William Inglis

Author of George F. Johnson and His Industrial Democracy, the history of the Endicott-Johnson “industrial democracy” experiment that Kyle read for echoes in modern owner-mentality and unions discussions. Inglis chronicles George F. Johnson’s “Square Deal” / “Live and Help Live” philosophy — the “premium pay without a union” middle path between open-shop and closed-shop labor, and the welfare-capitalist program of company-built homes, markets, hospitals, and recreation across the Susquehanna valley.

Context: William Inglis (1873–1936) was an American journalist who served as a longtime aide and ghostwriter to publisher William Randolph Hearst; his book on George F. Johnson and the Endicott Johnson shoe company appeared in 1935.

Where this appears

• George F. Johnson and His Industrial Democracy — listed as the book’s author; his account of Endicott-Johnson supplies the source material for the owner-mentality and labor-model threads Kyle draws out.