On October 19, 1983, FCC delayed from January 1 until April 3, 1984, the effective date of all access and divestiture related tariffs, which were designed to gradually equalize payments made to telephone companies by AT&T and its competitors. AT&T emergency petition requested FCC to reconsider this suspension, on the basis that AT&T's interim arrangements for compensation of its divested operating companies and independent telephone companies would be very costly. The petition was supported by the affidavit of AT&T Assistant Vice President Charles R. Jones. MCI in its turn petitioned for thoroughly probing of factual materials presented, and requested AT&T for additional financial information related to its MTS/WATS/Private Line tariffs. AT&T's request to FCC to impose new long distance charges starting January 1, 1984, was supported by the Justice Department.