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Mrs. Harriet Glickman Dear Mr. Schulz, Since the death of Martin Luther King, I've been asking myself what I can do to help change those conditions in our society which led to the assassination and which contribute to the vast sea of misunderstanding, fear, hate and violence. As a suburban housewife; the mother of three children and a deeply concerned and active citizen, I am well aware of the: very long and tortuous road ahead. I believe that it will be another generation before the kind of open friendship, trust and mobility will be an accepted part of our lives. In thinking over the areas of the mass media which are of tremendous importance in shaping the unconscious attitudes of our kids, I felt that something could be done through our comic strips end even in that violent jungle of horrors known as Children's Television. You need no reassurances from me that Peanuts is one of the most adored, well-read and quoted parts of our literate society. In our family, teen-age Kathy has posters and sweat shirts... pencil holders and autograph books, Paul, who's ten and our Charlie Brown Little Leaguer....has memorized every paper back book... has stationery, calendars, wall hangings and a Snoopy pillow. Three and a half year old Simon has his own Snoopy which lives, loves, eats, paints, digs, bathes and sleeps with him, My husband and I keep pertinent Peanuts cartoons on desks and bulletin boards as guards against pomposity. You see...we are a totally Peanuts-oriented family.