The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-06-27
Reporter Finds Ban on UNRRA
 Freedom Killed Cash Without Under Red Rule News Is Seen
Hisfory's Most Asfro1ious Tyrrdnnies EquaIled in
 Communist Nations

ATHENS, June 27-Reuben H. Markham, for 20 years Balkan correspondent for the Christian Science Monitor, said today that history's worst repressions of free dom were being matched by the Communist dominated governments in Bulgaria and Rumania.'
 Markham arrived ill Athens Monday from Bucharest, after his expulsion from Rumania despite vigorous protests by the United States government. Acting Secre- tary of State Dean Acheson an nounced the expulsion and failure of the governments efforts or Markham's behalf Tuesday.
 Worst Tyranny Matched
 Markham said in an interview today that "the worst that any tyrant ever did in the way of vio- lence, personal humiliation, the breaking up of meetings, censorine the press and preventing the ex- precision of public opinion is now being matched by the Communist dominated governments in Bulgar- la and Rumania as I personally saw it.
 The correspondent, whose mos recent Balkan assignment started last August. said he had been un- der constant attack by the Com. munist controlled press because ol his dispatches.
 t'The newspaper Graiul Nou, or gan of the Soviet Red Army pub lished in Rumanian in Bucharest said Wednesday that Markham hac been expelled for repeated viola. tions of the usages of foreign cor respondents, such as misrepresent- ing the situation in Rumania anc spreading provocative rumors pre- judicial to the cause of unity among the great powers" During the last three months Graiul Not has published series of attacks accusing the United States of "ex- pansionist and reactionary" ten dencies.)
 Courts Are Travesty
 Markham said his dispatches re- ported "Russian-imposed dictatoria methods of Communist dominated governments" including "concen- tration camps and executions 1T the form of legal massacres, the victims of which are placed in un- marked graves" in Bulgaria. Bull garian courts, he said. are "a tra- vesty of justice and people art killed by the thousands"
 Markham said he talked to hun dreds of peasants and delegations in both countries and witnessed 2 number of terroristic acts.
 Around the end of March, Mark ham said, he was covering a serie. of opposition party meetings wher he was invited to spend the nigh with the local leader of the Peasan Party in Bucovina, Rumania. aftel the meeting had been broken III by band of Russians.
 Later the band of Ruffians wearing masks came into the hous' at midnight and killed the politica leader with bursts of machine gur fire, Markham said
 Besieged By Communists
 On another occasion he was hay. ing dinner in Bacau, Rumania with Ion Mihalache, vice presiden of the Peasant Party and one o1 the three strongest opposition lead CTS in Rumania, when Mihalacht was attacked by a band of armed Communists. He and the Rumaniar fled across the roof tops, where they were besieged but finally marlaged to slip through the cor don during the early morning. Markham said car bearing tn, number of the Prime Ministers of flee, carrying a group of Ruman ians, Kidnapped young Rumaniai working for U s. Military Authori