SACRAMENTO, Dec. 23 – Sandra Good and Susan Murphy, former roommates of Lynette Fromme and members of the Charles Manson cult, asked that they be allowed to act as their own lawyers at their arraignment today on charges of conspiring to mail “death list” letters.

U.S. District Court Judge Philip C. Wilkins postponed the proceedings until Jan. 6 to give the two time to consider their request.

“It is in your own enlightened self-interest to have counsel,” Wilkins said.

However, Miss Good, 31, an original member of the Manson clan, replied, “I don’t trust lawyers. Most of them are twofaced and they lie and I don’t want any of them around me.”

Miss Murphy, 34, said to be a recent convert to the so-called family, said, “No way,” when asked if she wanted counsel appointed.

Both women also asked that they be released on their own recognizance without bail. Wilkins said he would assign the matter for a later bail hearing.

They are being held in lieu of $50,000 bail each.

The two women were arrested yesterday at the apartment they formerly shared with Miss Fromme at 1725 P St. after they were indicted by a federal grand jury.

They are accused of conspiring with Miss Fromme to mail threatening letters between June 1 and Sept. 5 — the day Miss Fromme attempted to assassinate President Ford in Capitol Park.

The indictment said the two gave 171 letters to a man named Michael Davies Sept. 5 to mail for them.

However, Davies turned the letters over to authorities.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Bruce Babcock Jr. said the government waited until after Miss Fromme’s conviction to bring the charges because the prosecution feared it could jeopardize its case.

Babcock did not reveal the contents of the letters but said they were similar to the threats made against corporate executives whom Miss Good accused of polluting the the earth.

During Miss Fromme’s trial, Miss Good released a list polluters “death list” of who she said had been marked for assassination by an “International People’s Court of Retribution.”

If convicted, Miss Good and Miss Murphy could be sentenced to five years in prison and fined $10,000.

Although Miss Fromme was mentioned in the federal accusation against the two other women, she was not indicted.

By MAX MILLER