 The completed report of the Commission (respecting President Eisenhower's request that its efforts be non-partisan) was sent to the president on November 16, 1960.The Report was published by Prentice Hall on December 12, 1960 in both paperback and hardbound editions.The Commission ceased activity with the submission of its report to the president, but its offices remained open until approximately May 1961, so as to make further arrangements for publicizing the Commission's report through the use of the communications media and the establishment of numerous discussion groups.