, 43 Marxism-Leninism: v, 5, 76, 83, 107, 146, 147, 148, 151, 155, 160, 184, 187, 189 mass organization (_see also_ labor unions; women; youth): 145, 146-149, 178, 198-201 Maurer, Ion Gheorghe: 112, 127, 130, 131, 134, 135, 158, 162, 169 medical services: 42; military, 222 merchant marine: ix, 30, 47-48 metallurgy: 283, 286 Michael the Brave (1593-1601): 12, 13 Michael, King (son of Carol II): 19, 21, 23, 176