▁Johnson ▁wrote ▁a ▁book ▁called ▁" The ▁End ▁of ▁Social ism ", ▁subt itled ▁" The ▁ref lections ▁of ▁a ▁radical ". ▁It ▁was ▁described ▁as ▁" an ▁ess ay ▁in ▁anti - collect iv ist ▁philosophy ". ▁He ▁had ▁re vised ▁his ▁views ▁since ▁ 1 9 4 3 ▁and ▁had ▁joined ▁the ▁Society ▁of ▁Ind ividual ists , ▁which ▁was ▁later ▁to ▁become ▁Society ▁for ▁Ind ividual ▁Fre edom . ▁In ▁ 1 9 4 7 ▁he ▁signed ▁a ▁statement ▁of ▁principles ▁in ▁a ▁pam ph let ▁called ▁" Des ign ▁for ▁Fre edom " ▁published ▁by ▁individual ▁members ▁of ▁the ▁Conserv ative ▁and ▁Liberal ▁Part ies ▁with ▁a ▁view ▁to ▁mer ger . ▁The ▁idea ▁of ▁a ▁mer ger ▁of ▁the ▁parties ▁was ▁strongly ▁resist ed ▁by ▁the ▁Liberal ▁leadership . ▁Johnson ▁was ▁approved ▁on ▁the ▁list ▁of ▁Conserv ative ▁Parliament ary ▁candidates , ▁but ▁found ▁difficulty ▁in ▁getting ▁appro val ▁from ▁selection ▁comm itte es ▁which ▁he ▁felt ▁was ▁down ▁to ▁his ▁Liberal ▁background . ▁ ▁Johnson ▁became ▁a ▁publish er ▁in ▁the ▁late ▁ 1 9 4 0 s , ▁setting ▁up ▁his ▁own ▁company ▁special ising ▁in ▁travel ▁and ▁cr icket ▁books . ▁Among ▁his ▁authors ▁were ▁S . ▁P . ▁B . ▁Mais , ▁and ▁Johnson ▁himself ▁wrote ▁an ▁ep ilog ue ▁for ▁Jonathan ▁Swift ' s ▁" A ▁Vo y age ▁to ▁Lap uta " ▁asking ▁whether ▁Swift ▁had ▁predicted ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁social ism . ▁He ▁married ▁his ▁second ▁wife , ▁Betty ▁Pla isted