re: #141 HappyWarrior

Never heard that one. I like Ike but that Nixon guy would have made things tough plus my family especially dad’s mom liked Adlai a lot.

There are traces on the ‘Tubes:

Woodruff also was a man of national influence. With one exception, he knew and sometimes advised and assisted every President from Herbert Hoover through fellow Georgian Jimmy Carter.

The exception was Richard M. Nixon, who had close ties with Donald M. Kendall, head of Woodruff’s arch-rival, Pepsi-Cola.

Of all the Presidents he knew, Woodruff was closest to Dwight D. Eisenhower, who gave him White House pass No. 1. The two men became friends during World War II, and Woodruff, although a staunch Democrat, was an enthusiastic backer of Eisenhower for the presidency.

Woodruff’s obit:
articles.latimes.com