He was a strong supporter of [[Richard Nixon]] and when the latter was Eisenhower's vice president and debated [[Soviet]] leader [[Nikita Khruschev]] in the 1950s Kendall accompanied him, Kendall asked [[Khruschev]] to drink Pepsi and Kendall managed to get a photograph of [[Khruschev]] drinking it. This was a huge success for the Pepsi-Cola Company. Eventually the [[Soviet]]s chose Pepsi as their national soda franchise and PepsiCo, Inc. | He was a strong supporter of [[Richard Nixon]] and when the latter was Eisenhower's vice president and debated [[Soviet]] leader [[Nikita Khruschev]] in the 1950s Kendall accompanied him, Kendall asked [[Khruschev]] to drink Pepsi and Kendall managed to get a photograph of [[Khruschev]] drinking it. This was a huge success for the Pepsi-Cola Company. Eventually the [[Soviet]]s chose Pepsi as their national soda franchise and PepsiCo, Inc. |