AURIOL, VINCENT (1884– ), French lawyer and politician, born at Revel, Haute Garonne, on Aug. 27, 1884. He became Socialist deputy for Haute Garonne ; after the Party Con gress of Tours (192o) which adhered to the Communist Inter national, he remained with the minority which retained the name of Socialist Party (S.F.I.O.) . Auriol was one of the authors of an international plan for the financial reconstruction of Europe and the settlement of the reparations question, which was adopted in 1921 by the German Socialists and the British Labour Party. He was president of the finance committee of the chamber, but resigned in July 1925, as he found himself in disagreement with the policy of J. Caillaux. Nevertheless, he was a member of the Caillaux delegation to Washington in September of that year.