Friday, August 30, 1985 13 THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Playing Politics With Stone Paris (JTA) — Three famous Jews, all of whom have been dead for years, have become the center of a public controversy in France. The French Minister for Culture has commissioned statues of Leon Blum, Pierre Mendes-France and Alfred Dreyfus but has not yet been given permission to erect them. The minister, Jack Lang, charges the mayor of Paris with obstruction, but the mayor, Jac- ques Chirac,. says his opposition to the chosen locales is due strictly to technical and munici- pal reasons. The statue of Blum, who served twice as French Prime Minister, first as head of the Popular Front before World War II and again in 1946, was com- missioned last year and is now ready. Lang had planned to have it set in the Leon Blum Square, close to the Place de la Republique, which is a tradi- tional Jewish area. Chirac, who is also one of the main Gaullist contenders for the presidency, has barred this plan. The Paris City Hall says that the entire square is currently being redesigned in view of massive traffic and several building sites in the area. The renovation will be finished in 1986, according to the city spokesman, when the statue could be erected. Socialist political sources quoted by the local press say Chirac does not want the statue of a Socialist leader, and one still popuar with the masses, grabbing attention on the eve of next year's legislative elections. The ten-foot high bronze statue is already on display on a tem- porary location in the gardens of the Louvre Museum of National Art. Another controversial statue is that dedicated to Premier Pierre Mendes-France. Lang wants it erected on a central Paris Avenue, Chirac has not yet decided where and when the statue will be set. Mendes- France was also a Socialist and the current administration of President Francois Mitterrand often refers to him as a spiritual and intellectual guide. The Gaullist and centrist opposition fears that a statue dedicated to him would eventually benefit the Socialist coalition. The statue of a third Jew, that of Capt. Alfred Dreyfus, who was accused of high treason and rehabilitated nearly a cen- trury ago, is the subject of a split between Lang and his fel- low Defense Minister Charles Hernu. Lang wants the statue erected within the French mili- tary academy, L'ecole Militaire — whik Mernu favors the site of the former &ale Polytechnique, an engineering school Dreyfus attended. L Canard Enchain quoted Mom as hew* told kW aides that would loo MOWN* to put e Pio. db•s hal ofits00 aQ 1191111111fults humanistic resources Everything for the Jewish home, synagogue and school. 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